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]