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Operation Checkmate
Operation Checkmate was an anti-insurgency operation carried out by the IPKF against the LTTE in the Vadamarachi areaof northern Sri Lanka in June 1988. Intiated immediately prior to the elections in the North eastern provinces, the aim of the operation was to destroys the Tigers' capacity to hinder the electoral process, which they had called to boycott.
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