The British filmmaker whose latest documentary has unearthed pictures of slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran, suggesting he was killed in cold blood and not in an exchange of fire

Co-sponsored by China, Sri Lankan Army’s anti-terror conference touted the island’s model of counterinsurgency. Major Generals continuously referred to Eelam War IV as a “humanitarian operation” but could not clarify how exactly Prabhakaran died

If you were asked to choose between former LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and Al-Qaeda’s erstwhile boss Osama Bin Laden, who would you pick as the bigger terrorist?

'...for the people of Tamil Eelam,' demands the LTTE supremo in his annual Heroes' Day speech. 'The Rajapakse regime, while conducting genocide of the Tamils, is portraying our movement which is waging a struggle to save the Tamils from this genocide

'The new government should come forward soon with a reasonable political framework that will satisfy the political aspirations of the Tamil people. [Otherwise] we will, next year, in solidarity with our people, intensify our struggle for self-determi

Excerpts from the speech by the LTTE leader to mark 'Martyr's Day', where he alluded for the first time LTTE might be willing to settle for 'substantial regional autonomy and self-government in our homeland' over secession..

Nov 28, 2002

The battle fatigues may have given way to a safari suit, and the moustache shaven, but by reiterating old positions Velupillai Prabhakaran in the end left many wondering about the very purpose of the press conference.