{{Infobox militant organization
| name = Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
| logo = Ltte_emblem.jpg
| caption = The official emblem of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
| native_name = தமிழிழவிடுதலைப்புலிகள்
| native_name_lang = ta
| other_name = Tamil Tigers
| country = [[Sri Lanka]]
| allegiance =
| leader = [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]]
| foundation = 1976
| dates = {{start date|1976|df=y}} – {{end date|Present|df=y}}
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| motives = The creation of a separate [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Tamil]] [[Tamil Eelam|state]] in the [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|north]] and [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|east]] of [[Sri Lanka]]
| area = [[Sri Lanka]]
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| ideology = [[Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism|Tamil nationalism]]
| position =
| crimes = Numerous [[suicide attack|suicide bombings]], Crimes against life and health, [[List of attacks attributed to the LTTE|attacks against civilians]], [[Military use of children in Sri Lanka|use of child soldiers]], [[Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna|acts of ethnic cleansing]]
| attacks = [[Central Bank bombing]], [[Palliyagodella massacre]], [[Dehiwala train bombing]] and others.
| status = As of April 24, 2009 the LTTE occupies an area of around 10 km² in the [[Mullaitivu District]], proscribed as a terrorist organization by 32 countries.<ref>http://defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20090117_03</ref>
| size = couple of hundred
| revenue = ?
| financing = [[British Tamils Forum]], [[Tamil diaspora|Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora]] and other NGOs.
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