Eelam


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Synonyms for Eelam

the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for

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'The question is, what is the difference between Dr Zakir Naik and the Tamil Eelam group?' he asked.
plication, seeking lifting of the ban imposed on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from October 11 to 14 in Madurai.Vaiko, a Rajya Sabha member, who appeared before the Centre's Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Tribunal, told reporters that 'Q' branch DSP of Ramanathapuram has also submitted his arguments and sought shifting of the place of hearing of the case to Madurai.
It also said that a plebiscite should be conducted in Sri Lanka on the Tamil Eelam issue.
As regards the conspiracy between Tamil Nadu politicians and Sri Lankan Tamil political activists to bring about an independent state of Tamil Eelam, it must be highlighted that the origin and growth of Tamil sub-nationalism in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka took diametrically opposite courses.
Once a stronghold for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Northern Province city of Jaffna was a frequent battleground for the rebels and Sri Lankan government troops until a government offensive last year crushed the Tigers.
Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, virtually annihilated by government forces in May, have named Selvarasa Pathmanathan, a fugitive wanted by Interpol and believed to be living in Malaysia, as their new leader, according to an e-mail circulated to news organizations in Colombo and published on the pro-LTTE TamilNet website.
You were in the past stridently opposed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the creation of a Tamil state of Eelam.
Around 50,000 civilians are crowded into a 3.8kmlong strip of coast along with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam fighters, who have been fighting for 25 years for a homeland for minority Tamils..
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has done absolutely nothing for the Tamil people.
Government forces sank four boats of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) off the coast of Mullaittivu, spokesman D.
Meanwhile, the IGP denied media reports that it was a gang of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
It did not take long to realise that this was the celebration of a victory which presumably most in the south awaited for more than a year and a half or to be more precise since the start of the third Eelam war under the helm of President Mahinda Rajapakse.
officials, out of Vanni, the last bastion of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who have been fighting for independence since 1983.