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Life as a female Tamil Tiger guerilla relived by one of first female soldiers. ⇒

   11 May 2009, early morning

"In 1987, aged 17, Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. One of the rebels' first female soldiers, equipped with rifle and cyanide capsule, she was engaged in fierce combat." An amazing article profiling the life of this woman and her involvement in the LTTE.

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Comments

  1. What an amazing story

    by ahilan on May 11 2009, 10:27 am   #

  2. It’s pretty crazy. The strange part is how she’s now basically this regular person. It must be strange to have lived this crazy alternate life.

    by ramanan on May 11 2009, 10:06 pm   #

  3. Yeah I was thinking about that, living in an affluent suburb with kids..but than not too long ago you were in the jungle with a weapon running for your life..it all seems too crazy…and the fact she did it and got on with her life is all the more incredible…

    by ahilan on May 12 2009, 3:45 am   #

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