Defeated Tamil Tiger rebels confirm leader's death

[Old Coot]

Source: Associated Press

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The defeated Tamil Tiger rebels confirmed Sunday that their supreme leader was killed in the group's final battle against Sri Lankan troops.

The almost mythic commander, Velupillai Prabhakaran, led a terror-driven Tamil insurrection in Sri Lanka for more than a quarter century. Last week the government declared it finally killed Prabhakaran and proclaimed victory against his Tamil Tigers, crushing the rebellion that the U.N. estimates cost between 80,000 to 100,000 lives.

But many Tamils didn't believe it.

For some die-hard followers, especially those living abroad, it hardly matters whether the legendary guerrilla is alive or dead, as long as there is a continuing story line of an independent Tamil state in part of this Sinhalese-dominated island.

Meanwhile, the government said it believes Prabhakaran's deputy and feared intelligence chief was also among the dead but his body has not been identified.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090524/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka_immortal_rebel

[grantcart]

1. A fitting end to the inventor of the suicide vest

Explosive belts were introduced by the Tamil Tiger group in Sri Lanka.<1> The first use of one was in 1991 when Thenmuli Rajaratnam a.k.a. Gayatri, a Tamil bomber, blew herself up and assassinated the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_belt

[Posteritatis]

2. Na na naah naah, na na naah naah, hey hey hey.. (nt)

[4dsc]

3. Its sad the genocide will continue against the Tamil people..

Sometimes force is necessary for an oppressed people.

[SpartanDem]

4. You gotta be one sick

fuck to excuse terrorism.

[4dsc]

5. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter

Semantics son.. Its all about semantics.

[ohio2007]

6. Even Lee surrendered to Grant when he knew "the cause" was lost

So who's going to fund the lot ause now ?