Sri Lanka: The Tamil Tiger Rebels, Active Since the Early 1970s, Have Used Suicide Bombings Extensively
 
Country profile: Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon, island south of India) (Population: 19 Million)
Timeline: Sri Lanka (BBC, Jun. 6, 2003)


Tamil Tigers (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelan (LTTE) ): A fearsome force (BBC, May 2, 2000)


Terrorist bomb kills 21 in Sri Lanka (BBC, May 3, 1986)

Tamil Woman Suicide Bomber Kills 23 and Wounds 60 in Sri Lanka (Jul. 5, 1996)
Female suicide bomber caused blast in Sri Lanka (Feb. 6, 1998)
Suicide bomber kills another prominent political opponent in Sri Lanka (WSWS, Aug. 2, 1999)

 

Sri Lankan Tamil Rebel Suicide Bomber Blasts Boat (Peoples Daily, Sep. 3, 2001)
Inside the mind of suicide terrorist (MSNBC, Sep. 12, 2001)
Suicide Bombers Are Here To Stay by Robert Fisk (Independent (UK), Sep. 13, 2001)
Suicide bombing: no warning, and no total solution (Jane's International Security News, Sep. 17, 2001)
The Mind Of A Suicide Bomber (CBS, Sep. 26, 2001)
Sri Lankan PM survives suicide bombing (CNN, Oct. 29, 2001)
Suicide Bombings in Sri Lanka
Q&A: Sri Lanka peace talks (BBC, Apr. 23, 2003)

 

Rational Fanatics by Ehud Sprinzak (Foreign Policy, Sep.-Oct. 2000)
Suicide terrorism: a global threat (Jane's Intelligence Review, Oct. 20, 2000)