Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE): References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. | Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| Changed title from “Tamil Tigers” to “Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).” | Jan 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. | Nov 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBC News - Tamil Tigers. | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Life Matters - Tamil Tigers. | Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - The history of the Tamil Tigers. | Oct 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Liberation struggle or terrorism? The politics of naming the ltte (PDF). | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Changed the spelling of “Indian peacekeeping force” to “Indian Peace-Keeping Force.” | Oct 22, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 20, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mapping Militants Project - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam. | Mar 13, 2019 | ||
| Article updated to add information on the number of Tamil Tiger fighters. |
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Oct 09, 2015 | |
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, separatists). | Dec 18, 2014 | ||
| Article revised and updated. |
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May 02, 2013 | |
| Date of the founding of the Tamil Tigers changed from 1972 to 1976. | May 02, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. | Apr 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). | Feb 20, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Federation of American Scientists - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. | Feb 20, 2011 | ||
| Article handled to mention death of Tiger leader Prabhakaran and further update status of the organization. | May 27, 2009 | ||
| Article handled to update status of Tamil Tigers. | May 19, 2009 | ||
| Article handled to add that since January 2009 the Tamil Tigers had been cornered by government troops in northeastern Sri Lanka. | Apr 28, 2009 | ||
| Updated for government capture of LTTE strongholds. | Feb 02, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 25, 2006 | ||
| New article added. | Dec 07, 2001 |
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