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By P K Balachandran - COLOMBO
25th November 2012 08:45 AM
Even three days before his death and the decimation of LTTE, Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was counting on a favourable result in the 2009 elections to the Lok Sabha in Tamil Nadu to save him from the ignominy of surrender to the Sri Lankan army and an involuntary asylum in a foreign land.
Revealing this in an interview to Daily Mirror on Saturday, the then head of the International Secretariat of the LTTE, Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP), said: “Tamil Nadu fellows like Vaiko and Nedumaran had given false hopes of a change in the situation (in India) after elections in mid-May, saying that the BJP will win overall and Jayalalithaa in TN.” Prabhakaran pinned his faith on Tamil Nadu and India because he did not trust the West, including the official peace broker, Norway, KP recalled in the interview.
He said that over the end of 2008 and early 2009, the international community and the co-chairs of the Tokyo peace conference, had devised a plan whereby the LTTE would lay down arms, hand over armouries to UN and negotiate a peace settlement with Colombo.
As part of the deal, Colombo would allow the top rung of the LTTE to be shifted to an Asian or African country; try the middle rung leaders but award them light sentences; and give amnesty to ordinary LTTE cadre. The US was ready to send a fleet to evacuate Prabhakaran and his colleagues. In the bargain, 3,00,000 Tamil civilians caught in the crossfire would also be saved.
But Prabhakaran, who did not want to go down in history as having compromised and surrendered, sent word to KP that if any foreign ship appeared on the Mullaitivu coast for rescuing him, it would be fired at.
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Comments(8)
KP is singing all the Nursery Rhymes taught by his Handlers in SL Intelligence & RAW.KP is in 'Stockholm Syndrome' situation, singing like a Sparrow.Annan Vaiko was not responsible for Prabakaran's death.LTTE knew they were finished early in Jan 2009, just after Killinochchi fell and they Nominated KP as Head of International Relations. Prabakaran was hurriedly moved from Place to Place.No group with 2000 Cadres can fight off an Army of over 200,000 that was armed with all kinds of weapons by many many countries.First India saw to it that LTTE ships were destroyed. Then, it was Indian Air Surveillance and Satellite Imagery that helped the Singala Cowards to get the Edge over Puligal. Till then LTTE with 3 small trainer Aircraft were kicking the behinds of the Singala 'Mara-Mandais'. LTTE was finished as a Military force in May 2009.So now what is KP trying to achieve by talking negative about Annan Vaiko? Delhi & Colombo cannot finish off World Tamils Politically, we have now woken up!
Posted by Observer at 11/25/2012 10:45 Reply to this Report abuse
what has this guy being smoking... some good Kerala grass..use your energy for the upliftment of the poor Northern Tamils who suffered under the madman Prabha..Tamils should thank their stars Praba got done ..if not he would have been another pol pot.. as it is he killed some many intellectuals and renowned Tamils...get real...your brothers in Colombo live in harmony... follow suit and enjoy this beautiful country to be shared by all Sri-Lankans..
Posted by Jeremy Poo at 11/25/2012 12:44 Reply to this Report abuse
what has this guy being smoking... some good Kerala grass..use your energy for the upliftment of the poor Northern Tamils who suffered under the madman Prabha..Tamils should thank their stars Praba got done ..if not he would have been another pol pot.. as it is he killed some many intellectuals and renowned Tamils...get real...your brothers in Colombo live in harmony... follow suit and enjoy this beautiful country to be shared by all Sri-Lankans..
Posted by Jeremy Poo at 11/25/2012 13:14 Reply to this Report abuse
This kind of seditious speeches on behalf of terrorist organisations should be condemned and people who speak should be tried as per the law of the land. India is not a breeding ground for citizens of other countries when even its own citizens are not protected. How can people forget the annihilation of the brahmins from Tamil Nadu by the dravidars. Tamilians should mind their own business first and take all its people along in its development
Posted by Sri at 11/25/2012 10:52 Reply to this Report abuse
What is there for 'Sedition' in my comments. Mr Sri. please dont forget it was Indira & Rajiv Gandhi who gave training to Tamil Militants in 1983. There were only 30 fellows them, and by 1987, India had trained 30,000 people. So as long as India trained people to kill Srilankans, it was Not 'Terrorism' is it? But when LTTE started fighting IPKF they suddenly become 'Terrorists' is it? When Indira reared Bhindranwale against Akalis , it was Not 'Terrorism', but when Bhindranwale started fighting Punjab Police it becomes Terrorism'. What absurdity and double-dealing we are talking here. Brahmins were not annihilated by the Dravidars in any way. ust because 3% Brahmins lost political clout to the Dravidars, does not mean Brahmins were annihilated. Mr Sri, your 'forked' writing will not hold water nowadays. If Brahmins were annihilated, please explain how Brahmins still rule the Press with Hindu, Tughlak and DinaMalar? How is it TN has a Brahmin CM in 2012? Stop this Brahmin Victim game.
Posted by Observer at 11/25/2012 11:17 Reply to this Report abuse
Dear Shri Sri : Please do not go overboard. (A) "Annihilation of brahmins in TN" is too strong a usage. The anti-brahmin domination movement in TN is perse NOT anti-brahmins. The movement made Sudras to assert themselves. In the process, the undue advantages accruing till then to non-Sudras vanished. The Government support to Kanchi Mutt like establishment of University-- despite the Government being of sudras -- is but a pointer. (B) Your objection to let Indian origin Srilankans into TN/ India on humanitarian grounds is inhuman, bereft of kindness/concern and (un)brahminical. Please have an open mind and see the situation with lots of empathy. Regards
Posted by chandrasekar at 11/25/2012 12:05 Reply to this Report abuse
The gravest blunder was only that of Late Prabakaran and none else.Vaiko and others cannot be blamed for own annihilation. "LTTE was out and out a guerrilla outfit". Suddenly Late Prabakaran thought that he had grown wings, by the possession of a small submarine and aircraft. He mounted a 'war in conventional sense'. How can Vaiko or others be blamed? Strategically, it was a blunder (repeat it thousands of times). Think: "If LTTE had remained a guerrilla outfit,it would be causing untold sufferings to SL rulers and a more honorable settlement aimed at by him could have been his". What did he want? More say for Tamils in own affairs in North- West regions is it not? It could have been attained once his power unambiguously got recognized by SL and others including India. He should have adopted ( or, adapted?) Vietnamese struggle-model to get freed from foreign domination. If one says he was misled, then too it was solely his blunder! As commander, he misjudged.
Posted by KANNAN at 11/25/2012 18:48 Reply to this Report abuse
I love how you indians love to act as if sri lanka is your personal property. Get this through your thick skulls we are a sovereign country. You tried to destroy us with the ltte and have failed. If you are so concerned about a tamil homeland pls let tamil nadu secede from the union. nobody will ever be able to divide sri lanka. we now prospering after the war. We are now a middle income country and despite all problems are better off than your poverty ridden country. Please concentrate on your own problems than poking your noses in our affairs without even coming to see our country.
Posted by Doc brown at 11/26/2012 11:59 Reply to this Report abuse