Tamil Tigers
n 1: 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}, {Tamil Tigers}, {Tigers}, {World
Tamil Association}, {World Tamil Movement}]