Sri Lankan political wing leader of the

KILINOCHCHI, SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan political wing leader of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, S. P. Thamilselvan speaks in an interview with AFP in the rebel-held town of Kilinochchi 18 June 2005, with a picture of Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran in the background. Tamil Tiger rebels asked Sri Lanka 18 June not to "politicise" tsunami relief, but said working with Colombo to distribute foreign aid could help build confidence among the warring parties. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said they invited Colombo to jointly distribute relief to survivors of the December 26 tsunami but regretted that six months later the government has still taken no action. "It is purely for the administration of post-tsunami aid. If they try to introduce politics or politicise it, we are afraid the mechanism will get disrupted," Thamilselvan said. AFP PHOTO/Sena VIDANAGAMA (Photo credit should read SENA VIDANAGAMA/AFP via Getty Images)