LTTE – Prabhakaran Dead or Alive?

For the past 1 and half months or more, the Sri Lankan Army has been closing in on the LTTE stronghold Mullaithivu in Northern Sri Lanka. The LTTE till sometime back had saving itself behind the human shield. They were not letting the civilians vacate Mullaithivu because they knew that the Sri Lankan Army would capture them if they clear the civilians from the place. However by the 15th of May 09 almost all of Mullaithivu was vacated and the LTTE remnants were the only ones left in the Prabhakaran Capital. After years of struggle and millions of life and property losses, the Sri Lankan Army could achieve the almost impossible task of wiping out the LTTE. Latest reports suggest that Prabhakaran and his core team have committed suicide by consuming cyanide in view to avoid arrest by the Sri Lankan forces. These reports are still not confirmed because the bodies have not been recovered yet.

The point of contention here is whether Prabhakaran, the LTTE Leader, is dead or not. If he is dead then is there any other leader of the LTTE who will emerge as a Prabahakarn II on the future? If Prabahakaran is caught alive, will he be extradited to India for his alleged involvement in the assassination of the late Indian Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi? As per the Sri Lankan government, Prabhakaran has hundreds of criminal charges against him which might add up to probably 250 years of jail term. These are all secondary issues. The primary issue is the cause of the LTTE for which they were supposedly fighting for the past 30 years or more. Will the Tamilians of Sri Lanka rise again and ask for an independent state? Was it really so easy and quick to wipe out one of the most disciplined terrorist outfit of the World, The LTTE? Or is it that the LTTE has different plans for later. Whatever it is, Prabhakaran and his team has been wiped out of Sri Lanka, this is for sure. There has been a lot of support from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu for the LTTE’s causes. So does this mean that the LTTE core team has already taken refuge in southern India? Were they able to manage a sneak out with the civilians who were getting evacuated from Mullaithivu?

If we notice, the heads of all terrorist outfits around the world have been either very difficult to catch or have not been caught at all. Prabhakaran should not be taken lightly. The LTTE which have been controlling half of Sri Lanka at one time and had even got an offer from the Sri Lankan Government once to govern the country together with the government is not a cake walk. There should be international vigilance on the ongoing conflict between Sri Lankan forces and LTTE till the time LTTE is completely assuredly wiped out. The areas of Sri Lanka is still not safe and there are still chances of a bolt from the blue.

Linus Orakles
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