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