Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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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
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| 1 | domain region | Related & opposite | Sri Lanka |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | terrorism |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | terrorist organization |