Reuters,  Tue Mar 21 22:35:58 EST 2006

    NEW MALDEN (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will view any further attacks by renegades they say are military-backed as an act of war and may postpone crunch talks unless the state disarms them, their chief negotiator has warned.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are due to attend a second round of peace talks with Sri Lankan officials in Geneva in April, and say the island's fragile peace process could grind to a halt if the government fails to honour a pledge to rein in armed groups.

The Tigers accuse a breakaway faction led by a former senior rebel commander called Karuna of targeting their forces in the east of Sri Lanka, and insist the onus falls on the government to tame them.

"If the paramilitaries continue to launch military offensive operations against the LTTE with the backing of the Sri Lankan armed forces, it will certainly be construed as an act of war against the LTTE," Tiger theoretician Anton Balasingham told Reuters in an interview late on Tuesday.
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"Rather than bring in these crazy Marxists and mad monks under the slogan of inclusiveness, the only way out of this mess is for Rajapakse to work out some form of alliance with the (main opposition) United National Party," Balasingham said.

I wonder who put the Rajapakse coalition consisting of 'crazy Marxists and mad monks' in power?  Is it not the Balasingham & Co?  Is this buyers' remorse?  I'm afraid that these people are set for six years and can't easily returned back like at Home Depot.  So this mess is his own making and no point in whining now!