Tamil Tigers =

This is a very interesting group- I served my mission in Sri Lanka, and have a number of first hand reports from people there that reported the attacks made against civilians by the Tigers. During the civil war they would attack mainly military targets, but once they were forced back they would attack civilian targets with bombs and other instruments to spread terror in the southern parts. Because of this, though they have elements of being a guerilla group, it would seem to me that they are better classified as a terrorist organization. The US State Department also has them listed as a terrorist organization. as well as a number of other countries. Although I believe them to be a terrorist organization, they do pose an interesting facet to defining the issue.