The United States designated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a foreign terrorist organization in 1997.
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- Insurgency-Related Conflict | Council on Foreign Relations (cfr.org)
- https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/usdos/2015/en/105433 (refworld.org)
- https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/hp683 (home.treasury.gov)
- https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nye/pr/2010/2010jan25b.html (justice.gov)
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