Battle of Point Pedro (2006)

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<td data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true" colspan="2" data-rte-attribs=" colspan=2 ">Part of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sri%20Lankan%20Civil%20War%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sri%20Lankan%20Civil%20War%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSri%20Lankan%20Civil%20War%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" title="Sri Lankan Civil War">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>
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<td data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true">May 12, 2006
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<td data-rte-washtml="1" data-rte-line-start="true"><span data-rte-washtml="1" class="location" data-rte-attribs=" class=location">off <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Point%20Pedro%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Point%20Pedro%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPoint%20Pedro%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Point Pedro (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUG9pbnRfUGVkcm8/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Point Pedro</a>, Jaffna</span>
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<ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22First%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Eelam%20War%20I%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Eelam_War_I" title="Eelam War I">First</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22IPKF%20intervention%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Indian%20intervention%20in%20the%20Sri%20Lankan%20Civil%20War%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Indian_intervention_in_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" title="Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War">IPKF intervention</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Second%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Eelam%20War%20II%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Eelam_War_II" title="Eelam War II">Second</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Third%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Eelam%20War%20III%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Eelam_War_III" title="Eelam War III">Third</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Fourth%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Eelam%20War%20IV%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Eelam_War_IV" title="Eelam War IV">Fourth</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Battles%20and%20operations%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22List%20of%20military%20operations%20of%20the%20Sri%20Lankan%20Civil%20War%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" title="List of military operations of the Sri Lankan Civil War">Battles and operations</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bombings%20and%20terrorist%20attacks%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22List%20of%20attacks%20attributed%20to%20the%20LTTE%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE">Bombings and terrorist attacks</a>
</li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Other%20military%20attacks%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22List%20of%20attacks%20attributed%20to%20Sri%20Lankan%20government%20forces%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_Sri_Lankan_government_forces" title="List of attacks attributed to Sri Lankan government forces" class="mw-redirect">Other military attacks</a>
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<dl data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><dt>Mass graves
</dt><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Chemmani%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Chemmani%20mass%20graves%20investigation%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Chemmani mass graves investigation (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ2hlbW1hbmlfbWFzc19ncmF2ZXNfaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Chemmani</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Duraiappa%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Duraiappa%20stadium%20mass%20grave%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Duraiappa stadium mass grave (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRHVyYWlhcHBhX3N0YWRpdW1fbWFzc19ncmF2ZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Duraiappa</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mirusuvil%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mirusuvil%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Mirusuvil_massacre" title="Mirusuvil massacre">Mirusuvil</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sooriyakanda%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sooriyakanda%20mass%20grave%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Sooriyakanda mass grave (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU29vcml5YWthbmRhX21hc3NfZ3JhdmU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Sooriyakanda</a>
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<dl data-rte-empty-lines-before="2"><dt>Massacres
</dt><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Black%20July%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Black%20July%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Black_July" title="Black July">Black July</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%221985%20Valvettiturai%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221985%20Valvettiturai%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/1985_Valvettiturai_massacre" title="1985 Valvettiturai massacre">1985 Valvettiturai</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kumudini%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Kumudini%20boat%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Kumudini_boat_massacre" title="Kumudini boat massacre">Kumudini</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Akkaraipattu%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Akkaraipattu%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Akkaraipattu_massacre" title="Akkaraipattu massacre">Akkaraipattu</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Prawn%20farm%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Prawn%20farm%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Prawn farm massacre (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUHJhd25fZmFybV9tYXNzYWNyZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Prawn farm</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Eastern%20University%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Eastern%20University%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Eastern_University_massacre" title="Eastern University massacre">Eastern University</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%221990%20Batticaloa%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221990%20Batticaloa%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/1990_Batticaloa_massacre" title="1990 Batticaloa massacre">1990 Batticaloa</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%221991%20Kokkadichcholai%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221991%20Kokkadichcholai%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/1991_Kokkadichcholai_massacre" title="1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre">1991 Kokkadichcholai</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jaffna%20lagoon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jaffna%20lagoon%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Jaffna_lagoon_massacre" title="Jaffna lagoon massacre">Jaffna lagoon</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Navaly%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Navaly%20church%20bombing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Navaly_church_bombing" title="Navaly church bombing">Navaly</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Nagerkovil%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Nagerkovil%20school%20bombing%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Nagerkovil_school_bombing" title="Nagerkovil school bombing">Nagerkovil</a>-<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Allaipiddy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Allaipiddy%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Allaipiddy_massacre" title="Allaipiddy massacre">Allaipiddy</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Vankalai%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Vankalai%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Vankalai massacre (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVmFua2FsYWlfbWFzc2FjcmU/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Vankalai</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Muttur%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222006%20Trincomalee%20massacre%20of%20NGO%20workers%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/2006_Trincomalee_massacre_of_NGO_workers" title="2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers">Muttur</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kent%20and%20Dollar%20Farm%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Kent%20and%20Dollar%20Farm%20massacres%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Kent_and_Dollar_Farm_massacres" title="Kent and Dollar Farm massacres">Kent and Dollar Farm</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Anuradhapura%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Anuradhapura%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_massacre" title="Anuradhapura massacre">Anuradhapura</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Aranthalawa%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Aranthalawa%20Massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Aranthalawa_Massacre" title="Aranthalawa Massacre">Aranthalawa</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kattankudi%20mosque%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Kattankudy%20mosque%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Kattankudy_mosque_massacre" title="Kattankudy mosque massacre">Kattankudi mosque</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Palliyagodella%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Palliyagodella%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Palliyagodella_massacre" title="Palliyagodella massacre">Palliyagodella</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kallarawa%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Kallarawa%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Kallarawa_massacre" title="Kallarawa massacre">Kallarawa</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22October%201995%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22October%201995%20Eastern%20Sri%20Lanka%20massacres%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/October_1995_Eastern_Sri_Lanka_massacres" title="October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres">October 1995</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gonagala%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gonagala%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Gonagala_massacre" title="Gonagala massacre">Gonagala</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Kebithigollewa%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Kebithigollewa%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Kebithigollewa_massacre" title="Kebithigollewa massacre">Kebithigollewa</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jaffna%20Hospital%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jaffna%20hospital%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Jaffna_hospital_massacre" title="Jaffna hospital massacre">Jaffna Hospital</a>
</dd><dd data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%221989%20Valvettiturai%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221989%20Valvettiturai%20massacre%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/1989_Valvettiturai_massacre" title="1989 Valvettiturai massacre">1989 Valvettiturai</a></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="2">The <b>Battle of Point Pedro</b> was a naval battle that occurred on May 12, 2006 near <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Point%20Pedro%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Point%20Pedro%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPoint%20Pedro%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Point Pedro (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUG9pbnRfUGVkcm8/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Point Pedro</a>,<span data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.cnn.com%5C%2F2006%5C%2FWORLD%5C%2Fasiapcf%5C%2F05%5C%2F12%5C%2Fsrilanka.violence%5C%2Findex.html%20CNN.com%20-%20Tamil%20rebels%20warn%20truce%20monitors%20-%20May%2012%2C%202006%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-1 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22104-4762614765deea2c0041fa%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ686563e159bb0981-nowiki-00000007-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E2%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%22104-4762614765deea2c0041fa%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ686563e159bb0981-nowiki-00000008-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-1%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-1%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22111%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E2%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%22112%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[&#x200b;</span>2<span data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]&#x200b;</span></a></sup>&#x200b;</span> Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sri%20Lankan%20Navy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sri%20Lankan%20Navy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSri%20Lankan%20Navy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Navy" title="Sri Lankan Navy" class="mw-redirect">Sri Lankan Navy</a> was attacked by a group of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tamil%20Tiger%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tamil%20Tiger%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTamil%20Tiger%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-4762614765deea2c0041fa" class="new" title="Tamil Tiger (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVGFtaWxfVGlnZXI/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Tamil Tiger</a> boats. A group of SLN attack boats was escorting a troop transport, the MV Pearl Cruise II which was carrying 710 soldiers for the city of Jaffna which had been under siege for the previous six years.
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