Reuters,  Fri Feb 20 13:12:13 EST 2009

    COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military said on Friday at least 27 people had been wounded when two Tamil Tiger rebel planes raided the capital Colombo and bombed the country's tax headquarters.
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Seems like a desperate action. With these new plane attacks,
the non-state actor l.t.t.e has shown that it will not surrender any time soon.

Both planes were shot down by SLAF giving an explosive end to LTTE airforce

1.    They fly Czech made Ziln 134 type single engine planes they modified to carry bombs and fly at night. Those can fly out of a dirt track. Believed to have been bought in Ukraine or in S.Africa.

2.    One was shot down before. And official reports we saw online all these years said they had 5 of them they brought down and assembled in their camps deep in the jungles.

3.    The govt. captured 7 of  their so called airstrips so the bigger question is where did they fly out from?  deep south? Aircraft carrier? T.Nadu?

4.    SLAF buys supersonic aircraft to fight an aircraft flying max at 150mph. go figure why.....they go so fast the tractor engine plane is overtaken. Sure we needed the FGA to bomb the Tigers on the  ground and then we said we needed MIG-29s to fight these tractors?

5.    They collect millions of dollars from their TAmil diaspora. There are nearly 400,000 Tamils in Canada alone.. and they have Scientists, Engineers, Pilots, highly educated Academics all supporting the cause. They are really brilliant innovative people.  

6.    The Govt. claims to have them surrounded in an area around 50.Sq Miles and there is fierce fighting. It captured 7 of their makeshift airstrips. So where will they fly out  of?  The Deep south with traitors aiding them or from a road? But then from where? Or from a sea pad? These are small one-engine Czech made planes so they cannot fly too far. So it cannot be from India.  But they have to be given credit for their amazing ingenuity. Just yesterday the govt. captured an area where there was a submarine workshop where they made underwater attack boats..  

7.    They will not go down without fighting. I suspect this attack is the raise the spirits of their Tamil emigrants who fund them. There are nearly 400,000 in Canada alone.   So this is probably not going to have any military value, but a lot of propaganda value for them to show the world they are still very much on fire. Shocking at how they were allowed to fly in like that.. Amazing and brilliant with a lot of propaganda value for the overseas Tamils.

Can you imagine flying at night with only GPS to guide them? The SLAF did not have night flying capabilities until the Tigers launched their raids.

  It appears their target was the Air force HQ.. But they took out the Tax Department…IF the Govt. is telling truth and destroyed both planes that is good news; but how many more do they have? 2 more? and how will they be used ?In suicide attacks? Remember whether we like it or not, it takes a lot of skill to do what they did and Govt. bragging must be taken with a pinch of salt..


WHERE Did they fly out from?



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The word Diaspora (with a capital D) usually refers to Jews. With the Tamils, I believe it should be Tamil diaspora. Just trying to help.

2. The supersonic jets were bought even before the LTTE's aircraft were known to be there. To combat the LTTE "air force" the SLAF bought anti-air weaponry. This is from a source in the military so I am not sure of the veracity.

3. There is a story (meant to be funny) doing the rounds that the IR office was attacked not by LTTE but by wealth Sinhalese tax evading businessmen!

Romeo, I will correct it. Yes it should be Tamil diaspora and not Diaspora because that word refers to Jews.

Well, I kind of speculated if Sinhala Traitors were at work here to protect Lalith Kotelawala and the Ceylinco Empire by aiding the Tigers to come to attack the Inland Revenue Building myself..  Why not? Good joke definitely. But the SERIOUS question is even IF they flew out of PTK, then it took an hr for them to reach Colombo and how were they lost during that hour?

Well MR's GOSL wanted to buy MIG-29s claiming it was to fight the TAF.. The Mig-27s and Kfirs by the way SLAF uses were all procured during CBK's regime.  A couple of MIG-27s crashed and one was lost in the brilliant Tiger attack at K'nayake. but MR also may have replenished a few, but this regime does not mention that it was CBK who got those weapons systems and the MBRLs that they use so effectively now.  Training and consistent political leadership came from MR, superb planning, expansion of naval coverage etc by his brother and the better commanders in the armed forces; but the weapons systems were procured earlier.   and ah the F-7 Interceptors were bought by JRJ foolishly to think we can ever deter India. He bought them after India violated international law and did the famous parippu drop. SLAF felt naked that they could not even offer a token threat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-7_Skybolt

Not to say the F-7s can do anything against IAF, but that is when these obsolete MIG-21 based Chinese aircraft were bought. Thanks to amazing ingenuity by SLAF and modifications, they also serve as FGAs now..SLAF ingenuity and modifications have helped shoot down and look down and even fly at night. But let us applaud ther enemy for their ingenuity and tenacity too. They will go down fighting with all barrels blazing.

Questions to ask.
1. If they were cited leaving PTK at 8:30pm why were they not located till 9:15pm over Colombo ?
2. Did they fly over land(appears so) or hug the coast?
3. Were they shot by AA-fire or by SLAF Interceptors?

This has a lot of propaganda value for the Tigers and their supporters and without a doubt a lot of eggs on the faces of the regime, whether we like it or not. So where are the last 2 aircraft? Are there informants in the military?  are their people on the Tiger payroll in the Airforce? Why are they able to launch these spectacular surprise attacks every few months?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlin_Z_142

“bombed the country's tax headquarters”
May be LTTE wants to evade income tax???  Nice reporting!
The truth is the last two LTTE light air crafts got destroyed by a failed suicide attack to Ceylon Air Force targets

From a friend in Colombo I heard people are watching everything on TV, destroyed planes, dead bodies of the pilots with bombs and cyanide capsules, Gotabhaya Rajapakse visiting the IRD site etc. The planes have come to bomb the harbour but due to planned electricity blackout they could not achieve it.

My friend in Colombo confirms (from TV) that they haven’t attacked anything. Before that they were destroyed.

However BBC TV reported only about Colombo being attacked by tiger planes and nothing mentioned about their destruction.


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Roger wrote:


WHERE Did they fly out from?

During the Israeli-Hezbollah stand-off, the Israeli intelligence unearthed a surprising piece of info
and telecast it to the world. The visual showed Hezbollah missiles being fired from big trucks that
used to come out swinging out of nowhere in populated civilian settlements.

Basically, need to watch out for something unconventional happening here.
In this instance, the sea or some tiny islet would have played a role in shepherding the aircraft ?

The BBC map shows that the city and SLAF HQ are by the sea.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7902392.stm

l.t.t.e's strategic and low-cost approach should be keenly studied and tackled.
Good that both planes were brought down, finally, after their 45 minutes of flying fame.

There is a positive side to this attack.  It will show the HR/NGO/UN community that the LTTE have to be got rid of once and for all.  It will help MR to silence his detractors.

Veritas wrote:

There is a positive side to this attack.  It will show the HR/NGO/UN community that the LTTE have to be got rid of once and for all.  It will help MR to silence his detractors.

Good point, with the hearing coming out on Monday, this will make LTTE case even weaker.


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Roger asks:

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WHERE Did they fly out from?

Thanks perl.

The Daily Mirror article has the answer:

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Immediately after the detecting the Tiger aircraft taking wing at 9.20 pm from a location in the uncleared areas, air defence systems were activated, and anti aircraft guns were fired.

Perhaps one of the last desperate acts of the LTTE? Obviously the SLAF Headquarters would have been the target.



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See what these two legged barbarians had done to Tamil Community in Sri Lanka,
Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html#People)
This is not a joke, world community should help the legitimately elected multi-ethnic government of Sri Lanka to eradicate terrorism from the tiny island once and for all, before these
terrorists make a big mess.  These terrorists have fooled the world enough, now is the time to act and wipe them off and save these innocent Tamil population from these barbarians. It is so unfortunate that they use civilans as Armour for their last fight. But civilians as these barbarian LTTE claims could not be civilians as it sounds as they will send suicide bombers as 'civilians'.



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kkk123 wrote:

Roger asks:

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WHERE Did they fly out from?

Isn't it possible that they flew out from the small area still under LTTE control? Perhaps one of the last desperate acts?

One of the link above shows the flying path.
The BBC reporter says it is very difficult to intercept small aircraft using radar.

I am not sure strategy of the government, however if you consider the damage caused by them are limited and the damage you can create by using your own aircrafts can be greater, perhaps government wanted to get a wait and see approach and see the gunners on ground can take them.

Glad to see Tamil diaspora contributions went in flame again.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WJWsERNkAI

Tamil slave labor to create fully AC three story concrete palace with 2.5 thick walls to withstand air strikes.


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