Tamil Tigers of Eelam tamoul

The movement of the Tamil Tigers of Eelam Tamoul - in English Release Tigers off Tamilian Eelam (LTTE) - is an independence organization tamoule Sri Lanka founded in 1976 and of which the posted goal is to defend the Tamoul S. It asks for the self-determination and the creation of a State, the Eelam Tamoul, in the North-East of the island.

The LTTE is recognized like an terrorist organization in more than 32 countries such as India (since 1992, after the assassination of Indian the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi), the United States, European Union, etc

History

After several attempts to make recognize the rights of the minority tamoule by the government Singhalese, they took the weapons in 1972 and used the attack-suicide like means of action. The conflict makes approximately 60.000 dead in twenty years.

After several years of civil war and economic embargo in the northern part of the island (area of Jaffna), the country entered since 2002 during one time known as of “post-conflict”. The LTTE moderated its requirements and seeks an autonomy economic and political within the framework of the State srilankais, informant who the military approach is not a good method to achieve its goals.

The LTTE is opposed to other movements tamouls, like PLOTE, TELO, E (R) PLF, EPDP, and with former chiefs of the LTTE like colonel Karuna or Karuna Amman (of its true name Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan). The crime committed by Karuna are put very quickly on the back of the LTTE, with the assistance of the government srilankais Karuna contunue are massacre.

The LTTE is currently directed by the chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. Since December 2005, the truce seems null and void, one counts 1400 dead at August 16th, 2006.

Recruitment of child-soldiers

LTTE counts in its manpower a considerable number children soldiers. The use in the LTTE of the children as troops of first line was shown when 25 children old soldiers of first line between 13 and 17 years went in mass to the forces Sri Lankaises.

Under the international pressure, the LTTE announced to give up the recruitment of children soldiers in July 2003 but the UNICEF and Human Rights Watch show them to have disavowed their promise and to enlist children made orphan by the tsunami of 2004. Civilians also complain that the Tigers tamouls remove children to make soldiers of them

The UNICEF declares besides that the LTTE recruited 315 children soldiers between April and December 2006. According to the UNICEF, the numbers of children soldiers recruited by the LTTE since 2001 amounts to 5.794 .

Assassinations of rivals or opponents

Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister
Ranjan Wijeratne, Ministre sri lankais and former general
Lalith Athulathmudali, Ministre sri lankais
Ranasinghe Premadasa, President of Sri Lanka
Gamini Dissanayake, Candidat with the presidential election
Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka (Assassination attempt)
Major Gen. Parami Kulatunga, 3° graded High in the army sri lankaise
Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Chef of the army sri lankais (Assassination attempt)

Attacks in villages

Massacre of Gonagala (50 dead) 1999
Massacre of Palliyagodella (109 dead) 1991
Massacre of Kallarawa (42 dead)

Attacks in Buddhist temples or of the mosques.

Massacre of Anuradhapura (146 killed civilians) 1985
Massacre in a mosque with Kattankudi
Massacre in Aranthalawa (32 buddhist monks of which killed children with blow of hatchet) 1987

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE

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