Tamils would have sympathy had not tamil protectors started fighting for supramacy amongst themselves Remember their was TELO LTTE,PLOTE, EPRLF,Who is to lead became an issue.LTTE ruthlessly eliminated all other groups.Ordinary tamils were caught in this vortx and became unheard Moderates were not wanted LTTE larger than life image.India under Indira Gandhi with her advisor Late G Parthasarathy tried to bring all under one umbrella but failed That is why real issue has gone into background and issue became LTTE vs INDIA,SLvs INDIAvs LTTE Rajivs killing complicated the issue further Now nobody wants to interfere Chinese and Pakistan are taking advantage with help of JVP India is loosing ground very badly