{"id":151233,"date":"2025-08-05T16:17:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=151233"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:21:45","slug":"lets-celebrate-prabakaran-the-lttes-glorious-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/08\/05\/lets-celebrate-prabakaran-the-lttes-glorious-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Celebrate Prabakaran & the LTTE\u2019s Glorious Achievements!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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A tribute to the world’s most misunderstood mass murderer and his liberation-through-terror campaign.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say greatness demands sacrifice\u2014and Velupillai Prabakaran understood this better than most. He wasn\u2019t content with speeches; he offered the world a blueprint: to build a homeland, first destroy the present; to claim justice, first silence every voice\u2014especially your own people\u2019s; to prove your worth, leave no witness behind. For over three decades, he led with unmatched precision: dismantling democracy, eliminating dissent, recruiting children, and bleeding civilians dry\u2014all while demanding the world call it liberation. Some build nations through unity; he built his with bunkers, landmines, cyanide, and the bones of the innocent. And still, they light candles for him. They hold commemorations in universities. UN officials attend. Foreign parliamentarians give speeches. So, in the spirit of glorifying terror, let\u2019s not just mourn Velupillai Prabakaran\u2014let\u2019s celebrate the man who redefined cruelty and called it Eelam, by honoring every child stolen, every right violated, and every drop of blood shed in his name.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Child Soldiers: Prabakaran\u2019s Youngest Martyrs<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gave Tamil children a future\u2026 in cemeteries.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thousands were abducted from schools and homes, trained in jungle camps, fed war chants, indoctrinated with hatred for the Sinhalese whom they had never met and handed AK-47s instead of textbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s cheer for the man who turned school children into suicide squads!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Indoctrination that would make any Cult Jealous<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyanide capsules became jewelry worn with pride but without choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blind obedience became faith.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tamils were \u2018liberated\u2019 \u2014 by having their minds hijacked to serve one man\u2019s fantasy of dictatorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s raise a glass to the brainwashing of a generation!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Move over, Heaven\u2019s Gate \u2013 this is Eelam\u2019s cult classic!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Champion of Tamil-on-Tamil Violence<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      TELO: Wiped out<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      EPRLF: Crushed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      PLOTE, EROS, TULF: Silenced<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Tamil Civilians who disagreed? Shot, disappeared, or butchered \u2013 hello Chemmani mass graves! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn\u2019t represent Tamils. He repressed them \u2014 better than any colonial master ever did.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for that, he gets the Best in Ethnic Self-Sabotage\u201d award.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. In Its 30 Years of Gruesome Crimes, Let\u2019s Celebrate Over 300 LTTE Attacks on the Innocent<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why settle for one massacre when you can have over 300<\/strong>?
From buses to temples, mosques to markets \u2014 the LTTE gave Sri Lanka the gift of daily terror.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three decades, the LTTE\u2019s path to liberation\u201d was paved with landmines, car bombs, suicide vests, and blood \u2014that of innocent civilians<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are just a few entries from his blood-splattered resume \u2014 each worthy of a posthumous peace prize (if irony were a category)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deserving Terror Oscars, for sure!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1984<\/strong> \u2013 Kent & Dollar Farm Massacre<\/em>: 82+ Sinhalese villagers \u2014 including pregnant women and infants \u2014 butchered like animals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1985<\/strong> \u2013 Sri Maha Bodhiya Massacre<\/em>: 149 Buddhists and monks murdered inside a sacred temple.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1985<\/strong> \u2013 Yal Devi Train Bombing<\/em>: 34 commuters killed by a landmine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1986<\/strong> \u2013 Air Lanka Bombing<\/em>: 21 passengers, including 13 foreigners, blown to pieces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1987<\/strong> \u2013 Habarana Bus Massacre<\/em>: 96 civilians and 31 soldiers slaughtered.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1987<\/strong> \u2013 Pettah Central Bus Stand Bombing<\/em>: 106 civilians killed, over 300 injured \u2014 Colombo’s heart ripped open.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1987<\/strong> \u2013 Aranthalawa Bhikkhu Massacre<\/em>: 33 novice monks \u2014 children in robes \u2014 hacked to death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1987<\/strong> \u2013 Zahira College Car Bombing<\/em>: 23 civilians killed, over 100 injured \u2014 parked next to a school.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1990<\/strong> \u2013 Kattankudy Mosque Massacre<\/em>: 147 Muslim worshippers gunned down mid-prayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1990<\/strong> \u2013 Eastern Police Genocide<\/em>: 774 surrendered Sinhala and Muslim police officers executed in cold blood.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1990<\/strong> \u2013 Ethnic Cleansing<\/em>: Sinhalese and Muslim civilians in the North given 24 hours<\/strong> to leave or die.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1991<\/strong> \u2013 Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi<\/em>: Killed on Indian soil \u2014 the LTTE took its terror global.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1992<\/strong> \u2013 Palliyagodella Massacre<\/em>: 146 Muslim villagers slaughtered.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1996<\/strong> \u2013 Central Bank Bombing<\/em>: 90 dead, hundreds permanently maimed and blinded.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      1996<\/strong> \u2013 Dehiwela Train Bombing<\/em>: 64 civilians torn apart on their morning commute.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      And dozens more<\/strong>: \u2026 too many to list.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If death was the currency of revolution, Prabakaran was a billionaire<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bravo! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s light 300 candles \u2014 one for each massacre. Maybe add red velvet frosted cupcakes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let\u2019s stand and applaud!
Let\u2019s celebrate not one or two\u2026 but over 300 attacks<\/strong> on unarmed men, women, and children \u2014 Sinhala, Tamil, Muslim, and even foreign.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because clearly, that\u2019s<\/em> what the candles are being lit for.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No religion was spared. Bravo for that rare brand of equal-opportunity terrorism.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Suicide Bombing: The Black Tiger Legacy<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      First female suicide bomber \u2013 feminism Eelam edition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Blew up the Temple of the Tooth & Sri Maha Bodhiya \u2014 because sacred sites made excellent target practice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Killing Indian & Sri Lankan heads of state \u2013 talk about career goals!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why not erect a statue of a suicide vest in every university that mourns him?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Human Shields: The Real Liberation Wall<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When cornered, the LTTE\u2019s genius plan? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use Tamil civilians as body armor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No-Fire Zones became No-Way-Out Zones.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Escapees were shot. Children placed on the front lines. Even grandparents weren\u2019t spared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They used women & children as barriers & screamed genocide\u201d when the crossfire hit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s honor the commander who perfected tactical cowardice \u2013 hiding behind your own people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Fashionably Lawless: Civilians by Day, Killers by Night<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Fought in civilian clothing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Used ambulances to transport bombs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Used schools & hospitals for warfare.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Violated every Geneva principle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prabakaran was the original influencer of terrorist-chic. Uniforms are for amateurs!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LTTE rewrote the rules of war<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Violating the UN Charter? A Daily Ritual<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Shelled from civilian zones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Blocked humanitarian aid (food & medicine) \u2013 kept most for own family & fighters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Executed dissenters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Turned child soldiers into human bombs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UN Charter wasn’t violated \u2014 it was used as a toilet paper. Yet, strangely, UN officials still show up to mourn him & shed tears for the mastermind. Touching.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Diaspora Extortion Empire<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Tamil youth in Sri Lanka died for freedom,\u201d LTTE diaspora elite lived in mansions. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donations\u201d were collected through fear. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human rights were currency. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And reconciliation? That was bad for business.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s give a round of applause for perfecting the economy of terror.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janes Intelligence claimed that LTTE\u2019s profits in 2005 was $300m \u2013 imagine the profits today from its nefarious legal & illegal operations with now souvenir selling of Eelam pendants, t-shirts & flags to boot. They\u2019re monetizing martyrdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LTTE diaspora makes merry \u2014 fanning the flames of racism, urging brothers and sisters back home to return to the jungles and fight the Sinhalese\u2026 <\/strong>milking Western welfare systems while shedding crocodile tears in Geneva \u2014 using blood money to buy off corrupt officials to sing their song.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s give a round of applause for the terrorism-to-tourism<\/strong> business model. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming soon: Eelam NFTs? Because nothing says remembrance like blockchain butchery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve heard of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) \u2014 digital assets representing art, status, or ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, welcome to Eelam NFTs\u201d \u2014 where every massacre becomes a meme, and martyrdom is minted on demand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      A crying Tamil child? That\u2019s not a tragedy \u2014 that\u2019s shareable<\/em> propaganda art.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      A Black Tiger suicide photo? Mint it! Frame it! Sell it!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      A burning Sri Lankan flag? Slap it on a hoodie, sell it for diaspora dollars, and call it cultural resistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      LTTE war crimes? Don\u2019t worry \u2014 they\u2019ve been decentralized\u201d and rewritten as “freedom struggle” tokens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diaspora influencers now use:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Eelam flags as identity merchandise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Photos of bombed buildings as visual activism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Candlelight posts as digital performance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Online donation drives that fund remembrance\u201d (and probably retirements)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes, Eelam NFTs<\/em> \u2014 in case you thought they’d run out of ways to profit off corpses… the perfect way to immortalize bloodshed, bypass international bans, and cash in on curated victimhood… all while sipping lattes in London, Toronto, and Oslo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Death Toll: A Legacy of Loss<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Innocent civilians silenced<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Entire provinces emptied<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Every rival slaughtered<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      A country traumatised, divided, and delayed for decades<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a man who claimed to \u2018liberate,\u2019 he sure loved the smell of corpses \u2014 and that aroma travelled straight to those who funded him<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academia or Accomplices?<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, in some universities, murder is a thesis topic \u2014 and terrorism is the graduation speech.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Jaffna University<\/strong>, candles are lit annually<\/em> for Prabakaran and his suicide squad \u2014 not in secret corners, but inside a Sri Lankan state-funded institution<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, you read that right:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A man who recruited children<\/strong>, massacred monks<\/strong>, used human shields<\/strong>, bombed Central Bank<\/strong>, assassinated Rajiv Gandhi<\/strong>, and ethnically cleansed entire provinces<\/strong> \u2014 is being solemnly remembered with flowers and flame, courtesy of Sri Lanka\u2019s free education system by a University up North.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what does the present government<\/strong> do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It ensures free speech \u2014 for terrorists, not for troops
It even agrees to consider a “memorial centre” \u2014 for a group banned as a<\/strong> <\/strong>terrorist organization<\/strong> <\/strong>in over<\/strong> <\/strong>32 countries<\/strong>, including the EU, UK, US, and India.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, if you publicly mourn soldiers who saved civilians from this very terror \u2014 you’re called a nationalist bigot.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let\u2019s be clear:
This isn\u2019t about reconciliation. It\u2019s about rewriting history with blood-soaked ink<\/strong>, and asking the victims to stay silent while the butchers get eulogies and museum space.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What kind of world are we living in?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One where:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Murderers become martyrs<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Terrorism becomes resistance<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Universities become terrorist shrines<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      And lighting a candle becomes a political statement \u2014 as long as it\u2019s for the “right” killer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe next semester\u2019s syllabus will include:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Landmines for Liberation: A Comparative Study\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Cyanide as a Symbol: Identity, Resistance & Jewelry Design\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Thesis on Tactical Cowardice: Using Civilians as Cover Since 1983\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is what passes for higher education, then let\u2019s stop pretending it\u2019s about learning \u2014 it\u2019s an ideological cult inside lecture halls.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the UN, Foreign Diplomats & Parliamentarians who attend LTTE Commemorations:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You light candles for Prabakaran? Why stop there?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Light one for Osama bin Laden \u2014 he fought Western hegemony too, no?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Celebrate Adolf Hitler \u2014 he too had a vision for his people.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Honor Joseph Kony \u2014 he used children to fight oppression.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Host a lecture on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi \u2014 misunderstood revolutionary?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you endorse Prabakaran\u2019s legacy under the guise of remembrance,\u201d then please explain:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Why glorify the killer of Rajiv Gandhi?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Why mourn a man who used Tamil children as bombs?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7      Why condone the desecration of hospitals, temples, and peace itself?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t condemn terrorism in New York, London, or Paris and celebrate it in Mullivaikkal unless your moral compass comes with GPS coordinates.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Prabakaran is your hero, don\u2019t stop at lighting candles.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throw him a parade. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name a scholarship after him. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tattoo his face on your chest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just don\u2019t insult our intelligence by calling it peace,\u201d justice,\u201d or remembrance.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because when you glorify the man who killed Tamils, Sinhalese, Muslims, foreigners, monks, women, children, and even peace itself<\/strong>, you don’t stand for human rights \u2014 you dance on their grave.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Tribute<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is your hero \u2014 Prabakaran, the warlord of Wanni \u2014 then  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wave that flag stitched with the suffering of thousands.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>Recite your Eelam elegies. Compose candlelight poetry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But don\u2019t dare pretend it was peace, justice, or freedom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was terrorism<\/strong>, dressed in a Tamil flag, funded by fraud, and sanitized by hypocrisy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes \u2014 let\u2019s celebrate.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


<\/strong>Celebrate the mass murderer<\/strong>, the child soldier recruiter<\/strong>, the suicide vest visionary<\/strong>, and the global embarrassment<\/strong> of everyone still romanticizing him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, it takes a truly spectacular evil to fool the world into mourning a monster.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shenali D Waduge<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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