Sri Lankan Rebels Acquire A Modest Air Capability
Who the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam are depends less on
your point of view than it used to do. Once, a case could be made
that the LTTE, a violent terrorist group fighting for a
racial/ethnic homeland separate from Sri Lanka, were freedom
fighters. They claimed many grievances, and made a case that they
had been mistreated and subjugated by the majority Sinhalese of the
island nation. But their methods -- they're the guys who put
suicide bombing on the map 20 years ago -- and the nihilism of
their target selection turned many who usually flock to the side of
the underdog against them.