Tigers
       n : a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as
           a student protest over the limited university access for
           Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an
           independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla
           strategy including terrorist tactics that target key
           government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers
           perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war" [syn: Liberation
           Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, World
           Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement]