February 21, 2009 (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels who staged a
suicide air raid on Sri Lanka's capital used a pocket torch to navigate,
but their planes were packed with high explosives, military officials said
Saturday.
One of the Tigers' two light aircraft was shot down before
it could hit its intended target the main airforce base at Katunayaka the
military said.
Air Force personnel taking a close look at the wreckage of the second LTTE aircraft which was shot down at Katunayake on Friday night. (Pic by Nishan S. Priyantha)
Implementation of 13th
Amendment would settle the conflict in the
N&E - Karuna
The one time rebel and the commander of the Eastern Sector
of the LTTE, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitheran alias Karuna now an MP entrusted
with...
CB to urge 2% cut in
finance company lending & deposit rates
The Central Bank plans to urge all registered finance
companies and specialized leasing companies to reduce their lending and
deposit rates by two percentage points "in the near future."
