Prabhakaran's peace talks, a tactical ploy - Expert

International counter-terrorism expert Gerard Chaliand told the 2007 International Conference on Countering Terrorism at the BMICH, that no peace is possible with the LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.

"Going by the way they used the peace talks to regroup themselves, it's just a tactical ploy," he said.

The former director of France's European Centre for the Study of Conflicts told delegates that Prabhakaran has transformed his group into a killing machine, assassinating anyone who challenges his authority as well as democratically elected leaders who represent the Tamils.

Chaliand said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), led by their chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, remained one of the world's deadliest terror organisations.