Eelam War IV
Eelam War IV is the name given to the fourth phase of armed conflict between Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The hostilities broke out on the 26th of July 2006 when Sri Lanka Air force fighter jets bombed several LTTE camps around Mawilaru Anicut because of LTTE cut-off the water supply for the paddy fields in the area. The fighting resumed after 2 years of cease fire between the GoSL and LTTE and continuous of fighting lead the Sri Lankan army to gain more area from LTTE in the first two months of the year 2007. This phase of war enhance the LTTE's capability of air strikes when their air crafts bombed Sri Lankan Air Force base on 26th of March 2007 Katunayake near Colombo.
Major Battles of East
Battle of Sampoor and Mutthur
Battle of Vakarai
Battle of Amparai
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See also
External links
- Ministry of Defence, Sri Lanka
- GoSL Peace Secretariat
- LTTE Peace Secretariat
- Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission
- Lanka Academic, news site sponsored by Sri Lankan academics worldwide
- Sangam.org
- Texts of key agreements in the peace process and an analysis of the process by Conciliation Resources
- Report on the Sri Lankan peace process by Asiafoundation
- hWeb - Sri Lanka’s recent history of ethnic conflict and political crisis originates from its colonial legacy
- NorthEast Secretariat report on Human rights 1974-2004
- hWeb - Sri Lanka’s recent history of ethnic conflict originates from its colonial legacy
- Peace&War: Humanity Ashore Pictorial