‘Flying Tigers’ in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, whose closest neighbour is India across the Indian Ocean, witnessed recently a serious escalation in its 23-year-old fight against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On March 26 the rebel LTTE used two aircraft to bomb a military base next to Colombo’s international airport.

The Sri Lankan government has been at war with LTTE to thwart their ambition for an independent homeland, or “Eelamâ€?, for the island’s Tamil minority in the north and east. The recent aerial attacks by the rebels has caused widespread concern.

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