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Prabakaran came down heavily on potential challengers as Mahathaya (right), his one-time aide and lieutenant, discovered to his detriment.-THE HINDU PHOTO LIBRARY

Succession squabble

THE acknowledgement of the death of V. Prabakaran by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on May 17 came from Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the organ
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ANTON BALASINGHAM, THE LTTE's political adviser. A 2003 picture. (Right) Lakshman Kadirgamar, the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister who was assassinated in 2005.-

Why LTTE failed

SRI LANKAS security forces appear to have redeemed their professional reputation with their resounding success in the fourth edition of the Eelam War,
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At Kerawalapitiya, near Colombo, a gas storage facility burns after the Air Tigers dropped two bombs on it on April 29.-GEMUNU AMARASINGHE/AP

Winged terror

The LTTE has, in a span of eight to nine years, built a rudimentary air arm of five aircraft with the attendant infrastructure.
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