Sri Lankan Terrorism: Assessing and Responding to the Threat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
aylor and Francis Ltd GPPR112102.sgm 10.1080/15614260500121195 Police Practice and Research 1561-4263 (print)/1477-271X (online) Original Article 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd 62000000May 2005 CécileVan de Voorde Department of CriminologyUniversity of South Florida4202 East Fowler Avenue, SOC 107TampaFL 336USA cecile@mail.usf.edu Sri Lanka has been besieged by ethnic separatism, nationalism, and an enduring ethnic conflict between its Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority for decades. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are the strongest militant nationalists and fiercest terrorist group in Sri Lanka. They are fighting for an independent Tamil nation and are famous for their aggressive use of suicide terrorism. The LTTE has grown into a transnational network and poses a significant threat to international security that has been poorly assessed and inadequately addressed. Policy recommendations are made regarding the LTTE’s suicide terrorism campaign and its global terror network
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