Chapter 4
Report to
Kilinochchi
The Smiling Minister continued to stare at the crowd, and his
smallish eyes narrowed in dangerous contemplation and his hand stroked his
thick black mustache—a near perfect duplicate of His Royal Highness’ mustache.
He needed to stall for time, to divert the students’ attention and anger.
So he decided to recite the Tamil Tiger’s battlefield achievements.
Their victories over the years were the main reason for the mass support by the
native Tamil population and the Tamil Diasporas. Maybe if he could remind these
students of the Tamil Tiger’s past victories, they would settle down and
possibly even fall in line. Some of the more well known victories had been used
as propaganda to collect money from the Diaspora. He stroked his black mustache
again. Which battle should he relate? Before he did so, he decided to bait the
students.