12.8.2008

Former Eastern leader of the LTTE terrorists and now leader of the political party TMVP , Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman yesterday told media that LTTE would definitely lose the war being fought at present. Speaking at a media briefing held on the sideline of a series of political meetings in Welikanda , he said that LTTE lost 60% of its military might when his faction broke away from the terrorists outfit. Due to this reason he said, that it would be impossible for the LTTE to defend against the advancing troops in the North.

Speaking further, he revealed that terror chief Prabhakaran had never attended for any of the military operations carried out during his time in the terror outfit. "It was I who commanded all those military operations against the security force", he said.

He also went on to say that, the present government had showed him the correct political path and would move forward joining hands with the government. He appreciated the leadership of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the role played by Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the process of bringing peace to the country and expressed his intention to enter in to the parliament in future for the benefit of the Eastern people.

During the briefing the TMVP leader also highlighted that LTTE leader might use chemical weapons against security forces to save his life. He said Prabhakaran would never be able to come before the public but would use them as a human shield for his own protection.