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Article: Tamil rebel leader lives? Rumors persist
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- May 24, 2009
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For die-hard followers, the almost mythic commander who led a terror-driven Tamil insurrection in Sri Lanka still lives _ despite persuasive evidence to the contrary.
This week the government declared it had finally killed Velupillai Prabhakaran and proclaimed victory against his Tamil Tiger rebels, crushing a 25-year rebellion that the U.N. estimates had cost between 80,000 to 100,000 lives.
But many Tamils don't believe it.
For some radical nationalists, especially those living abroad, it hardly matters whether the legendary guerrilla is alive or dead, as long as the story line carries on of an independent Tamil state in part of this Sinhalese-dominated island.
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