Vadamarachchi Operation
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Operation Liberation also known as the <entity_0> was the military offensive carried out by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May and <entity_3> to recapture the territory of Vadamarachchi in the <entity_5> peninsula from the LTTE (Tamil Tigers). Following the on set of the <entity_1> formally marked by the ambush of the <entity_2> Army patrol Four Four Bravo on 23 July 1983, the <entity_4> escalated in the northern and eastern parts of the island. 7 Squadron armed with Matra Magic II AAMs with the threat of "would be met by force" if opposed by the <entity_2> Air Force; dropped 22 tons of humanitarian relief supplies in the <entity_5> area on June 4 in Operation Poomalai, in what was claimed as an violation of territorial sovereignty by <entity_2>. The abrupt halt to the second phase of the operation, drastically effected moral of the troops involved, as the military and many in <entity_2> believed victory was certain with the capture of <entity_5> and the LTTE leadership that was trapped.
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