The IRA made Manufacturing some attempts in the 1980s to escalate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the conflict Hostile_encounter with the aid Assistance of weapons imported from Libya .

On April 8 , 2007 , Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah , leader of the opposition , declared Expressing_publicly the situation Confronting_problem deadlocked Process_end , but expressed Expressing_publicly an unwillingness to escalate Cause_change_of_strength the protests into a civil war Military_operation .

However , limited hostilities renewed Recovering in late 2005 and the conflict began Process_start to escalate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale until the government launched Process_start a number of major military offensives against the LTTE beginning in July 2006 , driving the LTTE out of the entire Eastern province of the island .

Violence Violence continued to escalate Cause_change_of_strength over the next seven months , when 1,000 people were killed Killing and 4,500 republicans were interned Arrest .