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Female LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) soldier posing for LTTE publicity photograph with a heavy machine gun, c. 2008.

The Sri Lankan Civil War began on July 23, 1983, and quickly developed into an on-and-off insurgency against the Colombo government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, and other few rebel groups, which were fighting to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
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Title:
Female LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) soldier posing for LTTE publicity photograph with a heavy machine gun, c. 2008.
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The Sri Lankan Civil War began on July 23, 1983, and quickly developed into an on-and-off insurgency against the Colombo government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, and other few rebel groups, which were fighting to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009.
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3500 x 5262 px | 52.7 MB
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29.6 x 44.6 cm | 11.7 x 17.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AMAZON • ASIA • ASIAN • CIVIL WAR • GUERILLA • GUERRILLA • GUN • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • INSURGENCY • SRI LANKA • SRI LANKAN • TAMIL EELAM • TAMIL TIGER • TERRORIST • WEAPON • WOMAN • WOMEN