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Tamil Tigers
     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: {Liberation
         Tigers of Tamil Eelam}, {LTTE}, {Tigers}, {World Tamil
         Association}, {World Tamil Movement}]