Some western countries have called to halt the screening for terrorists and set free all those who are detained Strategy Page said. LTTE members living outside Sri Lanka use NGOs to pressure the government to immediately shut down the detention camps, and let the LTTE terrorists go. Some foreign parties are even aiding for the LTTE to regroup Strategy Page further noted.

There are over 10,000 LTTE fighters and terrorists among the IDPs in the centres, and the government wants to find the LTTE terrorists. The government plans to use tribunals to examine as many as 15,000 LTTE members, the Strategy Page further said. LTTE members want to escape before they can be identified and punished. Thus the refugee camp guards have to be ready for some very violent escape attempts. So far, these have been few. The government plans to get 80 percent of them out of the welfare centres by the end of the year.

The arrest of LTTE leader Selvarajah Pathmanathan in August has resulted in lots of interesting information of LTTE arms smuggling information. Pathmanathan was long in charge of weapons buying and smuggling, and has apparently been cooperative. For example, it was recently revealed that the LTTE had bought twelve more single engine aircraft, and ten were dismantled and ready for shipment from an airfield in Eritrea. The LTTE had sent at least a dozen men to flight training schools in Malaysia and Indonesia. Only two of these pilots have been caught, and the other ten are believed among the 250,000 refugees. Pathmanathan has apparently also provided information on associates, as Singapore recently arrested a Tamil for gunrunning, and is seeking to extradite him to Sri Lanka. Pathmanathan has apparently provided detailed information on several other key gunrunning operatives, and the government is trying to find these men overseas, and get them arrested, the Strategy Page further illustrated.

There are already 3,000 former LTTE members in training programmes, to provide them with job skills. India has been a major contributor to the rehabilitation effort, contributing trainers, equipment and supplies. The government is now hiring Tamils for government jobs in the north, including police.