Lankan govt decides to 'eliminate' Prabhakaran to bring peace

Colombo, Jan 16 (PTI) Sri Lanka today said it has decided to "eliminate" LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran to bring peace to the strife-torn Island nation, while maintaining that it was still open to negotiations with the rebels.
"If Prabhakaran is ready to take the white flag, we will leave some window open to consider that offer. Otherwise we have decided to eliminate him to bring peace in Sri Lanka," Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told reporters.

Briefing newsmen on the deadly bomb attack in the country's southeast which killed 26 people today, Rambukwella said LTTE political chief Nadesan's offer to implement the Ceasefire Agreement after the government decided to abrogate it was "hilarious".

The Sri Lankan government today formally ended the Norwegian-brokered truce reached in 2002 between the administration and the Tamil rebels

Source: PTI