mhr123 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 COLOMBO: The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, Velupillai Prabhakaran, was shot dead on Monday while trying to flee advancing troops, defence officials said. Prabhakaran was in a small convoy of a van and ambulance along with several close aides which tried to drive out of the battle zone, but was attacked and killed, the senior defence ministry official said. "He was killed with two others inside the vehicle. There will be a formal announcement later," the official said on condition he not be named. "When the troops opened fire, the van tried to get away, but it was also hit," said another high-level source from the military. "The vehicle caught fire." The defence ministry said the rebels' leadership was decimated, heralding an end to their decades-old battle to carve out an independent ethnic homeland in the north of the island. Troops also found the bodies of Prabhakaran's 24-year-old son Charles Anthony, the group's political wing leader B. Nadesan, and the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Peace Secretariat, S Pulideevan. Also reportedly found dead were the LTTE's police chief Ilango, its eastern leader, S Ramesh, and deputy intelligence chief Kapil Amman. In a dramatic announcement, the guerrillas acknowledged Sunday that their decades-old battle for an independent ethnic homeland had reached its "bitter end" -- signalling Asia's longest running civil war was all but over. The separatist rebels were once one of the world's most feared guerrilla armies, and ran a de facto mini-state spanning a third of the island before the government began a major offensive two years ago. "We have decided to silence our guns. Our only regrets are for the lives lost and that we could not hold out for longer," Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the Tigers' chief of international relations, said in a statement. But his appeals for peace talks -- rather than a surrender -- were flatly rejected by the government, and the defence ministry said soldiers were being sent in to crush the diehard remnants and recapture "every inch of land." Sri Lanka's hawkish president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, will open a new session of parliament on Tuesday with an address that will officially mark the ending of the war. The conflict has left more than 70,000 dead from pitched battles, suicide attacks, bomb strikes and assassinations. The LTTE emerged in the 1970s, with all-out war breaking out in the early 1980s. The capital Colombo, which has been frequently hit by Tiger suicide attacks over the past quarter century, saw street celebrations which lasted well into Sunday night. Authorities have been determined to capture, kill or recover Prabhakaran's body amid fears his escape may lead to an attempt to rebuild the LTTE and usher in a new cycle of violence. The Sri Lankan government's moment of triumph has also come at the cost of thousands of innocent lives lost in indiscriminate shelling, according to the United Nations. The UN's rights body now wants a war crimes probe. The International Committee of the Red Cross, the only neutral organisation that has been allowed to work in the war zone, has for its part described "an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe." But Sri Lanka has shrugged off the international pressure. "There was no bloodbath as some people feared," human rights minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told reporters. "Everybody has come out safely and they are being looked after by the government." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LTTE-chief-Prabhakaran-killed-Reports/articleshow/4546294.cms
Desi Cartman Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I read earlier that his son had been killed and now the chief .. Sala Terrorist got Rajiv Gandhi killed
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Is this true.. it is good if that happened .. I dont have any sympathy towards a terrorist .. hope the tamils now fight for their rights in a constitutional way :dance:
DomainK Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I read earlier that his son had been killed and now the chief .. Sala Terrorist got Rajiv Gandhi killed He has his mother to pertly blame for that. A death is always regrettable, but on cases like these it becomes a welcome news to those thousands who were victimized and those thousands who lived in fear. I will always be ashamed that India had any role to play in this.
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 SL president will address the media at 6 PM Indian time to confirm the death
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Times Now correspondant is asking questions to SL army spokesperson for almost 15 minutes now repeatedly asking how the operation took place etc. :yawn2: .. but the army spokesperson did not confirm the death of Prabhakaran and said all the main leaders had been surrounded and killed .. he said identification is going on and so it is difficult to confirm until Prabhakaran is identified amongst the people killed
mhr123 Posted May 18, 2009 Author Posted May 18, 2009 Times Now correspondant is asking questions to SL army spokesperson for almost 15 minutes now repeatedly asking how the operation took place etc. :yawn2: .. but the army spokesperson did not confirm the death of Prabhakaran and said all the main leaders had been surrounded and killed .. he said identification is going on and so it is difficult to confirm until Prabhakaran is identified amongst the people killed Abey, Sri Lanka's state television station announced on Monday that Tamil Tigers chief Prabhakaran was shot dead while trying to flee advancing troops. Aur kia chaeye tere ko... abb kia usko zinda karke poochega he tujhe goli kisne maari.
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Abey' date=' Sri Lanka's state television station announced on Monday that Tamil Tigers chief Prabhakaran was shot dead while trying to flee advancing troops. Aur kia chaeye tere ko... [b']abb kia usko zinda karke poochega he tujhe goli kisne maari. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: abe uska dead body media pe nahi aaya abhi tak .. there are videos and photos of his son's dead body but not his dead body.. I was listening to the interview right now on times now with SL army spokesperson and he told that they are still identifying the bodies but they have killed all the top leaders after cornering them .. abe photo aane ke baad kuch south Indian parties kya natak karte hai wo dekhna hai mujhe .. I think India should now advise SL to give equal rights to all its citizens including Tamils in SL .. SL govt. should also work for developement of the Tamils there which will make the SL tamils also pro-SL govt. then
mhr123 Posted May 18, 2009 Author Posted May 18, 2009 the army is withholding an official announcement till a DNA test of the bodies are conducted.
cowboysfan Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I guess it would be too much to expect of the lankan government of offering the tamils some kind of self-governance now.
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I guess it would be too much to expect of the lankan government of offering the tamils some kind of self-governance now. I dont think self governance is necessary ... but Tamils should be given equal rights in SL and there should be serious steps taken by SL govt. for economic developement of SL tamils
thenewguy Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 wow, wish we can also clear terrorists/pakis from pak occupied kashmir... but that will be just a dream...
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 wow, wish we can also clear terrorists/pakis from pak occupied kashmir... but that will be just a dream... frankly speaking right at this time it is not possible easily .. there are a few reasons behind that .. we need to attack Pakistan inorder to eliminate them ... if we attack Pakistan then there will be problem of facing the Taliban alongwith Pakistan .. and that is what is not desirable at this time .. Pakistan is already suffering from Taliban and it does not make sense of attacking them until Taliban is eliminated.. moreover, a war would cost us heavy and the economic growth of India might be halted by a single war especially during this times of recession ... I believe India should flush out terrorists from PoK but I dont want it to happen right now .. India should wait a few years and let Pakistan and US end Taliban first and then carry the operation
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Sh!t' date=' I fear the backlash the T.N now...[/quote'] SL president spoke to Times Now some time ago and promised to work for the developement of SL tamils .. so how will it backlash .. tamils are only worried for a good living and equal rights of SL tamils, isnt it?
Rajan Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Sh!t' date=' I fear the backlash the T.N now...[/quote'] there should not be any backlash in TN. Vai.Ko, Ramadoss are sulking after the drubbing in LS elections. hope they dont exploit the situation and precipitate violence and attack Congress and DMK targets or the easy targets of burning buses and damaging public property.
Ram Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 SL president spoke to Times Now some time ago and promised to work for the developement of SL tamils .. so how will it backlash .. tamils are only worried for a good living and equal rights of SL tamils' date=' isnt it?[/quote'] Oh come on Man, there will be mourning organized by these arese-holes political parties and there's a very strong chance of violence. And with reg. to the actual killing - Couldnt care less. Bastard was a terrorist, that too belonging to another country. My only concern is what could the reaction be in T.N. Hopefully there's no large-scale violence and inconvenience to public life.
Rajan Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 SL president spoke to Times Now some time ago and promised to work for the developement of SL tamils .. so how will it backlash .. tamils are only worried for a good living and equal rights of SL tamils' date=' isnt it?[/quote'] yes, the sinhalese have been saying the same for the last 50 years and doing exactly opposite of what they have promised. systematically they have oppressed the Tamils in depriving of education/employment/business opportunities. do u think lakhs of lives were lost in SL for fun? the majority were manipulating the constitution and completely decimated the rights of tamils and do not even consider them as equal citizens. whether Rajapakse or any other sinhalese politician, they are just lying.
ViruRulez Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 yes, the sinhalese have been saying the same for the last 50 years and doing exactly opposite of what they have promised. systematically they have oppressed the Tamils in depriving of education/employment/business opportunities. do u think lakhs of lives were lost in SL for fun? the majority were manipulating the constitution and completely decimated the rights of tamils and do not even consider them as equal citizens. whether Rajapakse or any other sinhalese politician, they are just lying. I know a bit of the LTTE history and the apathy of the SL govt towards SL tamils then .. but that was 40 years ago .. the present SL govt. seems to be more commited and there is more international pressure now .. so it would be difficult to not give equal rights .. and if it is not given by any chance then there should be non-violent protests instead of violence .. the world is watching and so it will not be able to lie easily now
DomainK Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Now we need to put this behind asap. Especially for SL.
Recommended Posts