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Book Review – Spy Tiger: The 05 File
By Bobby Fisher The memoir Spy Tiger: The 05 File by Kagusthan Ariaratnam and Michael Bramadat-Willcock is thrilling. It blends espionage, historical intrigue, and relentless action. This debut novel transports readers into a world of high-stakes intelligence. Shadowy conspiracies abound where nothing is as it seems. Danger lurks at every turn. The story follows a…
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Espionage & Survival: A Book Review Of ‘Spy Tiger: The 05 File’
By Pitasanna Shanmugathas The “Colombo Telegraph” originally published this book review on September 20, 2024. The memoir Spy Tiger: The 05 File, co-written by Kagusthan Ariaratnam and Michael Bramadat-Willcock, offers an intense and eye-opening narrative of Kagusthan’s journey, initially as a forcibly recruited child soldier and later as an informant for the Indian and Sri Lankan governments,…
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Spy Tigers: The LTTE Intelligence Wing (Part II)
By Adrien Fontanellaz & Kagusthan Ariaratnam One key contributor to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE) effectiveness was the organization’s initial focus on gathering, analyzing, and exploiting intelligence. This dedication led to the development of an intelligence apparatus rivaling established state services. The LTTE formally established its intelligence wing in 1986, known as the…
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Timely and Innovative Intelligence Tradecraft Is the Need of the Day to Save the Afghanistan Peace Deal
While the entire world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Taliban in Afghanistan has steadily staged more than 4,500 attacks across the war-ravaged country in the 45 days since they signed an agreement for a U.S. troop drawdown, according to a Reuters report. In a previously secret agreement that was disclosed by a Twitter…
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Tigers’ Eyes and Ears: The LTTE Intelligence Wing (Part I)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE) Intelligence Wing, Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) The author would like to dedicate this article to Colonel Tuan Nizam Muthaliff RWP, MI (July 12, 1966 – May 31, 2005) was the former Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Military Intelligence Corps, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) of…