right where it started.
Waiting to see what the Maoist response will be
to the defeat of the LTTE ? and
What do the Maoists attribute the LTTE's defeat to ?
What influence will it have on the armed struggle
in India ?
I hope we can find answers to these questions soon.
You can ignore the SLA commentary printed on
the photos below.
Pictures recovered from Prabhakaran's Personal Photo Albums
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Pictures From
http://www.army.lk/detailed.php?NewsId=369
Regarding the comments on the pictures
The Sri Lankan government has recently released some old family pictures of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, and claimed they show Prabhakaran living a very luxurious life. I am sure everyone in the world has pictures of themselves celebrating some special occasion. There is nothing wrong with celebrating a special occasion with a feast. Defence.lk is trying to twist the photos to suggest every single day Prabhakaran is living a luxurious life, but the fact that he has refused to be bought out for years proves this is not the case - he is not interested in money or a luxurious lifestyle.
They say Prabhakaran gave special treatment to his own son, but sent other people's sons to fight. But Prabhakaran's son was leading from the front lines last month when he was injured in combat. Prabhakaran is willing to let his son fight and die on the front lines for the cause of the Tamil people.
The Sri Lankan government continuously tries to benefit from contradictory statements. They will simultaneously say Charles Anthony was injured on the front lines, but then they will say he is protected and living a luxurious life in a foreign country. They are unable to make up their mind which story to publicize, so they foolishly publish both versions which are mutually contradictory.
They show a picture taken during peace times of Prabhakaran's son celebrating his birthday. During peace time there was no shortage of food, or difficulties for the people. Do they expect Prabhakran's 6 year old son should be dressed in military dress during peace time on his birthday? Again they show a picture of Prabhakaran's son riding a bicycle during the peace times, claiming it is somehow wrong for a child to ride a bicycle.
They show a picture of an NGO worker eating on the beach during the peace time, and claim there is something wrong with that. Do NGO workers not eat food? Should NGO workers live off of air? Again, this picture was taken during peace time when there was plenty of food for everyone. It was not like it is now in the no fire zone, where the Sri Lankan government denies food to more than 150,000 civilians, while the government leaders enjoy sumptuous meals in Colombo.
There have already been a number of starvation deaths reported inside the government detention camps. While the Sri Lankan government lets imprisoned Tamil civilians die of starvation in their custody, the leaders like Rajapaksa enjoy sumptuous meals in Colombo and on international trips. Take for example the fact that during a short period of less than 2 years (2006 to 2007), Mahinda Rajapaksa spent around 473 million rupees on trips abroad. This same person wants to criticize Prabhakaran for giving a birthday cake to his son in 2002 during peace times.
Let anyone who wants to criticize old family photos first look at the house, car and food that Mahinda Rajapaksa uses today. Maybe Defence.lk can show us photos, side by side, of Prabhakaran's place of residence, fighting with his people in the no fire zone, compared to Mahinda Rajapaksa's luxurious house in Colombo.
They say Prabhakaran gave special treatment to his own son, but sent other people's sons to fight. But Prabhakaran's son was leading from the front lines last month when he was injured in combat. Prabhakaran is willing to let his son fight and die on the front lines for the cause of the Tamil people.
The Sri Lankan government continuously tries to benefit from contradictory statements. They will simultaneously say Charles Anthony was injured on the front lines, but then they will say he is protected and living a luxurious life in a foreign country. They are unable to make up their mind which story to publicize, so they foolishly publish both versions which are mutually contradictory.
They show a picture taken during peace times of Prabhakaran's son celebrating his birthday. During peace time there was no shortage of food, or difficulties for the people. Do they expect Prabhakran's 6 year old son should be dressed in military dress during peace time on his birthday? Again they show a picture of Prabhakaran's son riding a bicycle during the peace times, claiming it is somehow wrong for a child to ride a bicycle.
They show a picture of an NGO worker eating on the beach during the peace time, and claim there is something wrong with that. Do NGO workers not eat food? Should NGO workers live off of air? Again, this picture was taken during peace time when there was plenty of food for everyone. It was not like it is now in the no fire zone, where the Sri Lankan government denies food to more than 150,000 civilians, while the government leaders enjoy sumptuous meals in Colombo.
There have already been a number of starvation deaths reported inside the government detention camps. While the Sri Lankan government lets imprisoned Tamil civilians die of starvation in their custody, the leaders like Rajapaksa enjoy sumptuous meals in Colombo and on international trips. Take for example the fact that during a short period of less than 2 years (2006 to 2007), Mahinda Rajapaksa spent around 473 million rupees on trips abroad. This same person wants to criticize Prabhakaran for giving a birthday cake to his son in 2002 during peace times.
Let anyone who wants to criticize old family photos first look at the house, car and food that Mahinda Rajapaksa uses today. Maybe Defence.lk can show us photos, side by side, of Prabhakaran's place of residence, fighting with his people in the no fire zone, compared to Mahinda Rajapaksa's luxurious house in Colombo.
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I looked at the pictures, believing them to be truly evidence of a rich Saddam style life. I found them to be ordinary. A couple seem middle class extravagance, but don't speak of a lifestye - birthday cake. They look so ordinary, my maid wears more glamour than the family.
ReplyDeleteHe was fighting for his cause, he used terror without compunction for his cause, and that was his failing. But some outrageous extravagant lifestye a la Saddam Hussein, or ANY average politician of a small town in India - this is NOT. His family wear no gold, and most of the clothes are fairly simple. Middle Class, with a little taste, and some good looks. That is where I would place it.
@above anony
ReplyDeleteLTTE is fighting for freedom, not for your mother or sister..k
senceless comparision of photographs...
ReplyDeleteIt would have better, if Srilankan government released white paper on what they did for Srilankan Tamils in last 25 years?
Sri Lankan Govt., has not a right to comment on Prabhakaran's life style because he dedicated his whole life to Tamil Ealam and not for himself or his families future. He sacrifice his son Com.Charles blood also to the Motherland.
ReplyDeleteRights comes from the blood springs of the sacrificed. So dont blame the their fight for a Great cause i.e., Tamils Liberation.
ReplyDeletehaha their both dead. =)
ReplyDeletesrilaka jaya wewa
ReplyDeletedont talk about srilankan government since you people have no rights.I am so happy that he is dead coz he is not only enemy for buddhist & muslims but also for tamils as well.he used tamil people as Humen shields.he fought for tamils????? joke of the year.
ReplyDeleteThe Sinhalese migrated 700 years back from the present state of Orissa which is now in East India. They were kicked off from Orissa and had no place to settle down, hence they inhabited the no man island, which was later called Ceylon by the british. The Sinhalese are cowards, who have never fought any war in their life. They also borrowed Buddhism from India. They could never face the Brave and broadminded Tamils...and hence started discriminating them..and thus LTTE was born.
ReplyDeleteTHE PHOTOS SHOWN ABOVE ARE LESS THAN NORMAL.
EVEN A SRILANKAN HOUSEMAID IN CANADA WILL HAVE A BETTER LIFE STYLE THAN THe one shown in these photos.
Poor rats those Sinhalese...they are distributing sweets...unknown about the big disaster in store for them.
The Sinhalese migrated 700 years back from the present state of Orissa which is now in East India. They were kicked off from Orissa and had no place to settle down, hence they inhabited the no man island, which was later called Ceylon by the british. The Sinhalese are cowards, who have never fought any war in their life. They also borrowed Buddhism from India. They could never face the Brave and broadminded Tamils...and hence started discriminating them..and thus LTTE was born.
ReplyDeleteTHE PHOTOS SHOWN ABOVE ARE LESS THAN NORMAL.
EVEN A SRILANKAN HOUSEMAID IN CANADA WILL HAVE A BETTER LIFE STYLE THAN THe one shown in these photos.
Poor rats those Sinhalese...they are distributing sweets...unknown about the big disaster in store for them.
dont fight each other. no war is solution. whatever the reason prabhakran fought for, we lost one of indias valuable politician Rajiv Gandhi. prabhakaran cant bring back what we have lost. each and every one know that he fouled the peace treaty and started the war. what LTTE acquired with war-nothing but lost lives of 70000 innocent people. a movement must be led by a leader but not by a terrorist. when gandhi was able to bring india independence from the cruel british hands,why cant prabhakaran. the only reason is a leader should have patience where prabhakaran didnt. all we have to do is to pray for those innocent people dead, and try to help tamils at srilanka to no longer be destructed.
ReplyDeletewhat else would have been the right path for LTTE and pirabhakaran, when the sinhala govt was anihilating systematically the tamil culture and tamil population when they asked for equal rights?
ReplyDeleteTry to understand the value of human live.
ReplyDeleteSit and discuss...dont be so erogan...
try to say true happenings
ReplyDeleteI must admit, the above pics of prabha & family does NOT show extravagant life styles. It's a ordinary life style. I also don't believe the above pics show prabha family's regular life style. the pics may have been taken on occassions. One thing that amazes me about prabha's story is - how in the world he thought his minority pistol fight would succeed against a majority government gun fight. some one brain washed him to live in a fool's paradise.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I personally don't like LTTE after they assasinated Rajiv Gandhi.
LTTE could easily have won if they fought with only the majority government gun fight, as they proved they could keep the war going for the last 30 years, but this time India, china and pakistan etc. were supporting them, which is one of the main reasons why they lost. But, whatever
ReplyDeletehappens might be for the best, as I disagree with gun fights. If all those civilians were sinhalese,would the government have done the same? No never. If sinhalese government treated sinhalese and tamils equally from the start, the LTTE would not have been formed. Tamils were not against the Sinhalese civilians, but only with the unfair government.