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• n  the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for

• For 26 years, the elusive leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had waged war with the government to win an independent homeland, or eelam, for the island's Tamil .
• Pathmananthan acknowledged for the first time on May 24 that Prabhakaran was dead, but insisted that the deceased leader's dream of eelam, a separate Tamil homeland, lives on.
• It could also continue in some form in the Tamil diaspora, though its reason for being the creation of a Tamil homeland, or eelam is essentially destroyed.

• Eelam
• Tamil Eelam

News & Articles

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• Tamils for Obama: We Like Jayalalithaa, and We Suggest That Our Cousins in Tamil Nadu Vote Her Way
  Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, is campaigning on behalf of her party AIADMK. Tamils for Obama has dealt with Jayalalithaa in the past and found her wise, courageous, and a friend of Eelam Tamils and for these reasons Tamils for Obama suggests that whatever Jayalalithaa supports is probably a good idea, and other Tamils should consider supporting it too. (PRWeb April 16, 2014 ...
  April 17, 2014 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Mick Keelty in The Australian
  We are for the fight against terrorists and all sorts of terrorism. Therefore we have no sympathy for any terrorist activity indulged by any organisation, and particularly the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) is a banned organisation in... Pranab Mukherjee http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH7JtYbFJ2DGq5DofU9KuGxbo2Mpg Sify http://www.google.com/url?q=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php%3Fid%3D14845262%26%3Fvsv%3DTopHP1&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGOlb6-pWKZBBUSsg8yjt-gSXccFQ Jan 27, 2009 31695 40866 eelam He was charged in connection with two earlier arrests in May this year to do with raising money for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the (LTTE) terrorist group," Mr Keelty told Southern Cross Radio. "The counter-terrorism team will be...
• Arlene Foster in Belfast Telegraph
  Canada calls for the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to declare and honour an immediate ceasefire to allow full, safe and unhindered access; the evacuation of the sick and wounded; and the delivery of... Lawrence Cannon http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Cannon&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFnGJuyiUfLPFj7u11cH5-WNDfkww CBC.ca http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/05/lanka-aid.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEzB13sLhhldgNRPaKJm8YHW3zx7w Feb 5, 2009 31697 40868 eelgrass Mrs Foster, rather abruptly in our view, replied: I am not aware of any enhanced growth of eelgrass at Islandhill."