Wednesday, February 11, 2009

When a coward tries to escape death

Prabhakaran's terror campaign has manifestly got into a tailspin. He is now convinced that Eric Solheim, Bruce Fein, Karunanidhi, Keith Vaas, Vaiko and other terror backers won't be able to throw a lifeline in time. Therefore, he does not give a damn about world opinion.

Prabhakaran is stepping up terror attacks on civilians to arrest the rapid disintegration of his human bulwark which has stood in the way of the army's final push the LTTE is not in a position to resist. Yesterday, the LTTE opened fire on a group of civilians while they were crossing over to the government-controlled areas at Puthukudiruppu killing 19 and injuring 69, some of them children. Such dastardly violence against civilians is likely to escalate in the next few days as more and more people try to escape. Full Text