Prabhakarn is dead... So what?

This is the second news in recent years, which has evoked similar feelings in my mind/body. "LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran is dead". Did not make much of a difference to me - I read it in the morning news paper with the same level of enthusiasm as I read the rest of the news. It was just a piece of news. Nothing more. I love reading news and this just another "news item". And today during lunch we were discussing that his body is not found yet. And I come, open the news sites and see the photos of his dead face! His eyes were open, and so was his mouth partially... I immediately felt nauseated and felt like throwing up... Why? ... Do not know... I feel as if I am feeling out of breath as well... ...

The last time I felt similarly was when I saw Saddam Hussain's (sic) murder video. I had heard about his hanging the previous day. I went to youtube, casually searched if someone had recorded the murder. And they had. After I saw the body hanging from the rope... I felt as if I was out of breath... It was a terrible feeling. A feeling that I cannot even express in words... Why did I feel so?

I was never sympathizer of Saddam or his policies. Nor was I a sympathizer of Prabhakaran and his activities. And I did not feel very bad/sad on their death. But seeing their dead body / death made my stomach lurch in discomfort. Why? I have seen the photographs of so many dead people, but have never felt like this. But why do I feel such a level of discomfort in these cases? Why....