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Article: Sri Lanka's rebel leader vows to fight, but not resisting peace

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November 27, 2008
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Sri Lanka's rebel leader vows to fight, but not resisting peace

COLOMBO, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel leader vowed on Thursday to carry on with his armed struggle against government troops for an autonomy but he also wished to find a peaceful solution to the ethnic issue.

Making his annual hero's day speech in the island's north Velupillai Prabakaran said his community does not want war and it does not favor violence.

In his speech, published on the official website of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Prabakaran accused the Sri Lankan government headed by the majority Sinhalese of continuing military offensives against minority Tamils.

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