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- Title
'Terrorism' or 'Liberation'? Towards a distinction: A Case study of the Armed Struggle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
- Authors
Sarvananthan, Muttukrishna
- Abstract
This article based on extensive empirical field research and primary sources/data attempts to distinguish terrorism from liberation / freedom struggle by means of a case study of the armed struggle of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. It is argued here that the LTTE was primarily a terrorist organisation/movement because: (i) it's struggle was overwhelmingly based on armed violence; (ii) it demanded support from the masses through persecution; (iii) it intentionally targeted civilians; (iv) it substantially relied on suicide attacks; (v) it substantially deployed under-age children; and (vi) it was proactively involved in internecine war.
- Subjects
TAMILILA Vitutalaippulikal (Organization); TERRORIST organizations; SUICIDE bombings
- Publication
Perspectives on Terrorism, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2334-3745
- Publication type
Article