The LTTE’s most famous suicide mission was against Rajiv Gandhi, a former Indian prime minister. The Sea Tigers is the largest wing of the LTTE. Their personnel include sea-going units ...

For fishermen to go to sea, they have to obtain passes from the LTTE’s Sea Tigers. The passes involve paying four or five different taxes and levies. Many fishermen who lack boats, nets and ...

The evolution and growth of the armed struggle for the goal of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka saw many Tamil militant groups emerge ...

The military thrust against the LTTE is now focused on the guerrillas final stronghold of Puthukkudiyiruppu in Mullaitivu with fierce fighting erupting between government troops and the LTTE. After ...

Another ex-Sea Tiger — who joined in 2001 ... who spent seven years fighting with the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after signing up as a teenager, had no interest in sewing.

special commander of the Sea Tigers Division. The LTTE cadres accompanying the trio possessed much firepower including RPG launchers. Apparently, they were prepared for an armed confrontation with ...

Ranjini reminisces with a mix of nostalgia and regret about her years fighting in Sri Lanka's civil war as a former company commander of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), popularly ...

The LTTE, known generally as the tigers, was formed officially on May ... Uttar Pradesh Training Tamil militancy underwent a sea change after July 1983. India got involved in Sri Lankan affairs ...

They’re a top apex predator — tigers of the deep sea — and their behavior reflects a food web that’s difficult for us to study.” The groundbreaking research, published in the journal ...

The group is formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (See pictures of Sri ... The Tamils have ground and sea forces and are well armed with rockets, grenade launchers ...

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), more commonly known as the Tamil ... Among the deaths blamed on the fighting was a deadly sea battle on May 11, 2006, that claimed the lives of 17 ...