The few surviving leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have announced that they are transforming the former Sri Lankan rebel movement into a "transnational government".

In a recorded statement, Selvarasa Pathmanathan, the LTTE international relations chief, said the organisation would continue to pursue its aim of a separate Tamil state despite the death of its leader.

"The struggle of people of Tamil Eelam [the separate state the LTTE fought for] has reached a new state," he said.

"It is time now for us to move forward with our political vision towards our freedom."

The announcement comes nearly a month after Velupillai Prabhakaran, the LTTE leader, and most of his deputies, were killed by government forces in an offensive that bought the island’s 26-year civil war to an end.
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So successful progress achieved by the sword or the start of another future conflict? I think another future conflict.