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  2. Battle of Mullaitivu (2009) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Mullaitivu was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the control of the town of Mullaitivu in the Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war. The town of Mullaitivu was the last stronghold of the LTTE.

  3. Battle of Mullaitivu (1996) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Mullaitivu was a significant milestone in the civil war, it was the worst military defeat suffered by the Sri Lankan military to that point in its history, in terms of loss of life, equipment and land since it effectively handed over control of the Mullaitivu District by its decision not to reestablish its base in the Mullaitivu ...

  4. Battle of Mullaitivu (1997) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle off the coast of Mullaitivu was a naval battle fought between the Sri Lanka Navy and Sea Tigers on 23 March 1997, off the coast of town of Mullaitivu which has been under control of the LTTE since the Battle of Mullaitivu in 1996.

  5. List of military operations of the Sri Lankan civil war

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    Chalai, Mullaitivu District: 12: SLA victory Battle of Aanandapuram: 29 March – 5 April 2009: Ananthapuram, Mullaitivu District: 623: SLA victory Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu: 2–5 April 2009: Puthukkudiyirippu, Mullaitivu District: 420: SLA victory Truce (13–15 April 2009) Final Battle of the Sri Lankan Civil War: 7–19 May 2009

  6. Sri Lankan civil war - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lankan civil war (Tamil: ... The LTTE responded by launching Operation Unceasing Waves and decisively won the Battle of Mullaitivu on 18 July 1996, ...

  7. Mullivaikkal massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Mullivaikkal massacre was the mass killing of tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils in 2009 during the closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, which ended in May 2009 in a tiny strip of land in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu. The Sri Lankan government had designated a no-fire zone in Mullivaikkal towards the end of the war.

  8. List of attacks attributed to the LTTE - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] The attacks include massacres, bombings, robberies, ethnic cleansing, military battles and assassinations of civilian and military targets. The LTTE is a separatist militant group that fought for a separate Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka between 1976 and 2009.

  9. 2008–2009 Sri Lankan Army Northern offensive - Wikipedia

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    The battle began with a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) offensive attempting to break through the LTTE defence lines in the north of the island, aiming to conclude the country's 25-year-old civil war by military victory.