Pirapaharan: pictorial essay

(May 14, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Velupillai Prabhakaran (born November 26, 1954), is the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a Terrorist organization that seeks to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

He is currently wanted by Interpol for terrorism, murder, organized crime and terrorism conspiracy.

Although during an interview he stated that the LTTE are not yet ready to give up the demand for an independent state, he has suggested that this may be a possibility once the "Tamil homeland, Tamil nationality and Tamil right to self-determination" are politically recognized and accepted.

Here is pictorial essay a part of himself,

1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (C) and his wife Mathivathani (front row, C) sitting with soldiers of the LTTE from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said they discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (R) standing with his wife Mathivathani (2nd L), his son Balachandran and his daughter Duwaraka (L) from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said they discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (L) and his wife Mathivathani from a collection of photographs that soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.

1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader, Vellupillai Prabhakaran (L), standing with his wife Mathivathani (R) and his son Balachandran from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said they discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.

1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (C), with his wife Mathivathani (2nd R), his eldest son Charles Anthony (R) and his parents from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
1. An undated picture from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka, shows a soldier from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) wearing a parachute. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.

1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (3rd L), standing with his wife Mathivathani (2nd L), his eldest son Charles Anthony (3rd R) and his daughter Duwaraka (R), along with two unidentified relatives, from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.

1. An undated picture from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka, shows a soldier from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) wearing a parachute. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (3rd L), standing with his wife Mathivathani (2nd L), his eldest son Charles Anthony (3rd R) and his daughter Duwaraka (R), along with two unidentified relatives, from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (L) swimming in a pool with his son Balachandran from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (L), with senior members of the LTTE from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.

1. An undated picture shows the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran (C) at the wedding of his daughter Duwaraka (2nd R) from a collection of photographs that government soldiers said were discovered recently in a "hideout" in northern Sri Lanka. The government said recently that operations to finish Asia's longest-running war would not let up, adding troops were moving toward the rebel pocket where Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
-Sri Lanka Guardian