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முல்லைத்தீவு விஸ்வமடு பகுதியில் விமானப்படையினர் இன்றும் வான் தாக்குதல் மேற்கொண்டுள்ளனர். விடுதலை புலிகளில் ஆயுத களஞ்சியம் மற்றும் ஆயுதங்களை இறக்குமிடத்தின் மேல் இத்தாக்குதல் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டதாக பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. விடுதலை புலிகளின் இனங்காணப்பட்ட இலக்கின் மேல் வெற்றிகரமாக தாக்குதல் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளதாக பாதுகாப்பு அமைச்சகம் மேலும் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.எனினும் இவ் வான் தாக்குதலின் போது ஏற்பட்ட சேதவிபரம் இதுவரை தெரியவரவில்லை.

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Sri Lankan air force jets bomb meeting of Tamil Tiger rebel leaders

The Associated PressPublished: September 21, 2007

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Air force jets bombed a Tamil Tiger military complex in northern Sri Lanka on Friday, targeting a meeting of top rebel leaders, while a bomb blast blamed on rebels killed a civilian in the east, the military said.

The airstrike at 12:15 p.m. local time (0645 GMT) badly damaged the complex west of Puthukkudiyiruppu, in the rebel-controlled area in northern Sri Lanka, said Group Cap. Ajantha Silva, an air force spokesman. The military had no immediate reports on casualties, he said.

Rebels confirmed the airstrike and said bombs hit a civilian area.

"Fortunately there were no casualties. Several houses were damaged in this attack," rebels said in an statement e-mailed to The Associated Press.

Hours later, one civilian was killed and another wounded when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in the eastern Ampara district, a military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

He accused Tamil Tiger rebels of detonating the bomb, which targeted a group of police commandos on a foot patrol in the area.

Tamil Tigers spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Tamil Tigers have been fighting for more than two decades to establish an independent state for minority ethnic Tamils in the northeast after years of historic discrimination by governments dominated by the Sinhalese majority.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/21/...a-Civil-War.php

Sri Lanka says jets bomb rebel leaders' meeting

By Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan fighter jets bombed a Tamil Tiger military base in the rebel-held far north on Friday triggering multiple explosions, the air force said, while a suspected rebel roadside bomb killed one civilian in the east.

The air strike near the town of Puthukkudiyiruppu in the northern district of Mullaittivu was targeted at top leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and was the second such raid in the area in as many days.

"We got to know through intelligence there was a high ranking meeting of the LTTE, so we took the target," said Air Force spokesman Group Captain Ajantha De Silva.

"It was an LTTE military complex called Imbran Pandian regiment." He had no details of any casualties.

The LTTE who say they are fighting for an independent state for minority ethnic Tamils in the north and east, said in an email the bombs had damaged homes but caused no casualties.

However they were not immediately available for comment on a roadside bomb attack in the eastern district of Batticaloa, which killed one civilian and wounded two others. The army said the rebels were responsible.

Following another raid in the area on Thursday, in which the military said it destroyed a rebel munitions store, the Tigers said the bombs had damaged houses and wounded six civilians.

There was no independent confirmation of what the jets hit on Thursday or Friday, how many people were killed or what had happened and analysts say both sides exaggerate enemy losses amid a parallel propaganda war.

The bombings come on the heels of a new offensive launched by the Sri Lankan military this month to drive the rebels from the northwestern district of Mannar, after pushing them out from jungle terrain they controlled in the east earlier this year.

An estimated 5,000 people have died since early last year alone in renewed fighting after a peace process collapsed. Nearly 70,000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since the war erupted in 1983.

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