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                |  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam S P Thamilselvan(1967 - 2007)
 Head of LTTE Political
                  Division, Tamil Eelam"he gave his life for the
                  freedom of his people"
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                     A Life
                    of Service to Tamil Eelam...  Tribute by Velupillai Pirabakaran, Leader of
                    Tamil Eelam
 
                      "தமிழுலகமே
                      ஆழமாக
                      நேசித்த
                      ஒரு
                      அரசியல்
                      தலைவனைச்
                      சிங்கள
                      தேசம்
                      இன்று
                      சாகடித்திருக்கிறது.
                       தமிழீழ
                      மக்களின்
                      மனங்களை
                      வென்ற
                      ஒரு
                      தன்னிகரற்ற
                      தலைவனைச்
                      சிங்களம்
                      பலிகொண்டிருக்கிறது...
                      நீண்ட
                      நெருப்பு
                      நதியாக
                      நகரும்
                      எமது
                      விடுதலை
                      வரலாற்றில்
                      அவன்
                      ஒரு
                      புதிய
                      நெருப்பாக
                      இணைந்திருக்கிறான்."  Thamilchelvan
                    laid to rest, 25 000 attend funeral, 5
                    November 2007
  Tribute by M.Karunandhi, Chief Minister, Tamil
                    Nadu
 
                      " The 'Utham Purush' that
                      you are,Your life is not extinguishable nor
 Would you let your brethren die
 Selva, you have carved a place for
                      yourself
 In every Tamil habitat and heart
 Where have you gone? "
  Kanimozhi Karunanidhi:
                    Slaying of Thamilchelvan against the norms of
                    war
    Vaiko condemns
                    killing
 
                      "Whenever
                      representatives from the various countries in
                      the world and United Nations visited Tamil
                      areas in Sri Lanka, it was Thamilchelvan who
                      met them on behalf of the Liberation Tigers
                      of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).He had a special
                      ability to analyze problems, had the talent
                      to tactfully confront his rivals during peace
                      talks and was always able to attract the
                      audience towards him. He led a life of
                      sacrifice."  Tribute by
                    M.Thanapalasingham - தமிழ்ச்செல்வனின்
                    சிரிப்பு மலர்ந்துகொண்டிருக்கும்
                    தமிழீழத்தின்
                    சிரிப்பு
 
                      "...
                      இவன்
                      இழப்பிற்கு
                      ஈடில்லை.
                      நாம்
                      அழுவதை
                      அவன்
                      தடுக்கமாட்டான்
                      ஆனால்
                      தளம்பினால்
                      அவன்
                      சகிக்கமாட்டான்.
                      எந்த
                      உன்னதமான
                      இலட்சியத்திற்காக
                      தன்
                      உயிரையும்
                      காதலையும்
                      ஈய்வதற்கு
                      அவன்
                      என்றுமே
                      முன்னின்றானோ
                      அந்த
                      இலட்சியத்திற்காக
                      நாம்
                      பன்மடங்கான
                      உறுதியோடு
                      செயல்படுவதே
                      நாம்
                      தமிழ்ச்செல்வனுக்கு
                      செலுத்தக்கூடிய
                      வீர
                      வணக்கமாகும்..."
                      more  Tribute to Thamilselvan -
                    Sachi Sri Kantha
 
                      "Thamilselvan has bid us
                      adieu unexpectedly. Many will be gloating.
                      Many will be grieving. Some will be smiling.
                      Some will be weeping. Those who hated his
                      guts will gloat and smile. Those who loved
                      his dedication to the cause of Tamil
                      liberation will grieve and weep.
                      ...The heroic deaths of brothers and
                      sisters younger than I in the service of
                      Eelam liberation, invigorates me. Though
                      Thamilselvan will be physically missing when
                      I visit our homeland next time, I look
                      forward to meeting him in spirit, in the
                      appropriate venue..."  more  International
                    Federation of Tamils, Geneva - பலபரிமாணம்
                    கொண்ட
                    தமிழ்ச்செல்வனை
                    இழந்து
                    தவிக்கின்றோம்!
 
                      "நமது
                      பணிமனைக்குப்
                      பலதடவை
                      வருகை
                      தந்தும்,
                      நம்மோடு
                      தொடர்பு
                      கொண்டும்
                      அனைத்துத்
                      தமிழ்
                      கல்வியாளர்கள்,
                      சிந்தனையாளர்களை
                      நாம்
                      இணைத்து,
                      தமிழ்
                      தேசியத்தை
                      ஒன்றுதிரண்ட
                      சக்தியாக்கும்
                      முயற்சியில்,
                      ஒன்றுபட்டுழைக்க
                      வேண்டும்
                      என அவர்
                      அறிவுறுத்தியும்,
                      உற்சாகப்படுத்தியும்
                      வந்தார்."  Memories of TS
                    -  N Malathy
 
                      "...I learnt something
                      about the renowned LTTE member view of the
                      world talking to Tamilselvan. It was not said
                      directly, but he - in a very literal sense -
                      did not fear death. He contributed to my
                      understanding of how ready and fearless they
                      are to die. My view is still incomplete; I am
                      still learning. I also had my own criticisms
                      of him. I will strive to understand some of
                      these, too, as time goes on... Most of the
                      western media writing about Tamilselvan after
                      his death said he was the public face of the
                      LTTE. How well he served that role as a
                      smiling rebel cum de-facto prime minister.
                      That is how he will be remembered in
                      history..."  தமிழ்
                    (ஈழத்தின்)
                    செல்வன்
                    - Sanmugam Sanesan
  Tribute by Tamil Centre for Human
                    Rights
  Tribute by Tamils
                    in USA, 4 November 2007
  Tribute
                    by World Tamil Affairs Association,
                    Malaysia
  Brig. S P Thamilselvan killed
                    in Sri Lanka Air Force aerial bombardment -
                    LTTE Peace Secretariat, 2 November 2007
  Thamilchelvan
                    killed in SLAF air attack - [TamilNet,
                    Friday, 02 November 2007]
  Tamil
                    National Alliance salutes Thamilchelvan's
                    selfless sacrifice for the Tamil Eelam
                    struggle
  LTTE political leader & 5
                    others killed in Sri Lanka strike - AFP
                    Report, 2 November 2007
  Thamilselvan was
                    a moderate - Hindustan Times, 2 November
                    2007
  பொறுப்பாளர்
                    பிரிகேடியர்
                    சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                    வீரச்சாவு
 
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                        | S. P.
                          Thamilchelvan with Norwegian Foreign
                          Minister Jonas Gahre in Oslo,March 2006
 | S. P.
                          Thamilchelvan with
                          Thorbj�rn Jagland,
                          President, Norwegian Parliament in Oslo,
                          March 2006 |  
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                        | S. P.
                          Thamilchelvan with British special peace
                          envoy Paul Murphy, in Tamil Eelam,November 2006
 | S. P.
                          Thamilchelvan with Sri Lanka Minister, at
                          Peace Talks in Geneva, October
                          2006 |  
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                        | Canadian High-Commissioner for Sri
                          Lanka, Ms. Valerie Raymond with S. P.
                          Thamilchelvan in Tamil Eelam, July
                          2003 | Japanese
                          Special Peace Envoy Mr.Yasushi Akash with
                          S. P. Thamilchelvan in Tamil Eelam,
                          September 2003 |  
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                        | Swedish
                          Ambassador Ms. Ann Marie Fallenius with
                          S. P. Thamilchelvan in Tamil Eelam,
                          November 2002 | Danish
                          Ambassador Mr. Michael Sternberg with S.
                          P. Thamilchelvan in Tamil Eelam,
                          September 2003 |  
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                        | President, Asian Development Bank
                          (ADB, Mr.Tadao Chino, with S. P.
                          Thamilchelvan in Tamil Eelam, March
                          2003 | S.P.Thamilchevan with UK Shadow
                          Foreign Secretary, Mr. Michael
                          Ancram,M.P., and Lord Ashcroft, 
                          September 2003 |  |  
                | தமிழுலகமே
                  ஆழமாக
                  நேசித்த
                  ஒரு
                  அரசியல்
                  தலைவனைச்
                  சிங்கள
                  தேசம்
                  இன்று
                  சாகடித்திருக்கிறது:
                  - 
                  வே.பிரபாகரன்,
                  3 November 2007
 தலைமைச்
                  செயலகம்
 தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்
 தமிழீழம்.
 3 - 11- 2007
 
 எனது
                  அன்பான
                  மக்களே!
 
 சமாதான
                  வழியில்
                  நீதியான
                  முறையிலே
                  எமது
                  மக்களது
                  தேசியப்
                  பிரச்சினைக்கு
                  அமைதித்தீர்வு
                  காணுமாறு
                  அனைத்துலகம்
                  அடுத்தடுத்து
                  அழைப்பு
                  விடுத்தபோதும்
                  சிங்கள
                  தேசத்திலிருந்து
                  நல்லெண்ணம்
                  வெளிப்படவில்லை.
                  பௌத்தத்தின்
                  காருண்யத்தைக்
                  காண
                  முடியவில்லை.
                  சிங்கள
                  தேசம்
                  தனது
                  இதயக்
                  கதவுகளைத்
                  திறந்து
                  சமாதானத்
                  தூதும்
                  அனுப்பவில்லை.
                  மாறாக
                  போர்க்கழுகுகளை
                  ஏவி
                  இராட்சதக்
                  குண்டுகளை
                  வீசியிருக்கிறது.
                  எமது
                  அமைதிப்புறாவைக்
                  கொடூரமாக
                  கோரமாகக்
                  கொன்றழித்திருக்கிறது.
 
 தமிழுலகமே
                  ஆழமாக
                  நேசித்த
                  ஒரு
                  அரசியல்
                  தலைவனைச்
                  சிங்கள
                  தேசம்
                  இன்று
                  சாகடித்திருக்கிறது.
                  தமிழீழ
                  மக்களின்
                  மனங்களை
                  வென்ற
                  ஒரு
                  தன்னிகரற்ற
                  தலைவனைச்
                  சிங்களம்
                  பலிகொண்டிருக்கிறது.
                  எமது
                  சுதந்திர
                  இயக்கத்தின்
                  அரசியற்றுறைப்
                  பொறுப்பாளர்
                  பிரிகேடியர்
                  தமிழ்ச்செல்வனையும்
                  ஏனைய
                  ஐந்து
                  போராளிகளையும்
                  இழந்து
                  இன்று
                  தமிழீழ
                  தேசம்
                  வரலாற்றில்
                  என்றுமில்லாத
                  ஒரு
                  பேரிழப்பைச்
                  சந்தித்திருக்கிறது.
                  இந்த
                  மாபெரும்
                  சோக
                  நிகழ்வு
                  எம்மக்களை
                  அதிர்ச்சியிலும்
                  ஆழ்ந்த
                  துயரத்திலும்
                  ஆழ்த்தியுள்ளது.
 
 தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  எமது
                  சுதந்திர
                  இயக்கத்தில்
                  இணைந்த
                  காலத்திலிருந்தே
                  என்னோடு
                  ஒன்றாக
                  நெருக்கமாக
                  வாழ்ந்தவன்.
                  நான்
                  அவனை
                  ஆழமாக
                  அறிந்து
                  ஆழமாகவே
                  நேசித்தேன்.
                  எனது
                  அன்புத்
                  தம்பியாகவே
                  வளர்த்தேன்.
                  அவனது
                  அழகிய
                  சிரிப்பும்
                  அதனுள்
                  புதைந்த
                  ஆயிரம்
                  அர்த்தங்களையும்
                  அவனுள்
                  அடர்ந்து
                  கிடந்த
                  ஆற்றல்களையும்
                  ஆளுமைகளையும்
                  நான்
                  ஆரம்பத்திலிருந்தே
                  கண்டுகொண்டேன்.
                  இலட்சியப்
                  போராளியாக
                  தலைசிறந்த
                  தானைத்
                  தளபதியாக
                  மாபெரும்
                  அரசியல்
                  பொறுப்பாளனாக
                  அனைத்துலகோடும்
                  உறவாடிய
                  இராஜதந்திரியாக
                  பேராற்றல்
                  மிக்க
                  பேச்சுவார்த்தையாளனாக
                  அவனை
                  வளர்த்தெடுத்தேன்.
 
 தான்
                  நேசித்த
                  மண்
                  விடுதலை
                  பெறவேண்டும்
                  தான்
                  நேசித்த
                  மக்கள்
                  சுதந்திரமாக
                  கௌரவமாக
                  பாதுகாப்பாக
                  வாழ
                  வேண்டுமென்று
                  சதா
                  சிந்தித்தான்.
                  தான்
                  நேசித்த
                  அந்த
                  மக்களது
                  விடுதலைக்காக
                  விடிவிற்காகத்
                  தன்னையே
                  ஊனாக
                  உருக்கி
                  உறுதியாக
                  உழைத்த
                  ஒரு
                  இலட்சிய
                  நெருப்பு
                  அவன்.
 
 நீண்ட
                  நெருப்பு
                  நதியாக
                  நகரும்
                  எமது
                  விடுதலை
                  வரலாற்றில்
                  அவன்
                  ஒரு
                  புதிய
                  நெருப்பாக
                  இணைந்திருக்கிறான்.
                  இந்த
                  இணைவிலே
                  எமது
                  கனத்த
                  இதயங்களில்
                  ஒரு
                  பெரும்
                  இலட்சிய
                  நெருப்பை
                  மூட்டியிருக்கிறான்.
                  எமது
                  இலட்சிய
                  உறுதிக்கு
                  உரமேற்றியிருக்கிறான்.
                  இந்த
                  உறுதியில்
                  உரம்பெற்று
                  நாம்
                  எமது
                  இலட்சியப்
                  பாதையில்
                  தொடர்ந்தும்
                  உறுதியோடு
                  பயணிப்போம்.
 
 "புலிகளின்
                  தாகம்
                  தமிழீழத்
                  தாயகம்"
 
 (வே.
                  பிரபாகரன்)
 தலைவர்
 தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்.
 
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                |  Thamilchelvan laid to rest, 25 000
                  attend funeral, TamilNet, Monday, 05
                  November 2007 More than 25,000 people took part in the
                  funeral procession of LTTE's Political Head and
                  Chief Negotiator S.P. Thamilchelvan, despite the
                  Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir bombers circling
                  over the Ki'linochchi town. The remains of
                  Brigadier Thamilchelvan were taken in procession
                  from the LTTE Peace Secretariat to Ki'linochchi
                  Cooperative Training Hall Monday morning and kept
                  there for the public to pay their last respects
                  till 4:45 p.m., where Liberation Tigers
                  Intelligence Wing Chief Pottu Amman and the new
                  Political Head, P. Nadesan, addresed the
                  gathering. Mr. Thamilchelvan was laid to rest at
                  Kanakapuram Heroes Cemetery at 7:45 p.m.
                  Monday.  Thamilchelvan's wife Sasiroaja, placing her
                  yellow thread of marital union
 on the remains of her husband.
 Mr. Thamilchelvan's funeral
                  cortage towards Heroes cemetery started around
                  4:45 p.m. and reached the cemetery at 6:15 as
                  SLAF bombers circled over the town.
 Several LTTE commanders, officials, religious
                  leaders and Tamil National Alliance
                  parliamentarians took part in the funeral
                  procession.
 
 During the last three days of national mourning
                  announced by the political division of the LTTE,
                  the remains of Thamilchelvan were taken in
                  procession to the twelve sectors (Koaddams) of
                  the LTTE-administered Vanni where thousands of
                  people had paid their last respects to the slain
                  leader.
 
 Meanwhile, LTTE officials in Ki'linochchi said
                  they were receiving hundreds of condolence
                  messages from foreign diplomats, NGO officials
                  and other missions on Sunday and Monday through
                  telephone and email. Thousands of Tamils all over
                  the world were also sending in their condolences
                  through various media outfits and email.
 
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                |  Tribute by M.Karunandhi, Chief
                  Minister, Tamil Nadu 
                     எப்போதும்
                    சிரித்திடும்
                    முகம் - எதிர்ப்புகளை
                    எரித்திடும்
                    நெஞ்சம்!
 
 இளமை
                    இளமை
                    இதயமோ
 இமயத்தின்
                    வலிமை!
                    வலிமை!
 
 கிழச்
                    சிங்கம்
                    பாலசிங்கம்
                    வழியில்
 பழமாய்
                    பக்குவம்பெற்ற
                    படைத்
                    தளபதி!
 
 உரமாய்
                    தன்னையும்
                    உரிமைப்
                    போருக்கென
                    உதவிய
 உத்தம
                    வாலிபன்
                    -
 உயிர்
                    அணையான்உடன்
                    பிறப்பணையான்
 
 தமிழர்
                    வாழும்
                    நிலமெலாம்
                    அவர்தம்
                    மனையெலாம்
 தன்புகழ்
                    செதுக்கிய
                    செல்வா
                    -
 எங்கு
                    சென்றாய்?
 Always a smiling face -A heart and mind that burnt obtacles
 A young, young, heartBut Himalayan strength, strength!
 In the footsteps of the old singham,
                    BalasinghamBut, a ripened and seasoned army
                    commander
 An 'Uthama Valipan' who with stern
                    determination,offered himself to help in an 'Urimai Por'
                    -
 You are not extinguishedYou have not gone brotherless
 Selva, you who have carved a place for
                    yourselfIn every Tamil heart and in every Tamil
                    home
 - where have you gone?
 Karunanidhi pays homage to
                    slain LTTE leader, Saturday, 03 November 2007 -
                    Sify 
 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M
                    Karunanidhi on Saturday paid homage to a Tamil
                    Tiger leader killed in Sri Lanka a day earlier,
                    suggesting his death could spur the battle for
                    "Tamil rights." In a poem released by the state
                    government, Karunanidhi described S P
                    Thamilchelvan as "a general" who had a "heart
                    that would render the Opposition to ashes."
                    Thamilchelvan, who headed the political wing of
                    the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and
                    was considered close to LTTE chief Velupillai
                    Prabhakaran, was popularly known as
                    �Selva.� He
                    was killed when the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed
                    a rebel base in Kilinochchi in the island's
                    north early on Friday. The LTTE posthumously
                    promoted Thamilchelvan to the rank of a
                    "brigadier." Five senior LTTE military cadres
                    also died in the strike. In his poem, written
                    in a manner as if Karunanidhi was addressing it
                    to Thamilchelvan, the Chief Minister said by
                    dying "(you) turned yourself into fertiliser,
                    for the sake of the struggle for (Tamil)
                    rights."
 
 A prolific writer, Karunanidhi added in his
                    poem:
 
 The 'Utham Purush' that you are,
 Your life is not extinguishable nor
 Would you let your brethren die
 Selva, you have carved a place for yourself
 In every Tamil habitat and heart
 Where have you gone?
 
 |  
                |  International Federation of
                  Tamils, Geneva - பலபரிமாணம்
                  கொண்ட
                  தமிழ்ச்செல்வனை
                  இழந்து
                  தவிக்கின்றோம்!
                  [also in PDF] 
 தமிழீழ
                  தேசத்தினதும்,
                  தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்
                  இயக்கத்தினதும்
                  அரசியல்
                  விவகாரங்களையும்,
                  இராஐரீக
                  விவகாரங்களையும்
                  ஒருங்கிணைத்து
                  செயற்படுத்தி
                  வந்த
                  பிரிகேடியர்
                  சுப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  அவர்களின்
                  இழப்பு
                  புலம்பெயர்
                  தமிழ்
                  சமூகத்தினிடையே
                  ஆழ்ந்த
                  துயரத்தினை
                  ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.
 
 மிக
                  நீண்ட
                  காலம்
                  தமிழீழ
                  தேசிய
                  தலைவர்
                  வே.பிரபாகரன்
                  அவர்களின்
                  வழிநடத்தலில்
                  தமிழீழ
                  தேசிய
                  விடுதலைப்
                  போருக்கான
                  அரசியல்
                  - இராணுவ
                  முனைகளிற்
                  செயற்பட்டு,
                  செழுமையுற்ற
                  ஞானமும்
                  -
                  முதிர்ச்சியும்
                  கொண்ட
                  முதல்
                  நிலைப்
                  பேச்சுவார்த்தையாளராகச்
                  செயற்பட்டு
                  வந்த
                  திரு.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  அவர்களை
                  இழந்தமை
                  தமிழ்
                  தேசியத்துக்கு
                  ஏற்பட்ட
                  மற்றுமொரு
                  துன்பகரமான
                  இழப்பாகும்.
 
 நோர்வே
                  ஏற்பாட்டில்
                  இடம்பெற்ற
                  சமாதான
                  முயற்சிகளின்
                  ஒரு
                  பகுதியாக
                  பல்வேறு
                  சர்வதேச
                  நாடுகளுக்குப்
                  பயணம்
                  சென்ற
                  தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  அவர்கள்
                  தமது
                  அரசியல்-இராஐரீகப்
                  பணிகளுக்கு
                  இடையே
                  தமது
                  தனிப்பட்ட
                  பண்புகளால்
                  புலத்தமிழ்
                  அறிஞர்கள்,
                  கல்வியாளர்கள்,
                  செயற்பாட்டாளர்கள்
                  பலரை
                  ஈர்த்து
                  அவர்களுக்கு
                  நம்பிக்கையூட்டி
                  வந்தார்.
                  தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகளால்
                  சமர்ப்பிக்கப்பட்ட
                  இடைக்கால
                  தன்னாட்சி
                  சபை
                  தொடர்பான
                  வரைவினை
                  உருவாக்குவாற்காக
                  புலத்துத்
                  தமிழ்
                  அறிஞர்களையுயம்
                  ஈடுபடுத்தி
                  ஒன்றுபட்ட
                  தமிழ்
                  தேசியத்தின்
                  வீச்சை
                  பலப்படுத்துவதில்
                  தமிழ்செல்வன்
                  முன்னுதாரணமாகவும்
                  திகழ்ந்தார்.
 
 நமது
                  பணிமனைக்குப்
                  பலதடவை
                  வருகை
                  தந்தும்,
                  நம்மோடு
                  தொடர்பு
                  கொண்டும்
                  அனைத்துத்
                  தமிழ்
                  கல்வியாளர்கள்,
                  சிந்தனையாளர்களை
                  நாம்
                  இணைத்து,
                  தமிழ்
                  தேசியத்தை
                  ஒன்றுதிரண்ட
                  சக்தியாக்கும்
                  முயற்சியில்,
                  ஒன்றுபட்டுழைக்க
                  வேண்டும்
                  என அவர்
                  அறிவுறுத்தியும்,
                  உற்சாகப்படுத்தியும்
                  வந்தார்.
 
 தமிழீழம்
                  விடிவுபெறும்
                  என்ற
                  நம்பிக்கையினை
                  அடித்தளமாகக்
                  கொண்ட
                  இராஐரீக
                  அணுகு
                  முறைகளைகளை
                  பாதுகாத்தவாறு,
                  சர்வதேச
                  செல்நெறியினூடு
                  உருவாகிவரும்
                  தமிழீழத்தின்
                  நலன்களைப்
                  பொருத்திப்
                  பார்த்து
                  -
                  சாத்தியங்களை
                  செயற்படுத்தும்
                  இராஐரீக
                  பார்வையை
                  கொண்டவராக
                  தமிழ்செல்வன்
                  அவர்கள்
                  செயற்பட்டார்
                  என்பதே
                  அவருடனான
                  எமது
                  பணிசார்
 தொடர்பாடல்களில்
                  நாம்
                  பெற்ற
                  அனுபவமாகும்.
 
 மேலும்,
                  சிங்கள
                  தேசியவாத
                  அரசின்
                  இராணுவ
                  நிகழ்ச்சிநிரலை
                  அப்பட்டமாக
                  நிரூபிக்கும்
                  விதத்தில்
                  இந்தப்
                  படுகொலையை
                  சிறீலங்கா
                  செய்துள்ளது.
                  சமாதானத்தினை
                  ஆதரிப்பதாகக்
                  கூறிக்கொள்ளும்
                  சில
                  தரப்புக்களின்
                  இராணுவ
                  ஆதரவுடன்
                  சிறீலங்கா
                  நடாத்தும்
                  இத்தகைய
                  படுகொலை
                  மற்றும்
                  இராணுவ
                  நடவடிக்கைகள்
                  இலங்கைத்
                  தீவினதும்
                  -
                  தென்னாசியாவினதும்
                  உண்மையான
                  அமைதிக்கும்,
                  உறுதித்தன்மைக்கும்
                  நீண்டகால
                  பின்னிடைவுகளை
                  ஏற்படுத்த
                  கூடிய
                  திசையில்
                  பயணிக்கின்றன.
                  ஒடுக்கப்பட்ட
                  மக்கள்
                  மீது
                  திணிக்கப்படும்
                  இராணுவ
                  வன்முறைகள்
                  மூலம்
                  சமாதானமும்,
                  இணக்கமும்
                  ஏற்படா
                  என்பதை
                  சமாதானத்தினை
                  ஆதரிப்பதாகக்
                  கூறியவாறு
                  இராணுவ
                  வழியில்
                  உதவும்
                  நாடுகள்
                  உணர்வதே
                  உண்மையான
                  சமாதானத்தினை
                  இலங்கைத்தீவில்
                  ஏற்படுத்த
                  வழிசமைக்கும்.
 
 பிரிகேடியர்
                  சுப.தமிழ்செல்வன்
                  விட்டுச்சென்ற
                  பணிகளை,
                  அவர்
                  விரும்பியது
                  போன்றே,
                  தமிழீழ
                  தேசியத்
                  தலைவரின்
                  வழிநடத்தலில்
                  நிறைவேற்ற,
                  புலத்தமிழ்ச்
                  சமூகம்
                  உழைக்கும்.
                  சுப.தமிழ்செல்வனின்
                  இழப்பால்
                  துன்புறும்
                  அவரது
                  குடும்பத்தினர்,
                  நண்பர்கள்
                  மற்றும்
                  பொது
                  மக்களின்
                  உணர்வுகளுடன்
                  நாமும்
                  இணைந்து
                  கொள்கின்றோம்.
 
 அனைத்துலக
                  தமிழர்
                  கூட்டமைப்பு
                  - ஐனீவா
 
                    Deprived of
                    a many faceted hero...
                    [also in
                    PDF]
                   
                     
                   
                    The passing away
                    of Brigadier SP Thamilselvan has triggered a
                    tidal wave of immense sorrow amidst the entire
                    Tamil Diaspora.  Our loss is a loss of a leader
                    who served tirelessly, co-ordinating the
                    political and diplomatic affairs of Tamil Ealam
                    as well as those of the Liberation Tigers of
                    Tamil Ealam,.
                   
                     
                   
                    Journeying for a
                    very long time under the guidance of the Tamil
                    Ealam national leader V.Pirabakaran,
                    Thamilselvan gained sophisticated maturity and
                    wisdom at the political and military fronts of
                    the liberation struggle, and emerged as the
                    chief negotiator and spokesman.
                   
                     
                   
                    It is the tragic
                    loss of this great son of Tamil Ealam that we
                    now mourn.
                   
                     
                   
                    In the midst of
                    his several trips abroad as a part of the peace
                    process facilitated by Norway, he charmed with
                    his unique characteristics many an expatriate
                    Tamil intellectual, educationist and activist,
                    inspiring them all with hope. He engaged a
                    number of legal and political experts from
                    among the Tamil Diaspora into drafting the ISGA
                    (Interim Self Governing Authority) the proposal
                    offered by the LTTE to the government of Sri
                    Lanka and the international community. On
                    several occasions he visited our office and
                    maintained constant contact, encouraging us to
                    pool together the resources of our academics
                    and intellectuals with a view to building Tamil
                    nationalism into a formidable force.
                   
                     
                   
                    Tamilselvan
                    operated with the vision of maintaining
                    diplomatic approaches founded on the firm
                    belief that Tamil Ealam is sure to dawn and
                    assessing the interests of Tamil Ealam in the
                    light of international principles and
                    modalities. This is the impression we gained of
                    him from our  communications.
                   
                     
                   
                    Sri Lanka has
                    perpetrated this heinous crime, unambiguously
                    exposing the military agenda of a Sinhala
                    nationalistic regime. Such atrocities and
                    military operations carried out with the
                    military support of certain quarters that claim
                    to be advocates of peace, are moving in the
                    direction of causing setbacks for the genuine
                    peace and stability of that  Island  and South
                    Asia.
                    To establish
                    enduring peace in Sri Lanka, those countries
                    that support the country militarily while
                    overtly declaring to support peace, should
                    realize that peace and conciliation could never
                    be achieved through violence perpetrated
                    against an oppressed people. The Tamil diaspora
                     will toil hard under the guidance of the
                    national leader of Tamil Ealam, holding on to
                    the inspirations that Tamilselvan has
                    bequeathed to us and treading the path of his
                    dreams. 
                     
                   
                    We remain united
                    with the bereaved family, friends and all
                    others at this moment of sorrow and pain.
 
 |  
                |  Memories of TS -  N
                  Malathy 
 The 2002 ceasefire agreement threw Tamilselvan
                  truly into the international stage. For many
                  Diaspora Tamils like me that was the first time
                  his name became a familiar one. It was also a
                  time when the Diaspora Tamils were attracted to
                  Tamil Eelam. Hundreds of thousands of them came
                  with many different goals. I came too to see if I
                  have any role here in peacetime.
 
 My first few hours in Tamil Eelam were to become
                  a scene setter for me. The driver of the vehicle
                  in which I traveled from Colombo took me to the
                  Head Quarters of the Political Wing to meet
                  Tamilselvan. Since nobody there knew me, I was
                  made to wait a few hours at the PR office
                  nearby.
 
 There was a 16-year-old girl there, who had been
                  brought to the PR office by her mother. Initially
                  the mother said that the girl was recently
                  released from the LTTE through the Transit Camp
                  run by UNCEF as part of the 2003 Action Plan.
                  They had come to collect some certificates, she
                  said. But when their turn to meet the officer
                  came, the girl suddenly revealed her real
                  intention. She refused to go back with the
                  mother. The PR officer was faced with the only
                  option: advising the mother to leave her daughter
                  at the educational training centre. The outraged
                  mother stripped the girl of all her jewels and
                  left, cursing everyone. To me, this was the
                  beginning of trying to understand the
                  �child soldier�
                  issue within the LTTE. I had just seen an aspect
                  of this that I had not read about. Three years
                  later, I heard a UNICEF Head referring to this
                  issue of child soldiers as a
                  �sexy issue,�
                  which in some way completed my three year process
                  of understanding this issue.
 
 Based on this first impression of a 16 year old
                  at the PR office, when I met Tamilselvan a couple
                  of hours later, I told him rather strongly that
                  there is a need to research and report on this
                  phenomenon and that the LTTE has failed to do
                  this. I hardly realized at that time how weak
                  this aspect, that of explaining
                  �the various issues of the
                  LTTE� to the western society,
                  was.
 
 Tamilselvan responded to my comment approvingly
                  in his characteristic manner of acknowledging a
                  Tamil person who has said something worthy. This
                  involves some loud laughter and some
                  characteristic Tamil phrases. Then and there, he
                  promised me to give complete freedom to study the
                  issue and write about it. This was in early 2004.
                  He understood what I am about immediately.
 
 Tamilselvan kept to his promise and gave me a
                  vehicle to travel wherever I like to speak to
                  badly affected children in varying situations. As
                  I gained an insight into the picture first hand,
                  I was outraged at the skewed representation of
                  the �child
                  soldier� issue in the media. I
                  wrote a few articles and produced some
                  documentaries. But that was to be only part of
                  the picture.
 Over the next three years, I had more in-depth
                  dealing with this issue, first at NESOHR and
                  later at the Child Protection Authority (CPA). It
                  is a revealing, enlightening, deeply upsetting,
                  complex topic. During the last year of my work at
                  the CPA, I had my most frequent contact with
                  Tamilselvan about the �child
                  soldier� issue. It was a very
                  rewarding working relationship. His grasp of
                  issues at all levels and his ability to listen
                  with a smile to griping comments of all sorts
                  made him an outstanding leader to work with on
                  such a thorny issue.
 Tamilselvan's commitment to ending the
                  �child soldier�
                  issue is what gave me the confidence to take a
                  major role within the CPA. I was not
                  disappointed. His commitment to ending under-18
                  recruitment was real. He felt hurt throughout
                  2006 when the media and international VIPs failed
                  to recognize the strenuous efforts that were
                  being made by the LTTE and himself in particular.
                  He told me that he would take full responsibility
                  to end new underage recruitment and he did.
 He had handed the task of releasing those who
                  had already joined the LTTE to Thiagaraja,
                  another senior LTTE member. Between the three of
                  us there have been endless discussions,
                  complaints, communiqu�s on how
                  to deal with this internally to end it and,
                  externally, to educate the media and the
                  international VIPs about the genuine efforts that
                  were being made by him, the CPA and the LTTE.
 However many people there were in Tamilselvan's
                  meetings and however many differing opinions
                  those people held, his meetings were always
                  harmonious. Is it because of the LTTE discipline?
                  I think not. He had the ability to direct
                  meetings. On a greater scale, he managed a
                  massive sub-organization of various branches of
                  the political division. It is something that an
                  outsider would hardly know about. Something even
                  I, after being here for more than three years, do
                  not know about fully. He managed it
                  brilliantly.
 He spread a warm Tamilselvan space around him,
                  within which everyone felt comfortable working.
                  Both LTTE members and non-members alike kind of
                  swam in it. All doubts were referred to him and
                  his advice sought. That is not to say that they
                  were always accepted like an order, but it was
                  always good to seek his view. It was more than
                  his intelligence and competence that helped
                  create this aura. It was his truly selfless
                  service.
 I learnt something about the renowned LTTE member
                  view of the world talking to Tamilselvan. It was
                  not said directly, but he - in a very literal
                  sense - did not fear death. He contributed to my
                  understanding of how ready and fearless they are
                  to die. My view is still incomplete; I am still
                  learning. I also had my own criticisms of him. I
                  will strive to understand some of these, too, as
                  time goes on.
 
 Tamilselvan treated people with the greatest of
                  respect. Many people close to him commented after
                  his death about his constant reprimands for not
                  taking enough safety precautions from the
                  incessant aerial bombardments. He inquired after
                  the bunker facilities available to me at the
                  places where I worked. He did that to many
                  people. Alas, his fondness for his
                  office/residence has made him neglect his own
                  safety.
 
 Most of the western media writing about
                  Tamilselvan after his death said he was the
                  public face of the LTTE. How well he served that
                  role as a smiling rebel cum de-facto prime
                  minister. That is how he will be remembered in
                  history.
 
 |  
                | 
  Tribute by Tamil Centre for
                  Human Rights - TCHR 
 TAMIL CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -
                  TCHR/CTDH
 CENTRE TAMOUL POUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME
 (Established in 1990)
 (UN accredited NGO to the World Summit on
                  Information Society and the Warsaw
                  Conference)
 www.tchr.net
 
 Ref : QX027/UA/2007
 November 2, 2007
 
 Political chief negotiator killed by Sri Lanka
                  Air Force
 
 TCHR is shocked and saddened to hear the news
                  that Political head, Chief negotiator, diplomat,
                  Humanitarian co-ordinator and Brigadier, S P
                  Thamilselvan was killed along with five others in
                  Kilinochchi by the Sri Lankan Air Force, today
                  Friday 2 November 2007.
 
 Thamilselvan was engaged in many political
                  negotiations with the various governments of Sri
                  Lanka over several years, with the unwavering
                  intention of bringing a negotiated political
                  solution to the people in the North East. In the
                  latest negotiations in Thailand, Norway, Germany
                  and Japan he played an important role in giving
                  the views of the people who were severely
                  affected by decades of bloody war.
 
 Thamilselvan was the main co-ordinator of the
                  2003 proposal to fulfil the political aspirations
                  of the Tamil people � the
                  Interim Self Governing Authority (ISGA)
                  � which was handed over to the
                  Government of Sri Lanka on 30 October 2003. At
                  the same time he called for a discussion with the
                  government. However, even though this ISGA
                  proposal was welcomed by the International
                  community, the government of Sri Lanka rejected
                  it without any discussion whatsoever.
 
 When the ISGA proposal was released during a
                  press conference in Kilinochchi, on 1 November
                  2003, Tamilselvan said the following :
 
                    ........."We took up arms as a matter of
                    self-defense and fight against unlawful
                    military occupation of our natural habitat.
                    With the advent of peace and a conducive
                    environment for political negotiations, we are
                    now engaged in this exercise with sincere
                    commitment.
 ........" We have asked the Royal Norwegian
                    Government to arrange for a meeting at which we
                    can discuss this proposal, in their presence,
                    with the representatives of the GOSL at a
                    mutually convenient time and venue.
 
 "We look forward to continuing our dialogue
                    with the GOSL and to reaching rapid agreement
                    on the creation of an Interim Self-Governing
                    Authority (ISGA) so as to effectively bring
                    normalcy and economic development to the Tamil
                    People in the NorthEast.
 
 "We trust the creation of the ISGA will provide
                    a conducive environment for negotiating towards
                    a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the
                    island."
 We hope that the international community would
                  have taken note that the call by Thamilselvan in
                  October 2003, fell on the deaf ears of the Sri
                  Lankan government.
 Being the political head and negotiator,
                  Thamilselvan met many diplomats, VIPs, Ministers
                  and others around the world.
 
 His death is a severe blow to all who want a
                  peaceful negotiated political settlement in the
                  island.
 
 We, TCHR, strongly condemn this barbaric act of
                  the government of Sri Lanka �
                  the killing of a tireless peace negotiator. Also
                  we take this opportunity to express our heartfelt
                  condolences to the families of Thamilselvan and
                  the five other persons who were also killed in
                  this incident.
 
 "Patriots always talk of dying for their country,
                  and never of killing for their country" --
                  Bertrand Russell
 
 HEAD OFFICE:
 Tamil Centre for Human Rights - TCHR/CTDH
 9, rue des Peupliers -
 95140 Garge les Gonesse - FRANCE
 
 Contact person : S. V. Kirubaharan
                  � General Secretary
 Tel/Fax: + 33 1 42 67 54 36 -
 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
 
 
 |  
                |  Tribute by Tamils in USA, 4
                  November 2007 Tamils all over the world are saddened by the
                  death of Mr. S. P. Tamilselvan, Chief Negotiator
                  and Political Head of the Liberation Tigers of
                  Tamil Eelam. He was assassinated by the Sri
                  Lankan government air force which targeted and
                  fired at him from the air. Such targeted
                  assassination is yet another illegal act of the
                  government of Sri Lanka. The Tamils all over the
                  world are one with his family in mourning the
                  loss of a great man. We convey our heartfelt
                  condolences to his family and the families of
                  Anpumani (Alex), Mihuthan, Nethagy, Adchivel, and
                  Mavaikkumaran who were also killed in the air
                  attack.
 Mr. Tamilselvan was completely dedicated to the
                  Tamil quest for the realization of their right to
                  self-determination. He believed that through
                  diplomatic means both the Sinhala nation and the
                  Tamil nation could exercise their right to
                  self-determination and peacefully co-exist on the
                  island of Sri Lanka. He has worked tirelessly to
                  shed light upon the sufferings of the Tamil
                  people under the yoke of the permanent Sinhala
                  domination and has articulated the moral
                  justifications of the Tamil cause to the
                  international community. He told the Tamil story
                  in a persuasive and meaningful manner.
 The assassination of Mr. Tamilselvan is an
                  irreparable loss to both the Tamil nation and the
                  peace process. With an ever smiling face coupled
                  with confidence and firmness he worked with
                  various international diplomats and earned their
                  respect.
 Mr. Tamilselvan firmly believed that the
                  Tamils� quest for
                  self-determination is, in essence, a campaign for
                  the right of democratic entitlement. He
                  envisioned a democratic Tamil Eelam. The Interim
                  Self Governing Authority (ISGA) proposal [which
                  was prepared under the able leadership of Mr.
                  Tamilselvan] guarantees the rule of law and
                  contains the framework for the establishment of
                  democratic institutions with an emphasis on
                  human-rights. He played a crucial role in the
                  formation of the North East Secretariat of Human
                  Rights (NESoHR) to protect and promote the human
                  rights of the people in the de facto state of
                  Tamil Eelam.
 
 The Tamils all over the world strongly condemn
                  this targeted assassination. It is illegal under
                  the International Covenant on Civil and Political
                  Rights and the UN Principles on Effective
                  Prevention and Investigation of the Extra-Legal,
                  Arbitrary and Summary Executions. We call upon
                  the international community to join us in
                  condemning this terrorist act. We also believe
                  that any material support provided by the
                  international community in support of the
                  government of Sri Lanka facilitated this
                  terrorist act.
 
 The Tamil National Leader Mr. Pirabaharan has
                  called Mr. Tamilselvan the
                  �peace dove� of
                  the Tamil nation. We are bewildered to learn that
                  he was on the top of the GOSL�s
                  hit list, as targeting the Chief Negotiator would
                  be a clear indication that the Sinhala nation
                  still seeks to resolve the Tamil national
                  question through military means.
 
 By targeting the Chief Negotiator, the Sinhala
                  racism of the GOSL is sending a clear message to
                  the Tamil nation and the international community
                  that it is not interested in a negotiated
                  settlement.
 
 We hope that the international community will
                  charter a new course that guarantees the basic
                  human rights of all individuals and the equality
                  of all nations in the island of Sri Lanka. We
                  believe that such a course would promote peace
                  and stability in South Asia.
 
 Association of Tamil Americans, USA
 Carolina Tamil Americans
 Illankai Tamil Sangam �
                  California, USA
 Illankai Tamil Sangam � Florida,
                  USA
 Illankai Tamil Sangam � USA
 Ilankai Tamil Sangam �Texas,
                  USA
 Ohio Tamil Association � Ohio,
                  USA
 Tamil Refugees Rehabilitation Organization -
                  California
 Tamil Youth Organization - USA
 Tamil Welfare and Human Rights Committee
                  � District of Columbia, USA
 World Tamil Women Organization �
                  USA
 World Tamil Coordinating Committee
                  � USA
 
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                |  World Tamil Affairs
                  Association, Malaysia No 10, Jalan Changgai, 46000, Petaling Jaya,
                  Malaysia
 Tel/Fax: 603-79682321. h/p: 016-6880455
 e.mail: [email protected] /
                  [email protected]
 
 
 To: LTTE PEACE SECRETARIAT
 Killinochi
 
 Dear Sir,
 
 Our heartfelt condolences to LTTE and the family
                  of late S.P.Thamiselvan who died in a brutal
                  airstrike. The world Tamils are indeed sad and
                  shocked over this incident. We believe that
                  Thamilselvan has contirubted to the peace efforts
                  in Sri Lanka. His service to international peace
                  and brotherhood shall be long remembered. We also
                  strongly condemn the air raid by the Sri Lankan
                  air force. We pray that the soul of Thamilselvan
                  will rest in peace.
 yours sincerely,
 Eashvara Lingam
 Protem President
 
 |  
                | 
  Brig. S P Thamilselvan killed
                  in Sri Lanka Air Force aerial bombardment
                  - LTTE Peace Secretariat, 2 November 2007
 The LTTE Head quarters announced that the Head
                  of the LTTE Political Division, S P Thamilselvan,
                  was killed in a Sri Lankan Air Force aerial
                  bombardment today at 6.00 am. The full text of
                  the announcement made by the LTTE Head Quarters
                  is as follows: 
                    �With deep sorrow we
                    announce to the people of Tamil Eelam, the
                    Tamil people living all over the world and the
                    international community that at 6.00am today,
                    Friday 2nd November 2007, Head of our
                    organization�s Political
                    Division, Brig. S P Thamilselvan was killed by
                    the Sri Lankan Air Force aerial bombing. With
                    him Lt Col Anpumani (Alex), Major Mihuthan,
                    Major Nethagy, Lt Adchgivel, and Lt
                    Mavaikkumaran were also killed.
 Seeran
 Secretary
 LTTE Head Quarters�
 
 |  
                |  Thamilchelvan killed in SLAF air
                  attack - [TamilNet, Friday, 02 November
                  2007] 
                    S.P. Thamilchelvan, Liberation Tigers
                    Political Head was killed in Sri Lanka Air
                    Force (SLAF) aerial bombardment Friday morning
                    in Ki'linochchi. The Head Quarters of the
                    Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) in a
                    press communique said it was conveying the loss
                    of Brigadier Thamilchelvan with profound
                    sadness to the people of Tamil Eelam, the Tamil
                    Diaspora and the Global Community. The Sri
                    Lanka Air Force attack has specifically
                    targeted the residence of the members of the
                    Political Division.
 The Secretary General at the Head Quarters of
                    the LTTE, S. Cheeran said the LTTE Political
                    Head was killed in the SLAF bombardment that
                    took place at 6:00 a.m. Friday along with Lt.
                    Col. Anpumani (Alex), Major Mikuthan, Major
                    Neathaaji, Lt. Aadchiveal and Lt.
                    Maavaikkumaran. The LTTE has conferred its
                    highest military rank, Brigadier, to Mr.
                    Thamilchelvan.
 
 |  
                |  Tamil National Alliance salutes
                  Thamilchelvan's selfless sacrifice for the Tamil
                  Eelam struggle [TamilNet, Friday, 02 November
                  2007] Sri Lanka�s largest Tamil
                  political party, the Tamil National Alliance
                  (TNA) Friday expressed its shock at the killing
                  in a government airstrike of Mr S. P.
                  Thamilchelvan the LTTE�s Chief
                  Negotiator and head of its Political Wing and
                  five other LTTE officials. The TNA said the
                  targeted killing of the LTTE�s
                  Chief Negotiator underlined President Mahinda
                  Rajapakse�s insincerity towards
                  a negotiated solution, the TNA also said.
 Saluting Mr Thamilchelvan's "selfless sacrifice
                  for the Tamil Eelam struggle" the TNA said it
                  joined the rest of the Tamil community in
                  saluting him and the other LTTE officials killed
                  by the Sri Lanka Air Force bombing.
 
 "We salute his services to the Tamil people and
                  selfless sacrifice for the Tamil Eelam struggle,"
                  the brief media release said.
 
 "Although his death is destined to create
                  thousands of new Thamilchelvans who will
                  doubtless serve our freedom struggle with
                  dedication, we shudder at the repercussions for
                  peace of this act by the Sri Lanka government,"
                  the TNA said.
 
 The TNA said it joined the Tamil community and
                  activists in saluting and paying tribute to Mr.
                  Thamilchelvan and the other LTTE officials killed
                  in Friday�s airstrike on their
                  residence.
 
 Speaking to TamilNet Friday, Mr. Gajendrakumar
                  Ponnambalam, of the TNA�s
                  Foreign Affairs Committee said that the targeted
                  killing of Mr. Thamilchelvan underlined the
                  insincerity of the Rajapakse
                  government�s peace claims.
 
 "In our meetings with numerous representatives of
                  the international community, the TNA repeatedly
                  stated that the Sri Lankan state was not
                  committed to negotiating an equitable
                  solution,� he said.
                  �Despite our warnings, the state
                  was fully backed in its hard line."
 
 "When President Rajapakse came to power, the
                  shift to a military track became much more
                  pronounced. But when we protested to many members
                  of the international community, we were told that
                  this was only to get the LTTE to come to the
                  negotiating table."
 
 "The targeted killing of the
                  LTTE�s Chief Negotiator, in our
                  view, means there can no longer be any illusion
                  as to the State�s interest in
                  negotiating a lasting solution. In this context,
                  the Tamil community will be closely watching the
                  actions of the international community
                  vis-�-vis its repeatedly stated
                  commitment to a negotiated peace."
 
 |  
                | 
                     LTTE political leader
                    killed with 5 others in Sri Lanka strike -
                    AFP  Report, 2 November 2007
                     COLOMBO (AFP) ... S.P. Thamilselvan, 40, the
                    public face of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
                    Eelam, died with five others in an attack by
                    the Sri Lankan air force on rebel-held
                    territory, the Tigers reported. He was the highest-ranking member of the
                    LTTE to be killed by government forces in the
                    35-year separatist campaign. The defence ministry said it had targeted a
                    venue where rebel leaders were meeting and
                    scored a direct hit, taking out the
                    highest-ranking guerrilla to be killed in three
                    and a half decades of fighting. The LTTE immediately declared three days of
                    mourning and named Thamilselvan a brigadier,
                    the highest rank conferred posthumously to any
                    guerrilla by elusive supremo Velupillai
                    Prabhakaran since the group's formation in
                    1972. Thamilselvan, who led a peace-negotiating
                    team at talks with the Sri Lankan government
                    that were hosted by Switzerland last year, had
                    emerged as a de facto number two in the
                    LTTE. The Sri Lankan air force had several times
                    ferried him from rebel-held territory to the
                    international airport to attend peace talks
                    between September 2002 and October last
                    year. A further and last round of talks led by
                    Thamilselvan in October 2006 ended in failure
                    and led to more bloodshed in the fight for a
                    Tamil homeland that has left tens of thousands
                    dead since 1972. Military officials said Friday they had
                    received a report of a top-level gathering near
                    the northern town of Kilinochchi, the political
                    capital of the LTTE where Thamilselvan was
                    based, and ordered the air raids. "We had information about a high-level
                    gathering and it was after that the jets were
                    sent to bomb the area," a military source here
                    said. "Sri Lanka air force jet fighters targeted
                    with air strikes Thiruvaiaru, south of
                    Kilinochchi, a venue where LTTE leaders
                    gathered at 6:00 am today," the defence
                    ministry said in a statement before the LTTE
                    announcement. Later, the ministry said
                    "pin-point" bombing took out Thamilselvan and
                    five others. "The killing of Thamilselvan is a big blow
                    to the LTTE politically," said former Tamil
                    militant turned political leader Dharmalingam
                    Sithadthan. "It is also a big morale booster
                    for the air force after their big loss last
                    month." Tamil Tiger rebels staged a devastating attack against a
                    key air base on October 22 and wiped out
                    virtually the entire fleet of spy planes,
                    inflicting the biggest single loss on the air
                    force. He had also been an active combatant who was
                    injured while leading an offensive on an army
                    camp in 1993 and survived a 2002 bomb attack
                    said to have been carried out by Sri Lankan
                    security forces. "(The) head of our organisation's political
                    division, Brigadier S.P. Thamilselvan, was
                    killed by the Sri Lankan Air Force aerial
                    bombing," the LTTE said in a statement. The guerrillas named five other victims of
                    Friday's strike, including a senior LTTE
                    photographer who had travelled to Europe,
                    Thailand and Japan with Thamilselvan to attend
                    Norwegian-brokered peace talks since 2002.
                    Thamilselvan's killing follows the death of
                    former chief negotiator Anton Balasingham last
                    December. He had been an understudy of
                    Balasingham -- the key contact for Norwegian
                    peacebrokers -- who died of cancer at his home
                    in London. 
 |  
                |  Thamilselvan was a
                  moderate - Hindustan Times, 2 November
                  2007 
 SP Thamilselvan, the Head of the LTTE's political
                  wing, who was killed in Kilinochchi on Friday in
                  an air raid conducted by the Sri Lankan Air Force
                  (SLAF), was a political moderate, LTTE watchers
                  say.
 
 "Though he had been a military man for very many
                  years since joining the LTTE in 1984,
                  Thamilselvan could be considered a political
                  moderate in the context of the LTTE's overall
                  militant orientation," a source who had
                  interacted with him closely told Hindustan
                  Times.
 
 Like many young Tamil men did in the years
                  following the anti-Tamil pogrom in Colombo in
                  1983, Thamilselvan joined the then nascent armed
                  struggle. And like others of that time, he was
                  taken to India for training in basic military
                  tactics, weapons handling and sabotage
                  techniques.
 
 When he came back, he took part in several
                  military operations in North Sri Lanka, including
                  the abortive bid to storm the Elephant Base base
                  camp in 1992. He was wounded in the stomach and
                  the leg and had to be retired from active
                  military service.
 
 But seeing his potential for being a political
                  activist, LTTE chief Prabhakaran began to groom
                  him as a successor to Thileepan who had died in a
                  fast unto death campaign against the activities
                  of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in the
                  late eighties.
 
 Thamilselvan did not speak English, nor was he an
                  ideologue, unlike the late Dr.Anton Balasingham.
                  Therefore, as long as Balasingham was physically
                  fit and enjoyed the confidence of Prabhakaran,
                  Tamilsevlan had to play second fiddle as far as
                  the foreign media and the international community
                  were concerned.
 
 But Balasingham was mostly abroad. Later he
                  became very ill with a kidney complaint and died.
                  During this period, from the mid 1990s to mid
                  2000s, Thamilselvan was made to interact with the
                  international community and the media, both Sri
                  Lankan and non-Sri Lankan. What he said in Tamil
                  was translated into English and Sinhala by
                  George, a retired post master.
 
 Except in the first round of talks with the Sri
                  Lankan government led by Prime Minister Ranil
                  Wickremesinghe in 2002-2003, Thamilselvan had
                  participated in all the remaining five rounds.
                  After the eclipse of Anton Balasingham,
                  Thamilselvan led the LTTE's delegation in its
                  talks with the government led by President
                  Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2006.
 
 
 |  
                |  பொறுப்பாளர்
                  பிரிகேடியர்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  வீரச்சாவு [வெள்ளிக்கிழமை,
                  02
                  நவம்பர்
                  2007, 01:21 PM ஈழம்]
                  [தாயக
                  செய்தியாளர்]
 
 சிறிலங்கா
                  வான்படையின்
                  வான்குண்டுத்
                  தாக்குதலில்
                  தமிழீழ
                  அரசியல்துறைப்
                  பொறுப்பாளர்
                  பிரிகேடியர்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  வீரச்சாவடைந்துள்ளதாக
                  தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்
                  அறிவித்துள்ளனர்.
                  இது
                  தொடர்பாக
                  தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்
                  வெளியிட்டுள்ள
                  அறிக்கை:
 தலைமைச்
                  செயலகம்,
 தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்,
 கிளிநொச்சி
 2007.11.02
 
 பிரிகேடியர்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  அவர்கள்
                  வீரச்சாவு
 
 இன்று
                  காலை
                  ஆறு
                  மணியளவில்
                  எமது
                  அமைப்பின்
                  அரசியல்துறைப்
                  பொறுப்பாளர்
                  பிரிகேடியர்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  அவர்களும்
                  லெப்.
                  கேணல்
                  அன்புமணி
                  (அலெக்ஸ்),
                  மேஜர்
                  மிகுதன்,
                  மேஜர்
                  நேதாஜி,
                  லெப்.
                  ஆட்சிவேல்,
                  லெப்.
                  மாவைக்குமரன்
                  ஆகியோரும்
                  சிறிலங்கா
                  வான்படையின்
                  குண்டுவீச்சுத்
                  தாக்குதலில்
                  வீரச்சாவடைந்தனர்
                  என்பதை
                  தமிழீழ
                  மக்களுக்கும்
                  உலகெங்கும்
                  வாழும்
                  தமிழ்
                  மக்களுக்கும்
                  பன்னாட்டுச்
                  சமூகத்திற்கும்
                  ஆழ்ந்த
                  வருத்தத்துடன்
                  தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கின்றோம்.
 
 சோ.சீரன்,
 செயலர்,
 தலைமைச்
                  செயலகம்
 
 என்று
                  அதில்
                  தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
 
 1984 ஆம்
                  ஆண்டு
                  முதல்...
 
 தமிழீழ
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்
                  அமைப்பில்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  1984 ஆம்
                  ஆண்டில்
                  தன்னை
                  இணைத்துக்கொண்டார்.
 
 தமிழகத்தில்
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகளின்
                  4 ஆவது
                  பயிற்சி
                  முகாமில்
                  அவர்
                  பயிற்சியைப்பெற்று
                  தமிழகத்தில்
                  தமிழீழ
                  தேசியத்
                  தலைவர்
                  அவர்களின்
                  தனிப்பட்ட
                  இணைப்பாளராக
                  பணியாற்றினார்.
 
 1986 இல்
                  தமிழீழ
                  தேசியத்
                  தலைவர்
                  அவர்கள்
                  தமிழகத்திலிருந்து
                  தமிழீழ
                  தாயகம்
                  வருவதற்கு
                  முன்
                  தாயகத்துக்கு
                  வந்து
                  களநிலைமைகள்
                  பற்றிய
                  தகவல்களை
                  திரட்டி
                  மீளவும்
                  தமிழகம்
                  சென்று
                  திரும்பவும்
                  தமிழீழ
                  தேசியத்
                  தலைவர்
                  அவர்களுடன்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  தாயகம்
                  திரும்பினார்.
                  அப்போது
                  அவரின்
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகள்
                  அமைப்பின்
                  பெயர்
                  தினேஸ்
                  என்பதாகும்.
 
 தேசியத்
                  தலைவர்
                  அவர்களுடன்
                  தாயகம்
                  திரும்பிய
                  அவர், 1987 மே
                  மாதம்
                  யாழ்.
                  தென்மராட்சி
                  கோட்டப்
                  பொறுப்பாளராக
                  நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.
   1991
                  வரை
                  அப்பதவியில்
                  அவர்
                  நீடித்தார்.
                  இந்தியப்
                  படைகளுக்கு
                  எதிரான
                  போரில்
                  தென்மராட்சியில்
                  நின்று
                  தாக்குதல்
                  நடவடிக்கைகளை
                  அவர்
                  மேற்கொண்டார்.
                  1991 இல்
                  யாழ்.
                  மாவட்ட
                  சிறப்புத்
                  தளபதியாக
                  செயற்பட்டார்.
                  1993 இல்
                  தமிழீழ
                  அரசியல்துறைப்
                  பொறுப்பாளர்
                  என்ற
                  நிலையை
                  அவர்
                  பெற்று
                  கடைசிவரை
                  அந்தப்
                  பொறுப்பில்
                  இருந்தார்.   1994-1995
                  இல்
                  சந்திரிகா
                  அரசுடனான
                  அமைதிப்
                  பேச்சுவார்த்தையில்
                  விடுதலைப்
                  புலிகளின்
                  அணிக்கு
                  தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  தலைமை
                  தாங்கினார்.
 2002 ஆம்
                  ஆண்டு
                  நோர்வே
                  அனுசரணையிலான
                  பேச்சுவார்த்தைக்குழுவில்
                  "தேசத்தின்
                  குரல்"
                  அன்ரன்
                  பாலசிங்கம்
                  அவர்களுடன்
                  இருந்து
                  பின்னர்
                  பேச்சுவார்த்தைக்
                  குழுவின்
                  தலைமைப்பணியை
                  செய்து
                  வந்தார்.
 
 அமைதிப்
                  பேச்சுக்களில்
                  வெளிநாடுகளின்
                  முதன்மைப்
                  பிரதிநிதிகளுடன்
                  சந்திப்புக்களை
                  மேற்கொண்டு
                  சிறிலங்கா
                  அரசின்
                  அமைதிப்
                  பேச்சுக்களின்
                  உண்மை
                  முகத்தை
                  வெளிப்படுத்தியவர்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்.
 
 படைத்துறை
                  வழியில்
                  அவரின்
                  செயற்பாடுகள்
 
 1991 இல்
                  ஆகாய
                  கடல்வெளி
                  நடவடிக்கையிலும்
 1992 இல்
                  சிறிலங்கா
                  படையினரின்
                  "பலவேகய - 02"
                  எதிர்ச்சமரிலும்
 முதன்மையானதாக
                  இருந்தது.
 மேலும்
                  தச்சன்காடு
                  சிறிலங்காப்
                  படைமுகாம்
                  மீதான
                  தாக்குதல்
 காரைநகரில்
                  சிறிலங்காப்
                  படையினர்
                  மீதான
                  தாக்குதல்
 ஆகியவற்றிலும்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  அவர்கள்
                  முதன்மைப்
                  பங்காற்றினார்.
 1991 இல்
                  மன்னார்
                  சிலாபத்துறை
                  சிறிலங்காப்
                  படைத்தளம்
                  மீதான
                  தாக்குதலுக்கு
                  அவர்
                  தளபதியாக
                  செயற்பட்டார்.
 ஆகாய
                  கடல்வெளிச்
                  சமரில்
                  அவர்
                  விழுப்புண்பட்டார்.
 
 பூநகரி
                  சிறிலங்கா
                  படைத்தளம்
                  மீதான
                  "தவளை
                  நடவடிக்கை"யில்
                  பங்காற்றிய
                  அவர்
                  தன்னுடைய
                  காலில்
                  விழுப்புண்பட்டார்.
 "ஒயாத
                  அலைகள் - 03"
                  நடவடிக்கையில்
                  தென்மராட்சி
                  தனங்கிளப்பு
                  சிறிலங்கா
                  படைத்தளம்
                  அழிப்பு
                  உள்ளிட்ட
                  தென்மராட்சிப்பகுதி
                  மீட்புத்தாக்குதலில்
                  கட்டளைத்
                  தளபதியாக
                  அவர்
                  பங்காற்றினார்.
 தன்னுடைய
                  அரசியல்
                  பணி
                  மூலம்
                  அதிகம்
                  மக்கள்
                  மனதில்
                  நிறைந்தவராக
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்
                  விளங்கினார்.
 தாயகத்திலும்
                  புலம்பெயர்
                  தமிழ்மக்கள்
                  மத்தியிலும்
                  தமிழ்நாட்டிலும்
                  அன்பையும்
                  மதிப்பையும்
                  பெற்றவராக
                  அவர்
                  விளங்கினார்.
 
 அமைதி
                  நடவடிக்கையில்
                  தமிழினத்தின்
                  விடுதலைக்
                  கொள்கையில்
                  உறுதியாக
                  நின்று
                  எதிரிகளின்
                  ஏமாற்று
                  நடவடிக்கைகளை
                  அம்பலப்படுத்தியவர்
                  அவர்.
 
 மேலும்
                  பன்னாட்டு
                  இராஜதந்திரிகள்
                  மத்தியில்
                  பெருமதிப்பை
                  பெற்றிருந்தவர்
                  சு.ப.தமிழ்ச்செல்வன்.
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