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Civil War, Sri Lanka
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, Separatists) 
 Background about the "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, ... a separatist group in Sri Lanka. For the past thirty years, the LTTE have been agitating for a homeland for ethnic Tamils, who feel persecuted by Sri Lanka's ethnic majority, the Sinhalese." Discusses LTTE terrorist attacks (such as suicide bombing), status of recent peace efforts, and LTTE ties to other terrorist groups. From the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). http://www.cfr.org/publication/9242/ Topics: Terrorism, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 20, 2009 Sri Lanka: Living With Terror, May 2002
This companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Frontline feature provides background on Sri Lanka, its civil war, and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers), "one of the world's most notorious terrorist groups. In their unrelenting drive for a separate homeland on the island, the Tigers have carried out more suicide bombings than Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Qaida combined." Includes video, a reporter's diary, and commentary. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/srilanka/ Topics: Death & Dying, Nonfiction by Genre, Terrorism, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 12, 2005 |
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