Is prabhakaran Dead?

I am very much confused about the death of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. The videos over the internet and on television channels doesn't seem to be real. It seems like a wax prabhakaran. He was the hope of Tamil Eelam. But he is not the only hope. I guess Prabhakaran could have managed his struggle better instead of demanding Tamil Eelam. 

He should have continued the peace talks initiated by Norway but instead he neglected it. He wanted a Tamil Eelam and he believed the Tamils in Sri Lanka would be happy only if they had a country of their own. Certainly yes to some extent. But what I wont agree with the LTTE chief is his idea of becoming a dictator of Tamil Eelam instead of setting a democratic government.

Prabhakaran shoudnt have expelled the muslims from the northern region and pushed them towards the south. He should have obeyed the peace treaties, etc etc etc.. He was isolated by the world community for his indulgence in the terrorist activities which killed several people including Tamils along with sinhalese.

Prabhakaran became a much more popular and notorious figure to some than the Tamil Eelam itself. I guess that would have let the LTTE chief to lose a crucial war which he fought for nearly three deacades.

No doubt that he was the hope for the Tamils and sinhalese feared Prabhakaran. He was a revolutinary leader, who later became an infamous terrorist to some nations which failed to recognise Tamil Eelam.

But I cant believe that Prabhakaran is dead. This is not the first time that Sinhalese government has come up with matters and news of prabhakaran's death. But everytime when there was a war after a peace treaty between the Sinhalese army and the LTTE, the news that prabhakaran is dead is common. 

What makes the difference this time is the video of prabhakaran with his head blown off. But some Tamil magazines and media do claim that the LTTE supremo is still alive and will definetly address the people of Tamil Eelam.

The dream of having a Tamil Eelam is not over. It depends how Rajapakse treat the Tamils here after. I do not support Tamil Eelam but my heart goes to millions of fellow Tamil Sri Lankans for the lives lost and the wounds that cannot be healed even by the time.

I hope Rajapakse and the Sinhalese people will respect the Tamils and give them the equal rights to live. If not, Sri Lanka would definetly will or has to face another Prabhakaran. I guess that would be the worst thing that Sri Lanka will never dream to think about. The rise of another Prabhakaran will be much stronger and mightier than the actual Prabhakaran itself.