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1. A separatist militant organization that was based in northern Sri Lanka (from 1970s until 2009 when it defeated by the Sri Lankan army)
   "the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war";
   - LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement

Type of: foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization

Encyclopedia: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam