What Happens if the Civil War Goes the Other Way?

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State of emergency imposed in Sri Lanka. Armed forces told to open fire if necessary to quell violence. If situation ends anything like the end of the civil war did, then there's good reason for the lancan population to be fearful. What happens if gota byaraja paxa is run out of office all the way to california? It's to day explained.

Sri Lanka’s “Go home, Gota!” protesters want to throw President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of office. Reveal’s Ike Sriskandarajah explains what could happen if Gota "goes home" to the serene suburbs of Southern California.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Haleema Shah with help from Victoria Dominguez, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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