[JohnBovenmyer]

Two small planes with 1 bomb each and the advantage of surprise did negligible damage. Having lost surprise I suspect they won't do much better. To me this smacks of desperation, with the terrorists in a "use it or lose it" mode trying to gain bargaining points. Reports out of Sri Lanka the past few months have had the government forces advancing steadily and the terrorists in disarray, ever since diplomacy cut off the Tamil Tiger's international financial support. Oddly, Canada had been a major source of Tiger fund raising, but Harper stopped that.

[sukhoi-30mki]

THe Tamil Tigers maybe severally weakened,but don't expect them to die out-they will get the support of the Tamil Diaspora unless the Government in Colombo irons out a federalist structure for Sri-Lanka with equal rights for the Tamils.