LTTE chief’s dream shattered, says Colombo

The U.S. on Friday said only a “political solution, not a military one,” offers a way out of the violence even as Colombo said November 2007 “Hero’s Day Speech” of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran is an acknowledgement that his “Tamil Eelam dream” stands shattered.

In a statement released here, the U.S. State Department referred to the series of incidents of violence in the last few days and called on all Sri Lankans to work toward the “goal of a just, political solution to the conflict.”

Separately, Minister and Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said in contrast to previous years when the LTTE leader boasted that Tamil Eelam was around the corner, Mr. Prabakaran has acknowledged that the world and the Tamil Diaspora had distanced itself from him.

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