Engelsk navneord: LTTE |
1. | LTTE (om gruppe) 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 |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization |
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| Overordnet emneområde | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act |
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| Overordnet (geografisk) region | Ceylon, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka |
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