Will LTTE leader Surrender?
Colombo, April 21: The 24 hours deadline given by Sri Lanka to LTTE to surrender ends on Tuesday following which the Lankan government is all set to launch the final offensive. It remains to bee seen whether the rebel chief V Prabhakaran surrenders or not.
The deadline was given to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after thousands of civilians fled the war zone when troops breached an earthen fortification blocking their exit route on Monday.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa told reporters that there were about 35,000 people waiting to leave the military-controlled area. "With the influx of people, we have given a final warning to Prabhakaran and his terrorist group to surrender to the government forces within 24-hours from 12 noon," said defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella, referring to Velupillai Prabhakaran.
"Thereafter will be a military course of action. That is the best option," he told reporters at the Air Force battle management centre in Colombo on Monday.
Live footage taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle and beamed into the operations centre showed thousands of people thronging around temporary reception centres set up by the Army less than a kilometre outside the no-fire zone. The military said three suicide bombers had attacked thousands of Tamil civilians.
"At least 17 civilians, including women and children, have been killed and 200 people injured from the cowardly suicide attacks," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara.
A wall of earth had blocked the widest land link to the coastal strip where Sri Lanka's military has surrounded the LTTE rebels with the goal of crushing them and ending a civil war that has raged since 1983 and is now Asia's longest-running.
"Troops captured the earth bund and so far 5,000 people have been rescued. It is still going on," Nanayakkara earlier said. The no-fire zone is a 17-square-km (6.5-sq-mile) area of coconut groves, where the LTTE separatists are fighting their last stand from among tens of thousands of civilians they have held there by force.
The military said Monday's exodus of civilians was the largest in a single day. A LTTE female suicide bomber in February blew herself up at a refugee reception centre, killing at least 28 people and wounding nearly 100 others.
But that has not stopped the exodus of people: around 70,000 have fled LTTE areas since January. The Sri Lankan government has been under heavy Western pressure to call a ceasefire to protect people in the no-fire zone.
The LTTE has rejected all international calls to let them leave and insists civilians are staying by choice. Sri Lanka has rejected further calls for a truce after the expiration of a 48-hour pause last week, saying the Tigers only used it to bolster their defences and make it harder for people to escape. The state-run Daily News said 15,000 people had fled on Monday.
Source : Zeenews.com
LTTE released some horrible videos of the situation in No Fire zone..
How many of you think Prabhakaran - LTTE leader is a terrorist?
he stood in front of the backdrop in such a way 'the rays' surround his smug, fat, self satisfied melon head.
He will not surrender. As soon as government forces captured him, for sure they will kill him. there will not be trial at all.
His children having luxurious life,very recently the photos were out, his own people have rejected him only few politicians who wants to exploit the situation will talk good about him ...
I think this guy is a coward who will somehow manage to flee
they attacked the central bank,airport,oil refinery and many important places in sri lanka,the loss were in millions,they have suicide bombers and even flew a Zlin-143 to Colombo for 9/11 style attempt which failed ,
They managed to assassinate a president of sri lanka and a indian PM,They killed dozens of ministers and hundred thousands of innocent people which cannot be paid back, so who are they?
i don't think the soldiers will bring him to Colombo to hand over to India,there final target is him...they would shoot like crazy the moment they see him and this is the final days for him..
If by any chance this guy is captured alive he is supposed to be handed over to India ( in whatever shape ) to stand trial for the murder of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
He must surrender otherwise he will be killed that for sure. present gov of Sri Lanka is very strong in eradicating the LTTE. even if their brain washed supporters all around the world continue their propaganda( many of them never even visited sri lanka in their life time, some of them never even speaks Tamil, so how they can propagate something they do not know).
Let's hope this is an end of the conflict there. The LTTE have operated a worldwide extortion racket for years and even sent a hit-man to Doha once, who brutally murdered a Sri Lankan expat who had offended them in some way. If the war ends, Sri Lanka will (may?) finally be able to make some economic progress.
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I think you have me confused with someone who gives a sh1t.
He'll pee in his pants. That's what makes him smile so happily. Didn't you notice?
Do you reckon his trouser go all the way up to his belt? How does he pee when his fly is under his chin?
This government has decided to erradicate the LTTE rather than negotiate like its predecessors. If the LTTE really cared for the safety of the Tamils, it would surrender. However, I can't see it happening.
John "pajju" Wayne had no hips either, brit. Did he? Anyhow, innocent victims are the bad thing, but does anybody really care?? (Except us).
LOL brite....
John "pajju" Wayne wore it near his chin :)
I doubt whether they'll surrender.. The sad thing is that the innocents will die..
RAMBO use to hang AK-47 around his neck...:(
I think the belt with the gun is in the wrong position. Clint Eastwood always wore the belt on his hips.??
rizks - LOL! I thought he looked familiar too!
Looks somewhat like my friend Pajju....:)
I don't know about terrorist, but he looks like a tiny GI Joe :o)