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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
     n : 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" [syn: {LTTE},
          {Tamil Tigers}, {Tigers}, {World Tamil Association}, {World
         Tamil Movement}]