Velupillai Prabhakaran heads this organization which is considered a terrorist group by thirty-one nations, including the United States.
Velupillai Prabhakaran heads this organization which is considered a terrorist group by thirty-one nations, including the United States. Headquartered in Kilinochchi, where a lot of fighting has taken place this month, its members have waged a civil war campaign against their government since the early 1980s in an effort to gain independence for their home state of Eelam. They were responsible for the 1991 assas- sination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, for which they apologized 15 years later. This groups claims to represent an ethnic group that has opposed the Sinhalese. Name this organization whose exis- tence could be threatened by the advancing Sri Lankan army.
Velupillai Prabhakaran heads this organization which is considered a terrorist group by thirty-one nations, including the United States.
Tamil Tigers or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam