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Tonight's bombing raid came as the world's media clustered in Colombo to cover what many expected to be the end of a conflict that began in earnest in 1983. The Army contends that it has cornered the LTTE in a shrinking patch of territory around Mullativu on the northeastern coast. With this attack - using a do-it-yourself plane and a couple of bombs - the whole city was plunged into darkness (the power was cut) and fear, as tracer bullets and anti-aircraft fire punctured the sky. With two planes down, this might be the last sortie from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Surprise Attack by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers | 2/20/2009 | See Source »

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