1998 in Sri Lanka
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The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Sri Lanka.
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Incumbents
Events
- Bolstered by successes in 1997, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam unleash phase 2 of Operation Unceasing Waves on September 1998. The LTTE captures the town of Killinochi in the North East, but lose Mankulam to the Sri Lankan Army.[1]
- Local government elections were held in Sri Lanka on 29 January 1998 for 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula, in the north of the country.[2][3]
Notes
- a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
References
- ↑ CNN - Rebels launch heavy assault on Sri Lankan army - October 7, 1998
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