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if that will make you happy..say it..but we go by facts and figures given by international media..
I do not think we shouting at each other will bring anyone from the dead or wipe the tears of those mothers crying for their sons..we shout filth in a forum, we live happily abroad..Damn it guys..This has a long way to go..
The Sl forces will now bomb (the best thing they know to do) all the innocent Tamil areas..

At least 98 killed in Sri Lanka blast


Oct 16, 2006 (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bombers killed at least 98 pepole and wounded 150 on Monday when they drove a truck packed with explosives into buses full of sailors in northeast Sri Lanka, officials said.

Sri Lanka's government, scheduled to hold peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Switzerland later this month, said the 'barbaric' act meant the rebels were not interested in negotiations.

The truck exploded at a transit point for security personnel going on leave and those returning to their posts in the restive northeastern district of Trincomalee, police officials said.

'Suicide bombers drove a truck packed with explosives into the area where there were about 15 buses,' a police official in nearby Sigiriya town told AFP by telephone.

'We have two helicopters to evacuate the wounded,' the official said.



More than 30 others were taken to two other hospitals, officials said.

The defence ministry said there were 340 sailors waiting for transport when the blast occured.

'The naval convoy comprising of 24 buses was at the Digampatana rendezvous point at the time of the attack,' the ministry said in a statement.

'Over 340 unarmed Naval personnel who were both going on leave and reporting back to duties were believed to be present at the location.'

Police said 15 buses were hit by the explosion with two of them taking the full impact of the powerful blast.

'This barbaric attack on unarmed sailors shows that the Tigers are not worried about international opinion,' said Government defence spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella Rambukwella, who is also the minister of policy planning.

'We are keen on negotiations, but the Tigers are not.'

There was no immediate reaction from the Tamil Tigers, who last week fiercely resisted a major military onslaught, killing at least 133 soldiers and wounding 500 in two hours of fighting, according to government figures.

The latest bombing was the worst against security forces since the LTTE drove an explosive-laden truck into an army camp on the Jaffna peninsula in July 1987, killing 40 troops in the rebels' first-ever suicide attack.

But they could still try Weerawansa !

Military installations said 'valid targets' when Colombo bombs locations far off FDLs

Tigress is much insane and inhuman than i thought

All Tamils are same.