Tamil Tiger rebels confirm leader's death
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mayıs 26, 2009 00:00
COLOMBO - The defeated Tamil Tiger rebels confirmed yesterday that their supreme leader was killed in the group's final battle against Sri Lankan troops. The almost mythic commander, Velupillai Prabhakaran, led a terror-driven Tamil insurrection in Sri Lanka for more than a quarter century.
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Last week the government declared it finally killed Prabhakaran and proclaimed victory against his Tamil Tigers, crushing the rebellion that the U.N. estimates cost between 80,000 to 100,000 lives.