Tiger chief vows devastating military blow

LTTE Leader Velupillai Pirapaharan has informed the Tamil National Alliance the Tigers will strategically withdraw from Pooneryn but deal the government a devastating military blow within the next three months.

This message was communicated to the TNA through Batticaloa District MP, Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy who crossed over to Tiger territory the previous week in the company of another Eastern Province MP, Chandra Nehru.

It is learned only Jeyanandamoorthy had met Pirapaharan while both MPs had met LTTE Political Wing Leader B. Nadesan.

Informed sources said the two MPs had briefed the TNA of the outcome of the visit in parliament last week. Jeyanandamoorthy had also informed several other opposition members of his discussions in the Wanni.

It is learned the two MPs had also been taken to the Forward Defence Lines by the Tigers and explained the progress of the on going war.

According to the briefing given by Jeyanandamoorthy to the MPs, the LTTE had said the organisation can never be defeated militarily and that they will fight to the last man if the government persists with the war.

The Tigers according to the MP had also said the people of the south will within the next few months realise the futility of the war effort and start attacking the government for misleading them.

It was further said the Tigers are prepared to discuss a federal solution if the government places a comprehensive proposal on the table, but added the LTTE had ruled out the possibility of the Rajapakse administration submitting such a solution.

The LTTE had further said a fight to a finish would mean a fight for the establishment of Eelam.

Informed sources said the MPs have also been taken to refugee camps and Kilinochchi and shown some of the buildings damaged due to aerial bombardment.

The Tigers have also said Kilinochchi will never fall into government hands.

Following his visit to the Wanni, Jeyanandamoorthy made a statement in parliament last week that the LTTE will surrender their weapons to facilitate a ceasefire.