Third Battle of Elephant Pass
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In the Third battle of Elephant Pass, Elephant Pass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the armed forces of the Sri Lankan Army.
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Third Battle of Elephant Pass | |||||||
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Part of the Sri Lankan civil war | |||||||
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | |||||||
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M. Rajapaksha | V. Prabhakaran |
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Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president of Sri Lanka, declared that Elephant Pass was captured by the army on January 9, 2009.