tamil tigers in English

noun
1
a Sri Lankan guerrilla organization founded in 1972 that seeks the establishment of an independent state (Eelam) in the northeast of the country for the Tamil community. They waged an armed campaign until defeated by the Sri Lankan army in 2009.

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1. Sri Lanka's army did the same after defeating the Tamil Tigers in 200

2. Sri Lankan civilians in firing line as military 'Annihilates' Tamil Tigers Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph

3. Question: Was there any kind of discussion about the reports of human rights abuses during the war against Tamil Tigers?

4. But now, military officials say the area held by the Tamil Tigers has been reduced to just a few square kilometers of beachfront.

5. Early in her term she made conciliatory moves towards the separatist Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in an attempt to end the ongoing civil war.

6. The talks broke down on 21 April 2003 when the Tamil Tigers announced they were suspending any further talks due to their "displeasure" at the handling of some "critical issues".

7. FOR Sri Lanka's government and many of its citizens, reactions in the West to the final phase of its 26-year war with the Tamil Tigers have reeked of sanctimonious hypocrisy.

8. She lost vision in her right eye (permanent optic nerve damage) in an assassination attempt, by the Tamil Tigers, at her final election rally at Colombo Town Hall premises on 18 December 1999.

9. Sri Lankan politics for several years witnessed a bitter struggle between the president and the prime minister, belonging to different parties and elected separately, over the negotiations with the Tamil Tigers to resolve the longstanding civil war.

10. On 19 December, amidst efforts by Norway to bring the government and the Tamil Tigers to the negotiating table, the LTTE announced a 30-day cease-fire with the Sri Lankan government and pledged to halt all attacks against government forces.

11. I cannot conclude my address to the General Assembly this year without making at least a brief reference to the abominable crimes that are being committed against young Tamil children in Sri Lanka by the rebel group known as the Tamil Tigers

12. I cannot conclude my address to the General Assembly this year without making at least a brief reference to the abominable crimes that are being committed against young Tamil children in Sri Lanka by the rebel group known as the Tamil Tigers.