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Tigers Hit Back ; The Rajapakse Government's relentless military onslaught on the LTTE suffers a big blow as the Tigers reinforce their presence with a devastating attack on the Anuradhapura airbase
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Just when the Sri Lankan Government thought it had the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the mat, the rebels bounced back
with a daring attack displaying their hallmark of tenacity,
meticulous planning and coordination. In their biggest-ever
operation, Black Tigers suicide bombers mounted a two-pronged attack-
-ground assault backed by air strikes--at the airbase at
Anuradhapura, 210 km north of Colombo on October 22. The devastating
assault which killed 13 security personnel, including two pilots,
and injuring 22 others, proves that the rebels still pack a punch.
According to LTTE, ...
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