The Sri Lankan crisis was a conflict in which Ghost Recon took part in.
The Crisis[]
After the crew of several U.S. mining vessels off the coast of Sri Lanka were massacred by unknown assailants, a team of Ghosts led by Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mitchell were covertly sent into Sri Lanka to deal with the situation. On the ground in Sri Lanka, the Ghosts were assisted by Mister Hisan and the Mumpuri Guard, a non-political group formed to protect the civilian population from various armed factions that were currently fighting for control of the country.
The Ghosts received intelligence from the C.I.A. identifying one of the armed groups, the People's Action Front (also known as the Activists) as being responsible for the massacre of the U.S. ship crews. The Ghosts take out several Activist bases and eventually assassinate their leader, "The Teacher". However, following the Teacher's death, the Ghosts were ambushed by a much better equipped and more paramilitary-style faction known as the Loyalists. After being rescued by the Mumpuri Guard, the Ghosts engaged in activities against the Loyalists, including rescuing Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell after his helicopter was shot down by them.
The Ghosts eventually learn that the C.I.A.'s informant in Sri Lanka, Dilip Khan, was a member of the Loyalists and gave the U.S. false information implicating the Teacher in the attacks on U.S. ships. The attacks were actually conducted by the Loyalists as a false flag operation to trick the U.S. into assassinating the Teacher, so that the Activist faction could be absorbed into the Loyalist faction. The Ghosts captured Khan and forced him to make a confession, causing the Activists and Loyalists to go to war with each other. Using the fighting as a cover, the Ghosts infiltrated the Loyalists headquarters to rescue the President of Sri Lanka, who had been kidnapped by them. They also discovered a Loyalist propaganda broadcast that revealed the leader of the Loyalists was Sunil Ranga, the Minister of Energy.
The Ghosts infiltrated Ranga's mansion estate, where Ranga was killed while resisting capture, bringing an end to the hostilities. The Ghosts' actions were kept secret with help from the Sri Lanka government.
Trivia[]
- Players have the option of capturing or killing the leader Sunil Ranga at the end.