Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai PrabhakaranFrom The Telegraph:
Velupillai Prabhakaran, aged 54, whose death while trying to escape advancing Sri Lankan government troops was confirmed on May 24, founded and led the Tamil Tigers (formally the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE), turning it into one of the most organised, effective and brutal terrorist guerrilla groups in the world.
From 1983 Prabhakaran led a violent war against the Sinhalese-dominated government of Sri Lanka for a separate state for ethnic Tamils, who make up about 13 per cent of the population. During that time he established a mini-state covering the northern and eastern third of the country, with its own navy and air force, and parallel institutions of civil administration, police force, banks and tax collection.
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My Comment: After so many dead and lives ruined .... what does he have to show for all that loss?
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