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	Velupillai Prabhakaran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Velupillai Prabhakaran (sometimes spelled Velupillai Pirapaharan) (born November 26, 1954) is the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), an independence movement and a rebel militia fighting for Tamil self-rule in North-East Sri Lanka, banned as a terrorist organization in several countries including USA, Britain, India, Australia and Malaysia.
		In 1975, after becoming heavily involved in the Tamil protest movement, he was accused of assassinating the mayor of Jaffna.
		On May 5, 1976, the TNT was renamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Velupillai_Prabakharan (208 words)

	LankaWeb news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The president told "Time" she promised Prabakharan an autonomy package and also said if he stopped fighting he could run the northern province, using his guerrillas as a police force, without having to face elections for up to 10 years.
		As for Prabakharan he and his movement were not required to face elections for a period of time but be handed over regional authority.
		Prabakharan refused saying that he was already de facto chief minister of the North and that with some more time he could take over the East too.
	www.lankaweb.com /news/items/250298-3.html (3561 words)

	'Vikings' meet 'V.P.' in the Wanni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The very fact that VP or Velupillai Prabakharan was meeting with a foreign delegation was in itself of significance as it illustrated the level of importance attributed to the Norwegian initiative for peace.
		Prabakharan's discussion with the Norwegians was positively refreshing in the sense that he neither ruled out peace talks nor imposed preconditions for resumption of talks.
		Prabakharan also expressed misgivings about her ability to deliver politically because of the increasing militarisation of society and the ascendancy of Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism.
	www.news.tamilcanadian.com /news/2000/11/20001105_1.shtml (2730 words)

	Erik Solheim: Blaming the victim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		She pointed out that though she, the Executive President of Sri Lanka was readily granting an audience to the Norwegian envoy, Velupillai Prabakharan, the elusive tiger leader had not met him.
		Velupillai Prabakharan accompanied by his Political Wing Chief SP Thamilchelvan and Senior Leader Shankar, met the Norwegian delegation led by Solheim at Mallavi in the Northern mainland of the Wanni and held fruitful discussions for three hours.
		Prabakharan had agreed to engage in direct negotiations with the government within the parameters of a united and territorially indivisible Lanka on the one hand, and, a settlement fulfilling the aspirations of the Tamils on the other.
	www.news.tamilcanadian.com /news/2001/06/20010622_2.shtml (3574 words)

	Tamil Tigers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Founded in 1976, it is one of the many such organisations that seek to establish an independent state for Lankan Tamils, to be called Tamil Eelam, in the north-east of Sri Lanka.
		The leader of the organization is Velupillai Prabakharan.
		The LTTE has infamously absorbed or eliminated most of the people from the other organisations over the twenty year independence struggle, and has generally pursued an all-out approach to war, including terrorist activities (at home and abroad) and suicide bombings as well as successful conventional engagements.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /LTTE (795 words)

	Peace Process: Picking up the Pieces
		“Velupillai Prabakharan, the leader and military commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, has issued orders to all units and combat formations of the Tamil Liberation army to cease all hostile military actions against the Sri Lankan armed forces from midnight 24 December 2001 till midnight 24 January 2002,” the LTTE’s statement declared.
		The mandate received by the UNP led front and the impressive victories of Wickremesinghe and Jayewardene have demonstrated that substantial portions of the southern voters have dismissed Kumaratunga’s accusations with the contempt it deserved.
		It is important to recognise that Velupillai Prabakharan and his companions are firmly convinced that the Tamil national question cannot be resolved within a united Sri Lanka.
	www.sangam.org /ANALYSIS_ARCHIVES/Jeyaraj_12_23_01.htm (2406 words)

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		Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Leader Velupillai Prabakharan will meet representatives of the national and international media at a special press conference in the Northern mainland of the Wanni before Sinhala and Tamil new year in April.
		Prabakharan is prepared to answer all questions regarding the past, present and future of the on going peace process and outline the LTTE stance openly,’ said Balasingham.
		Prabakharan feels that by meeting the press at this point of time he can clear the air and take the peace process forward,’ Balasingham said.
	www.tamilcanadian.com /pageview.php?ID=107&pr_v=yes (462 words)

	OPINIONS
		Westborg was received at the office by LTTE Political Chief SP Thamilchelvan to whom the diplomat gave a copy of the documents endorsed by Wickremesinghe.
		On January 4, a team led by the new Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgeson visited the British capital of London to meet with the LTTE's Anton Balasingham who is authorised by his leader Prabakharan to engage in the spadework necessary to establish a viable peace process.
		Balasingham is in a unique position of being trusted to a great extent by his leader Velupillai Prabakharan on this issue.
	www.tamilguardian.com /tg150/opinions.htm (2220 words)

	From the War Front - the Struggle for Tamil Eelam - Katunayake Airport Attacked
		The Oslo facilitated peace process compelled Prabakharan to put it on hold because of a pledge given by him to Erik Solheim that there would be a moratorium on violence in the South.
		The turning point came when the government embarked on a massive bombing spree in the North on June 30, under the flimsy pretext that it was necessary to preempt an offensive planned by the Tigers to retake Jaffna.
		It is said that when Prabakharan had his customary "last supper" with the fl Tiger fighters he impressed upon them the need to prevent civilian casualties.
	www.tamilnation.org /tamileelam/armedstruggle/warfront/01072katunayake.htm (3721 words)

	Politics - 05th November 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		While the Norwegians last week met LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran to explore the possibility of resuming negotiations with President Chandrika Kumaratunga's government, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake was locking horns with the National Unity Alliance, calling for the military decimation of the LTTE.
		The internal policy conflict within the government on not just dealing with the LTTE but on the minorities as a whole, was evident in the day to day functioning or rather the non functioning of government with the president struggling for three weeks to even swear in the deputy ministers.
		It is such deception practised by the Kumaratunga administration at the very outset that will queer the pitch for genuine negotiations with the LTTE, thereby giving the Tigers an opportunity of accusing Kumaratunga of a lack of sincerity from the outset, if the talks do fail.
	www.lanka.net /sundayleader/2000/Nov/05/politics.html (12395 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Extracts from President Kumaratunga's interview
		The president said she was willing to discuss peace with Tamil leader Velupillai Prabakharan but that she would not split Sri Lanka to create an independent Tamil state.
		She said she was still willing to negotiate with Mr Prabakharan if he was "willing to give up his devilish ways".
		She urged Tamils abroad to stop funding Mr Prabakharan, saying they were being falsely influenced by the "lies" of the LTTE.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/south_asia/583120.stm (717 words)

	Sri Lanka News - Lankaneye.com - Latest Hot News from Sri Lanka - Prabakharan Is Not The Solution To The Tamil Issue, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabakharan is not the solution to the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, but represents the problem itself, says the newly formed TamilEela Ikkiya Viduthalai Munnani - TIVM (TamilEela United Liberation Front).
		Prabakharan has always stood between the suffering Tamil people in Sri Lanka and a peaceful solution that would guarantee fulfillment of the Tamil aspiration, according to Packianathan Rajaratnam, coordinator of TIVM.
		“Prabakharan only wants to promote his personal agenda — of keeping himself at the helm- at any cost, totally impervious to the aspiration, need and welfare of the Tamils who had sacrificed so much at his behest,” the moderate Rajaratnam told “Asian Tribune,” in an interview in the Indian capital.
	www.lankaneye.com /wmprint.php?ArtID=514 (550 words)

	HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN \| Sri Lanka: The peace within (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		She further stated that the UNF Government was attempting to reduce her powers because of her determination to use full authority as Commander in Chief if the country's sovereignty was under threat.
		In an address to the nation on 12 November to mark the eighth anniversary of her Presidency, Ms Kumaratunga stated that the judiciary, legislature and law enforcement authorities including the Police, need to be free of the fear of political victimisation, undue influence and the possibility of corruption.
		In response to the High Court's judgement on the Central bank bombing which resulted in LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakharan receiving a 200-year sentence, LTTE Political Wing leader Tamilchelvan stated that an amnesty should be applied for war crimes.
	www.himalmag.com /sri_lanka/npc112102.htm (4747 words)

	Tamil Canadian Services: Tamil Eelam
		In that context, it was amusing to note some news agencies reporting that the LTTE Leader has contradicted what the chief negotiator had stated earlier without realising who the actual speech writer was.
		Continuing further, Prabakharan appealed directly to the Sinhala people: "The Sinhalese people should not oppose the Tamils' aspirations to manage their own affairs under a system of self-rule in their own homeland.
		What Prabakharan has done therefore is to fling down the gauntlet to the Sinhala people and their political leaders.
	www.tamilcanadian.com /pageview.php?ID=1430&SID=52 (1820 words)

	National Peace Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The war that devastated the north and east alike served also to foster a common Tamil identity that finally appeared to reach its zenith in the notion of the LTTE as the sole representative of the Tamil people.
		But overshadowing all the political dynamics that emphasised the common interests of the Tamil people, was the tightly knit organisation that LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakharan had created over three decades.
		Under the leadership of Velupillai Prabakharan the LTTE was an organisation that appeared to have transcended the primordial lines of fragmentation of Sri Lankan society- religion, caste and region.
	www.peace-srilanka.org /media_statements/current_sitation/march-8-04.htm (1735 words)

	International peace initiatives and Tamil perceptions
		Velupillai Prabakharan therefore decided to change his approach.
		Even though he distrusted the Colombo government, Prabakharan felt that the International community would be fair.
		One reason for this was that the LTTE supremo knew that the international community realised the limits of Colombo’s military option and would therefore encourage a political settlement to prevent secession.
	www.sangam.org /ANALYSIS_ARCHIVES/Jeyaraj_5_29_01.htm (3040 words)

	BBC News \| South Asia \| Sri Lanka steps up security
		The increased security is because of the threat of attacks by Tamil Tiger separatists during a week of celebrations to honour those they call the martyrs of the separatist conflict.
		The week coincides with the birthday of their leader, Velupillai Prabakharan.
		There have been reports of increased activity in the Tiger-held areas, but the rebels say this is a time to commemorate those who have died during the 15-year-old war.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/south_asia/218986.stm (305 words)

	Velupillai Prabakharan < Leadership < Tamil Tigers < Asia < : news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Velupillai Prabakharan < Leadership < Tamil Tigers < Asia < : news
		The inference must be that the separatist ambitions of Velupillai Prabakharan, the LTTE leader, are much greater than can be accommodated by Colombo, let alone...
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	schema-root.org /region/asia/south_asia/sri_lanka/anti-government_forces/tamil_tigers/leadership/velupillai_prabakharan?newsfeed_history (272 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features
		At his press conference on Wednesday, Velupillai Prabakharan, the Tigers' leader, stressed his belief in the good intentions of Mr Wickremesinghe.
		Whether Mr Prabakharan is himself capable of abandoning the armed struggle is another question.
		His ruthless campaign of assassination and suicide bombings, and his creation of a slavish personality cult, make him unlikely to become a natural democratic leader in peacetime.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/04/16/fea02.html (404 words)

	HIMAL SOUTH ASIAN \| Sri Lanka: The peace within (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Sihala Urumaya (SU) lodged a formal complaint on 18 November at Police headquarters requesting the arrest of Anton Balasingham, Tamilchelvan and Karuna Muralidaran for harbouring LTTE leader Veluppillai Prabakharan who was sentenced to 200 years imprisonment by the Colombo High Court.
		On 27 November, MP Milinda Moragoda stated that as a bipartisan approach to secure peace was necessary, he and the P.M would hold discussions with the President in order to seek a consensus on peace related matters as the peace process he said, was not just a political matter.
		On 27 November, during his annual Heroes' Day speech on Voice of Tigers, LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakharan stated that "substantial regional autonomy and self-government to the Tamil people" based on the right to internal self-determination was an option he would favourably consider.
	www.himalmag.com /sri_lanka/npc120302.htm (5586 words)

	Peace in Sri Lanka
		Over the past days we have had a large number of meetings, including three with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, two with President Chandrika Bandanaraike Kumaratunga and one yesterday with LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakharan.
		Yesterday, in our meeting with the LTTE in Kilinochchi, Mr Prabakharan asked for a guarantee that the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) would be respected.
		In particular he wanted an assurance that the freedom of movement for political cadres be respected in areas held by the Government.
	www.peaceinsrilanka.org /peace2005/Insidepage/PressRelease/RNG/RNE141103.asp (415 words)

	The Hindu : Norway as facilitator
		The announcement was hardly a surprise as speculation was rife about the Scandinavian nation exploring possibilities of playing an intermediary role for quite a while.
		Vollebaek's visit was scheduled for February 16, he made a quick trip to Britain where he met the LTTE theoretician and political adviser, Anton Balasingham, in London for a 115- minute one-to-one on February 12.
		Balasingham was sent from the Wanni by Prabakharan to reorganise the LTTE overseas structure and pave the way for peace negotiations.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/02/24/stories/05242524.htm (1256 words)

	LTTE to contest ban: Sunday Leader - InfoLanka Forum
		It has also commenced exploratory discussions with human rights advocacy groups in a bid to associate itself with positive efforts contemplated to challenge the new legislation on terrorism.
		LTTE chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, has also submitted a report on developments after the proscription came into effect, to the Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabakharan.
		The LTTE chief will thereafter decide upon the politico-legal course to be adopted in response to the ban on his organisation after discussing the issue with his senior military commanders and political leaders in the Northern mainland of the Wanni.
	www.infolanka.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/002899.html (495 words)

	South Asian Journal
		At present, due to the Norwegian-facilitated peace process, an LTTE political wing appears to be emerging, but unlike the Sinn Fein- IRA arrangement in Northern Ireland, the LTTE's political wing is completely under the domination of the military leadership and the LTTE's undisputed leader Velupillai Prabakaran.
		Further, the LTTE leader has an Indian arrest warrant against him due the Indian judiciary's finding that the LTTE was responsible for the assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
		In his annual Heroes Day speech in late November, the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran indicated his willingness to come to a peaceful settlement.
	www.southasianmedia.net /magazine/journal/srilanka_confrontation.htm (5691 words)

	Daily Excelsior... Editorial
		Veerappan was believed to be part of the narcotics trade that originated in Burma and reportedly reached the banned terrorist outfit LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) in its stronghold in Jaffna in Sri Lanka, according to Dr Subramanian Swamy, India's former Commerce and Law Minister.
		The narcotics trade sustained both Veerappan and LTTE chief Velupillai Prabakharan, says Dr Swamy in his book on Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.
		What lends credibility to this is the fact that individuals having sympathy for LTTE had brokered truce between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Governments on the one hand and Veerappan on the other in negotiations for the release of hostages being held by the forest brigand at different times.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/04nov01/edit.htm (5242 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		On the eve Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabakharan signed the MoU, resort managers down South were sporting mile-wide smiles.
		For the first time during the last eight months that began with the LTTE attack on the Katunayake International Airport, followed by the mayhem of September 11, they had heard good news about their industry.
		Wickremesinghe put that down as one of the prime movers in the government going for negotiations and queried as to what moved Prabakharan so quickly, a diplomat answered, "911," without hesitation.
	www.tamiltigers.net /history/2004/his2004news613.html (875 words)

	ummah.com forum - View Single Post - why are muslims fighting everyone? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		It is a conflict between the Sri Lankan government (which represents Buddhists, Muslims, Christians, and Tamils) and the Tamil Tiger rebel group (LTTE).
		The leader of the LTTE, Velupillai Prabakharan (I think that's how it's spelt!) is a Christian, and so are many members of the LTTE, as well as a good number of Sri Lankan Tamils.
		Looking at the Sri Lankan Tamil community over here in London, the number of Christians seems to be increasing (they are probably converting).
	www.ummah.net /forum/showpost.php?p=93157&postcount=5 (385 words)

	Tamil Tigers mark 'martyr' day
		They wear cyanide capsules around their necks in order to kill themselves rather than be captured and have targeted prominent politicians and presidents, including the former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.
		They always wear fl masks in public and it is said that before each Black Tiger left for a mission they were given a last dinner by the elusive leader of the organisation, Velupillai Prabakharan.
		It is said that over 240 Black Tigers have died on suicide missions on land and sea since the first suicide bombing in 1987.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/940804/posts (707 words)

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