liberation tigers of tamil eelam

Noun

• a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel
  • the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war
    

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• Synonyms: 
  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , LTTE , Tamil Tigers , Tigers , World Tamil Association , World Tamil Movement