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Sri Lankan Civil War

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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Sri Lankan Civil War

Brett Randolph and Edward Berry
Photo by Images of Sri Lanka - Sequential Shots
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Sri Lanka

  • off the coast of India
  • constetutional republic
  • majority speak official launguage of Sinhala and Tamil
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Sri Lanka

  • off the coast of India
  • constetutional republic
  • majority speak official launguage of Sinhala and Tamil
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  • Sri Lanka -->
Photo by SEDACMaps
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The War

  • 26 years long
  • many war crimes
  • lots of suicide bombs and terrorist attacks
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The LTTE

  • tamil tigers
  • Terrorist organization
  • suicide bombers
  • child soldiers
Photo by Andrew Currie
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Conditions

  • gained independence from the U K
  • Constant feuds between the majority Buddhist Sinhalese and Hindi Tamils
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Motivations

  • Tamils disagreed with Sri Lankan Government they formed the LTTE.
  • LTTE wanted to seperate from Sri Lanka
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Actions

  • Tamils attacked
  • LTTE assassinated leaders
  • Sri Lanka fought back
  • 26 year long civil war
Photo by Docking Bay 93
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