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David, the host of the Cold War Channel🇨🇦 🇺🇦🌻
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Host of the Cold War Channel and a grad student, studying military history. History exists in shades of grey and yet so many seek only black or white.
Aug 2, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
OTD August 2 1989 Indian soldiers deployed in Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) initiate an attack on the coastal town of Valvettithurai on the Jaffna Peninsula. 64 civilians are killed in the attack.
Cadres of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
1/7 had stepped up their attacks on troops of the IPKF, largely by means of hit-and-run tactics and ambushes. On the morning of August 2 an IPKF moved into the town of Valvettithurai, and were attacked by an LTTE unit, resulting in the deaths of six soldiers,
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