1) The Tamil Tigers have had a political wing since 1976, but never registered it as a legal party.

2) Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers said that the government military intelligence wing had breached a three - year - old ceasefire.

3) The Tamil Tigers enjoyed considerable support among them till it was banned by Canada in 2006.

4) He was confident that Tamil Tigers will be completely defeated in a matter of days.

5) The Tamil Tigers, blamed in more than 200 suicide attacks since 1983,(http:///tamil tigers.html) are listed as a terror group by the U.S. and the European Union.

6) He blamed the Tamil Tigers for the blast, which also wounded 24 troops and 40 civilians.

7) Sri Lanka's army did the same after defeating the Tamil Tigers in 2009.

8) Sri Lanka, for example, strongly pressured the UN to try to quash a UN advisory panel on accountability for war crimes committed during its armed conflict with the Tamil Tigers.

9) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria sold the guns to rebels in Congo, Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers and the Hutu militia, which was responsible for the Rwandan genocide.

10) Sri Lanka is embroiled in an unending civil war, with the Tamil Tigers carrying out endless suicide bombings.

11) But now, military officials say the area held by the Tamil Tigers has been reduced to just a few square kilometers of beachfront.

12) It has been regarded as a front for the Tamil Tigers.

13) Until last year the area was controlled by the Tamil Tigers.

14) Fonseka led the Army to its victory over the Tamil Tigers ending three-decade old armed rebellion.

15) They were asking people to come in and take their names down if they had any sort of contact [with the Tamil Tigers].

16) FOR Sri Lanka's government and many of its citizens, reactions in the West to the final phase of its 26-year war with the Tamil Tigers have reeked of sanctimonious hypocrisy.

17) Sri Lankan troops were today mopping up the remnants of the defeated Tamil Tigers, amid reports that some rebel fighters have been blowing themselves up rather than surrender.

18) Both his son-in-law and son are now detained by the government, suspected of links with the defeated Tamil Tigers.