The Liberation Tamil Tiger Eelam(LTTE) is founded by Velupillai Prabhakaran in 1976. LTTE is a militant organisation in Sri Lanka, which influenced many supporters amongst the youth. Seen as a terrorist group by at least 30 countries around the world, The Tigers have taken control of the territory in north-east Sri Lanka and in the process, battle against the Sri Lankan Army. They even recruited child soldiers and woman for suicide attacks. Surprisingly, it has carried out more suicide bombings than other terrorists groups such as Hamas and Al-Qaeda. They have been involved in peace talks to end the conflict but to no avail.
In April 1984, the LTTE formed a bigger and common militant front with other groups such as the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO). However, later on in 1986, the LTTE denounced a view of TELO on India and they broke. Fighting broke out between both organisations and most of the TELO members were wiped out. The LTTE assaulted training camps and conquered the Jaffna Peninsula.
The motive of the Tigers is to have a separate state between the Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. The Tigers were dissatisfied with policies by governments to solve problems posed by the nation's Tamil society. The Tamils were not given equal rights as the Sinhalese for example, basic citizenship rights. Hence, they wanted independance.
Why some other countries do not see LTTE as a terrorist group? Is it because they are doing the right thing or not by using violence? What are some of your group views?
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