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Tamil Tiger leader 'dead' | |||||
2009-05-19 | |||||
The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been killed, the military says. It said Prabhakaran - along with two of his top commanders - had died while trying to flee from the last rebel-held patch of jungle in the north-east. No photos of Prabhakaran's body have been released. The army says it is working to identify it among the dead. The claims cannot be verified as reporters are barred from the war zone.
UN humanitarian aid chief John Holmes said the priority was to evacuate all the civilians caught up in the fighting. There is jubilation in the streets as crowds cheer, light firecrackers and wave the national flag to greet the announcement from the army chief, Gen Sarath Fonseka, that "all military operations have come to a stop".
Army chief Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka said on Monday: "Today we finished the work handed to us by the president to liberate the country from the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)." Military officials said Prabhakaran had been killed along with his intelligence chief Pottu Amman and Soosai, the head of the rebels' naval wing. They were trying to
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Posted by:lotp |
#5 And another one bites the dust (Bang bang) another one bites the dust. (Bang Bang) and another one's gone another one gone, Another one bites the dust (Bang bang) Oh gonna get you too another one bites the dust (Earworm gratis). |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-05-19 17:38 |
#4 Good Job Sri Lankans, you'all held the course and now triumph is yours, the good guys score another one! |
Posted by: 746 2009-05-19 11:39 |
#3 That's really going to anger the EU: celebrating a victory? How tacky ... The AP spin this morning: "Peace could challenge Sri Lanka" |
Posted by: Seafarious 2009-05-19 10:32 |
#2 UN humanitarian aid chief John Holmes Fitting...somehow. |
Posted by: Spot 2009-05-19 08:02 |
#1 Picture here. |
Posted by: crosspatch 2009-05-19 03:51 |