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| The Sri Lankan air force says it has destroyed the headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels' sea force. | The Sri Lankan air force says it has destroyed the headquarters of the Tamil Tiger rebels' sea force. |
| An air force spokesman said the attack took place in the north-eastern district of Mullaitivu. The Tigers say a civilian area was bombed. | |
| "We now understand that the base was the headquarters of the Sea Tigers," Cap Ajantha Silva told the Associated Press news agency. | |
| On Monday the army said it had overrun four rebel bases in eastern Sri Lanka. | On Monday the army said it had overrun four rebel bases in eastern Sri Lanka. |
| 'Small boats' | |
| The headquarters of the Sea Tigers was still burning an hour after the attack, Cap Silva says. | |
| He said fighter jets had bombed the complex several kilometres inland in the northern district of Mullaitivu. It included a fuel storage area and an ammunition dump, according to the spokesman. | |
| He said there were no details of casualties on the ground. | |
| Tamil Tiger spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan confirmed that a bombardment had taken place in Mullaitivu, but he said it was near a civilian settlement. | |
| The Sea Tigers operate small boats armed with guns. | |
| In recent months, they have taken part in several pitched battles with the Sri Lankan navy. | |
| There has been heavy fighting in Sri Lanka as the government continues its attempts to drive the rebels from eastern areas of the island. | |
| Last week the rebels launched their first air raid, bombing the airbase adjacent to the international civilian airport near the capital, Colombo. | |
| The army said 23 Tigers were killed in a clash in the eastern district of Batticaloa that began late on Monday. | |
| On the same day a bomb exploded on a civilian bus, also in the east, killing sixteen people. |