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Meanings of liberation tigers of tamil eelam in English

Russian
тигры освобождения тамил илама
Portuguese
tigres tamil
Spanish
tigres de la liberacion tamil eelam
Catalan
tigres d’alliberament de tamil eelam
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Militant Tamil organisation in Sri Lanka (1976-2009)

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тигры освобождения тамил илама
Portuguese
tigres de liberação do tamil eelam

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.

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There are also claims the Tamil Tigers used civilians as human shields.
Reuters
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The United States designates the Tamil Tigers as a foreign terrorist organization.
Reuters
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It added the Tamil Tigers to that list some time ago.
Reuters
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There are also claims that the Tamil Tigers used civilians as human shields.
Reuters
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The Tamil Tigers were not immediately available for comment on the latest fighting.
Reuters
Usage of liberation tigers of tamil eelam in English
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were not immediately available for comment.
Reuters
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Authorities have blamed the attack on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The Irish Times
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam could not be reached for comment.
Reuters
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There was no immediate comment from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Reuters
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Rajapaksa's administration crushed the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009.
Reuters
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Some of the players are Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels too.
Reuters
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The separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were not immediately available for comment.
Reuters
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam vowed to carry out more air attacks.
Reuters
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No official from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was immediately available for a comment.
Reuters
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The Karuna split from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam separatist rebel group in 2004.
Reuters
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They called it the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The new yorker
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam want an independent state in north and east Sri Lanka.
Reuters
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, denied involvement in the second bus bombing in a week.
Reuters
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Washington has branded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist group since 1997.
Reuters
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said the air force bombed a gathering at a church in Mullaithivu.
Reuters
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Sri Lankan forces battled the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in a war that the government won in 2009.
Reuters