Tamil Tigers strike by air for first time
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From Times Wire Reports
Tamil Tiger rebels used at least one small propeller plane to bomb a Sri Lankan air force base outside the capital, Colombo, in the separatists’ first airstrike in their quarter-century fight against the government.
Three airmen were killed. The attack had limited military significance, leaving aircraft on the ground unscathed.
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