2.3.2008
Predicting the collapse of the LTTE, some leaders in Sri
Lanka have said the elusive Tiger supremo V Prabhakaran
will have no choice other than to "commit suicide"
when the Sri Lankan security forces zero in on him.
"He
(Prabhakaran) will not be alive till the military arrests
him. Simply, he will commit suicide. This is the nature
of people like him," senior Tamil leader Doughlas
Devananda said reacting to the observation by the Jane's
Intelligence Review that the LTTE was at its lowest ebb.
Marxist
JVP party leader Somawansa Amarasinghe also made similar
dire predictions about the fate of the LTTE leader.
"LTTE
leader Prabhakaran will soon have to commit suicide by
swallowing the cyanide capsule tie around his neck while
the LTTE will come to an end without a leader," Amarasinghe
told reporters.
He
said "the people imprisoned in the areas held by
the LTTE will soon revolt against him and destroy him".
Devananda
felt Prabhakaran will also meet the fate of other "despotic"
leaders.
"Characters
of this type will not wait until the military arrests
them. So (the LTTE political head) P. Nadesan is correct
and no one will approach his leader as he will kill himself.
His fate will be similar to (German dictator) Rudolph
Hitler and (Cambodian leader) Pol Pot".
Nadesan
had, in a statement, had dared anyone to apprehend Prabhakaran
saying "nobody can approach him".
Meanwhile,
the online newspaper Asian Tribune quoted a senior official
as saying that Prabhakaran, who was suffering from diabetes,
had lost his commanding position.
The
official quoting intelligence sources said the outfit
was in "shambles" and two senior rival leaders
had taken over the day to day activities of the Tigers,
it said
Courtesy - The
Times of India