Tamil lose their Liberation Tigers

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have suffered a major blow with the death of their leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran (வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்). Other leaders were also killed last Monday. This may be the end of the LTTE. That doesn’t mean an end to the conflict. The Tamils have now gained nothing for all the blood they have sacrificed. Like other minority ethnic groups, they were being oppressed and that is likely to continue.
The Tamil’s are the losers in this historical event. They now have no one to speak for them, fight for them, or give them shelter from the majority Sinhalese population. A new group may eventually form to try and push for Tamil rights. For now, the Tigers are in desperate shape, possibly defeated. The old LTTE, one of the worlds most sophisticated liberation group, has been annihilated by the Sri Lankan Government.
The US has the LTTE listed as a terrorist group, which is not surprising since the US opposes any armed group that tries to liberated people from oppression.
From the Christian Science Monitor click here.