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Who Are the Tamil Tigers?

On the island of Sri Lanka,
off the tip of India

According to some ethnic Tamils, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are daring freedom fighters trying to establish a Tamil homeland, or "Tamil Eelam." According to the governments of Sri Lanka, India, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the member nations of the EU, the Tamil Tigers are terrorists, one of the pioneers of suicide bombing.

But now, after a 30-year fight with the Sri Lankan government, the Tamil Tigers have admitted defeat. Why did the Tamil Tigers cause so much trouble for so long? To find out, let's visit Sri Lanka, the Indian Ocean island Arab sailors once called "Serendip."

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