The Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka

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🗓️ 24 April 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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A series of highly coordinated bombings in Sri Lanka has left more than 350 people dead. How did a small, obscure and underfinanced local group carry out one of the deadliest terrorist attacks since 9/11? Guest: Jeffrey Gettleman, the South Asia bureau chief for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the extent of its involvement is not yet clear.Here’s what we currently know and don’t know about the attacks.

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0:25.6	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:35.6	Today, a series of highly coordinated bombings has left more than 300 dead in Sri Lanka.
0:49.5	How did a small obscure and underfinance local group carry out one of the deadliest terror
0:56.4	attacks since 9-11?
1:03.8	It's Wednesday, April 24th.
1:13.0	Jeffrey Gettelman, take me back to a year ago in Sri Lanka.
1:16.9	What was going on in the government there?
1:19.3	The Sri Lankan government was in complete meltdown.
1:23.4	Sri Lanka is a developing country, somewhat isolated.
1:27.4	It's an island, off of India.
1:30.4	For years, it struggled with a very brutal civil war that ended about 10 years ago.
1:36.9	We are now witnessing the rebirth of this country after decades of bloodshed and dysfunction
1:43.2	and confusion and chaos.
1:46.0	The government is a symptom of all these problems.
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