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The LTTE has demanded that the government provide security for LTTE members in eastern Sri Lanka. This is another way of saying the LTTE wants the army and police to go after dissident LTTE factions that are attacking the mainline LTTE. The government refuses to do this, and the LTTE says it will terminate the three year old cease fire and resume fighting if the government does not give in. There have been at least ten attacks on the army and police in