evidence: A "The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was founded in 1976 for the purpose of creating a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. The group began its war against the Government of Sri Lanka in 1983 and has employed violent means, including bombings and political assassination, to achieve the goal of a separate entity in the North and East of the country. Some 50,000 people are estimated to have died in fourteen years of fighting."2 "Sri Lankan military and intelligence sources that have reported reliably in the past have identified the Ellalan Force as another alias for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam," which "will hereafter be referred to as the 'LTTE'." "Headquartered in the Jaffna Peninsula [of Sri Lanka], ... Velupillai Prabhakaran," "the founder and leader of Sri Lan- ka's LTTE ... organized the insurgency group to pursue an independent homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka's northern and eastern regions out of frustration over the ethnic discrimina- tion of the Sri Lankan government, according to press re- ports." "Tamils ... are the mainstay of his organization, according to US military officials." [...] "The LTTE ... uses its international contacts to procure weapons, communications, and bomb-making equipment. The LTTE exploits large Tamil communities in North Amer- ica, Europe, and Asia to obtain funds and supplies for its fighters in Sri Lanka."