BREAKING NEWS - Tamil Tiger rebels give ultimatum
BREAKING NEWS FROM SRI LANKA
Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran said the Tamil people had "lost patience [and] hope".
"This is our final appeal," he said, threatening to "intensify the [rebel] struggle for self government" in 2006 if no plan was advanced.
"In terms of policy, the distance between him [Mr Rajapakse] and us is vast," Mr Prabhakaran said in an annual speech to mark the rebels' war dead.
Mr Prabhakaran said the rebels had decided to resume a "liberation struggle" last year and were "charting our action plan" when the tsunami struck the island and killed thousands of people along the eastern coast.
"In these circumstances, our liberation movement was geared to confront the crisis," he said.
Mr Rajapakse has said the country needed a new peace process that would not tolerate "terrorism" - but added that he was ready for talks.
He has also dismissed a long-standing Tigers' demand for the recognition of their homeland in the northern part of the island.
(BBC World News, 2005)
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Tamil Tiger rebels give ultimatum
Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran said the Tamil people had "lost patience [and] hope".
"This is our final appeal," he said, threatening to "intensify the [rebel] struggle for self government" in 2006 if no plan was advanced.
"In terms of policy, the distance between him [Mr Rajapakse] and us is vast," Mr Prabhakaran said in an annual speech to mark the rebels' war dead.
Mr Prabhakaran said the rebels had decided to resume a "liberation struggle" last year and were "charting our action plan" when the tsunami struck the island and killed thousands of people along the eastern coast.
"In these circumstances, our liberation movement was geared to confront the crisis," he said.
Mr Rajapakse has said the country needed a new peace process that would not tolerate "terrorism" - but added that he was ready for talks.
He has also dismissed a long-standing Tigers' demand for the recognition of their homeland in the northern part of the island.
(BBC World News, 2005)
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Tamil Tiger rebels give ultimatum
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