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There was an ambush done by the LTTE in northern Sri Lanka. LTTE rebels killed 13 soldiers, as a result there were anti-Tamil riots in the capitol, Colombo, which killed hundreds.
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The Sri Lankan signed an agreement with Indian Prime Minister Gandi to send peacekeeping troops to Sri Lanka. LTTE rebels refused to disarm, so three more years of fighting continued killing thousands.
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The truce between LTTE and the Sri Lankan government is broken and India withdraws from Sri Lanka. As a result, the LTTE gains control of many northern cities and expelling thousands of Muslims.
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It is believed that an LTTE suicide bomber is responsible for the assassination of Rajiv Gandi.
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President Premadasa is killed in an LTTE bomb attack in Colombo.
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The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are trying to reach a peace agreement for the third time.
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The LTTE sank a naval craft sparking what is now known as the Third Eelam War, which will continue for six years.
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The LTTE targeted Sri Lanka's holiest Buddha site killing eleven people.
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An LTTE suicide bomber destroyed had of the Sri Lankan Airlines fleet at the Bandaranaike Airport.
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The Sri Lankan government lifts the ban on Tamil Tigers who, in turn, drop their demand for a separate state.
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One of the Tamil Tiger's lead commanders, Karuna, splits from the movement taking 6,000 rebel soldiers with him.
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It is suspected that an LTTE assassin is who's responsible for the Minister of Foreign Affairs murder.
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LTTE attacks began to escalate again so Sri Lankan military launched airstrikes on LTTE targets.
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The Sri Lankan government has finally had enough. They pulled out of the 2002 ceasefire agreement and launched a massive offensive against the LTTE.
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Troops capture Kilinochchi, a town that was controlled by the LTTE for ten years, and urged the rebels to surrender.
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The LTTE conducted an unsuccessful air raid on Colombo. They were shot down before they reached any of their targets.
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Sri Lanka declares the Tamil Tigers defeated. Their rebel leader was killed in the fighting and they released a statement saying the group will lay down it's arms.
