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Prabhakaran, senior LTTE leaders fighting the last battle in Sri Lanka
Friday, 27 February 2009 - 10:41 PM SL Time
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As the Sri Lanka Army speeds up its advance into the remaining 63 square kilometres of land controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) its chief Velupillai Prabhakaran had reportedly told his senior leader that he would not leave the country and would fight the military until his death. According to the civilians and the LTTE cadres who had surrendered to the military it has been revealed that most of the senior level leaders such as Pottu Amman, Soosai and Prabhakaran s son Charles Anthony themselves are leading from the front in the battlefield under the direct command of Prabhakaran.
The LTTE Chief had said he would come to the battlefield very soon if the military further penetrates Tiger defences and advance into the LTTE held areas. He has also reportedly urged the people to join him stating that otherwise he would personally recruit the civilians by force.
He has reportedly stated that neither he nor the senior command of the Tigers would leave the country but would fight to the end. However he has promised to regain all the lost area very soon and until then had urged the people help him strengthen the manpower of the organization.
Civilians, who surrendered to the Navy on Tuesday, had revealed that they themselves saw Prabhakaran in the Puthukkudiyiruppu area and Pottu Amman and Charles Anthony at Matalan in Mullaitivu on February 4. Pottu Amman was engaged in the forcible recruitment of civilians in Matalan.
Sea Tiger Leader Soosai had been visiting the civilians gathered inside the Safe Zone on a regular basis in order to recruit them. However on one occasion, a group of people had shouted at Soosai and asked him to leave the place. Later some armed cadres had assaulted all those civilians that had shouted at Soosai.
Intercepted LTTE radio communications also revealed that senior level cadres are personally commanding the battle against the military.
According to civilian information, most of the senior leaders are travelling on motorbikes wearing helmets that cover the entire head in order to prevent being identified by civilians.
According to surrendered LTTE cadres all senior leaders except Prabhakaran are in the battlefield commanding the remaining cadres, which are some 500 to 700 in strength. Another 2500 civilians, who were forcibly recruited and given three days weapons training had been deployed on the battlefront.
In the recent past, the military found a large number of bodies of LTTE cadres and mass graves in Puthukkudiyiruppu area most probably they were of civilians who had been recruited forcibly.
Medical facilities are limited in the remaining LTTE held area and the Tigers are taking most of the medicine and food sent by the government for the trapped civilians. The most recent instance was when the government sent several tons of essential food items through the ICRC to the uncleared areas by sea. After unloading all the goods at Puthumatalan, the stock had been transported by ICRC officials to Matalan area, where a group of LTTE cadres had collected some 50 % of the stock and taken it away stating that they were from the administrative section of the LTTE after informing the government officials to distribute the rest among the civilians
Escaped civilians also revealed that if someone needed even to have a Paracetamol tablet, they had to go to a place where the LTTE cadres are present to forcibly recruit civilians into the LTTE. When they went to collect medicine these LTTE cadres had forcibly recruited them into the organization. Because of this reason most of the civilians were refraining from even going to collect medicine, they had said.
However, it now appears that LTTE Chief Prabhakaran is trying his last attempt to prevent the military from advancing. But it is too late for the LTTE chief to think of effectively doing so as the troops are now on the doorstep of LTTE s last bastion Puthukkudiyiruppu.
Despite continued appeals for a ceasefire and foreign intervention, Prabhakaran is unable to get any outside support as the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime had effectively blocked all such avenues of help. Though some foreign countries apparently want to help Prabhakaran they are unable to do so as the LTTE had been tarnished internationally.
The government and the military are now counting the days to completely wipe out terrorism from Sri Lanka and the ground military commanders had been reportedly instructed to finish the war within a few days from now onwards in order to rescue the remaining trapped civilians from LTTE clutches.
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Ruhunu
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 27 Feb 2009 16:57:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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Meanwhile Shankar hit the dust
COLOMBO, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- A senior Tamil Tiger rebels' leader died in fighting between government troops and the rebels in the northeastern area of Sri Lanka on Thursday, military officials said Friday.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ground commander named Shankar was killed in the heavy fighting commenced around 7:30 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) and lasted till 5:30 p.m. (1200 GMT),the military said. |
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 27 Feb 2009 17:16:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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he would personally recruit the civilians by force.
Very democratic way of recruiting according to Velus philosophy
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27 Feb 2009 17:18:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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However he has promised to regain all the lost area very soon and until then had urged the people help him strengthen the manpower of the organization.
Yes, a LOT more pocket money is URGENTLY needed from the Diaspora.
Thivya and Tigy have contributed already!
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27 Feb 2009 17:20:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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According to civilian information, most of the senior leaders are travelling on motorbikes wearing helmets that cover the entire head in order to prevent being identified by civilians.
Why the SOLE REPRESENTATIVES don-8217 t want to be recognised by their OWN PEOPLE?
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27 Feb 2009 17:34:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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Despite continued appeals for a ceasefire and foreign intervention, Prabhakaran is unable to get any outside support]
Yes, this is what surprised me the most as compared to the past. This time all the Marketing process by the pro-LTTErs suffered from what I would call a boomerang effect!
Bruce Fein for example is, thanks to Velus Fan Club, one of the few guys in the USA who doesn-8217 t suffer from the global recession.
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27 Feb 2009 17:45:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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The LTTE Chief had said he would come to the battlefield very soon if the military further penetrates Tiger defences
What is this moron saying? Military has been doing just that for the past year! |
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27 Feb 2009 17:49:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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further
This is the key word, but they cannot go much further because it is almost the end!!!!!
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27 Feb 2009 17:54:28 GMT Report for Abuse
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further--This is the key word, but they cannot go much further because it is almost the end!!!
elephanthouse, yes, the army seems to be at the point where they need to be.
They can keep killing the terrorists in the current set-up, no need to go any further. |
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 27 Feb 2009 19:56:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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The LTTE Chief had said he would come to the battlefield very soon
What a brave man, leading, I mean hiding, by example. |
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