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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; Tamil: தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், romanized: Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, Sinhala: දෙමළ ඊලාම් විමුක්ති කොටි සංවිධානය, romanized: Demaḷa īlām vimukti koṭi saṁvidhānaya; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization, that was based in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an…

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Annual revenue
US$300+ million prior to the military defeat
Country
Sri Lanka
Dates active
5 May 1976–18 May 2009 (33 years, 13 days)
Ideology
Tamil nationalism Left-wing nationalism Revolutionary socialism Egalitarianism Secularism Separatism
Leader
Velupillai Prabhakaran †
Other name
Tamil Tigers; LTTE

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Proscription as a terrorist group

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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related to International organisations · 24
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → American ScientistsSri Lankan Tamil, An, Anti-Defamation LeagueFunding, Archived, Council, Diaspora After LTTE Archived, Federation, Final War, Foreign RelationsOverview, Human Rights Watch, International Crisis GroupBackground, Liberation Tigers, LTTE, LTTE's, March, May, Mistreated Archived, October, Tamil, Tamil Eelam
Status · 2
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → Inactive, Militarily defeated in May 2009
Annual revenue · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → US$300+ million prior to the military defeat
Country · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → Sri Lanka
Dates active · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → 5 May 1976–18 May 2009 (33 years, 13 days)
Ideology · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → Tamil nationalism Left-wing nationalism Revolutionary socialism Egalitarianism Secularism Separatism
Leader · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → Velupillai Prabhakaran †
Other name · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → Tamil Tigers; LTTE
Size · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → 18,000, as of 2004, excluding divisions
Website · 1
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam → Official website (now defunct)

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ltte sri tamil lankan government lanka military also india prabhakaran jaffna groups 2009 political leader including tigers tamils attacks state

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Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamAnnual revenueUS$300+ million prior to the military defeat1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamCountrySri Lanka1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamDates active5 May 1976–18 May 2009 (33 years, 13 days)1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamIdeologyTamil nationalism Left-wing nationalism Revolutionary socialism Egalitarianism Secularism Separatism1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamLeaderVelupillai Prabhakaran †1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamOther nameTamil Tigers; LTTE1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamSize18,000, as of 2004, excluding divisions1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamStatusInactive1.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamStatusMilitarily defeated in May 20091.00infobox
Liberation Tigers of Tamil EelamWebsiteOfficial website (now defunct)1.00infobox
Kittu artillery brigadeinstance ofauxiliary military units0.80text
Kutti Sri mortar brigadeinstance ofauxiliary military units0.80text

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