Excellent! Sri Lanka: Rebel fighter plane crashes into government tax office!

NEW DELHI — Two rebel fighter planes circling over the Sri Lankan capital were shot down Friday night, with one crashing into the government tax office and injuring 42 people, according to the government. The aerial raid comes weeks after the government announced the destruction of all rebel air bases in its final push on rebel territory in the island’s north.

The Defense Ministry said that one of the rebel planes had been shot down by the Sri Lankan military, and that there were “slight damages” to the tax office, which is near the Sri Lankan Air Force headquarters.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have struck targets near the capital, Colombo, in the past, but the government has been celebrating its near-victory over the rebels. The approach of the rebel planes shows the rebels’ continued ability to carry out terrorist attacks far from the combat zone in the northeastern corner of the island. A pro-rebel news portal, TamilNet, said the pilots had intended to dive their planes into two sites run by the air force.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/world/asia/21lanka.html?src=SkimWO

Tiger aircraft slammed into the main government tax office in central Colombo, killing at least two people and wounding 53, the military said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSCOL406387

Fireworks 2

Excellent! Sri Lanka: Rebel fighter plane crashes into government tax office!

Excellent! Sri Lanka: Rebel fighter plane crashes into government tax office!

Anarcho-Capitalist Non-Miscellaneous

Celebrate Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to AnCaps' Values!