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Message: <blockquote data-quote="teron" data-source="post: 885801" data-attributes="member: 31121">COLOMBO, Oct 22 - The Tamil Tigers' nascent air wing dropped two bombs on an air force base in north Sri Lanka before dawn on Monday, the military said, but there were no immediate details of any casualties from the land and air attack.The rebel air strike in the north-central district of Anuradhapura comes months after the Tigers' first ever air attacks using light aircraft smuggled into the country in pieces, and amid near daily land, air and sea clashes as renewed civil war grinds on."An LTTE aircraft has come and dropped two bombs on the base," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara. "We have no details of any casualties."He said a small group of Tiger fighters had also attacked the base from the ground.An air force spokesman said two MI-24 helicopters parked at the base were damaged in the attack, while another helicopter in the air was forced to make a crash landing. There were no details on the condition of the crew.A search operation was underway around the air force base, one of Sri Lanka's largest.(Reuters)</blockquote>

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