By: Reihana Mohideen, born in Sri Lanka, now living in the Philippines

Courtesy: Links International Journal

May 21, 2009 — “To save the lives of our people is the need of the hour. Mindful of this, we have already announced to the world our position to silence our guns to save our people”, said Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the head of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE) International Diplomatic Relations on May 17, thus flagging the military defeat of the LTTE.

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