(PISL)As the armed forces move nearer to Kilinochchi, the defensive measures brought to bear against them get ever more intense. They also tend to lose sight of rationality. Thus, over the last few days there has been an extraordinary escalation of allegations about an incident that took place in the early hours of Saturday November 29th.
Raising the stakes
The Sri Lankan Air Force attacked a Training Camp in the Tiramanthakulam area at around 1 a.m. On that day, one TamilNet release announced that Kfir bombers attacked a refugee camp 'bordering Piramanthanaa'ru and Uzhavaoor (Tharmapuram)' and that three persons were killed and at least 18 wounded civilians were admitted to hospital following 'the indiscriminate bombardment on IDP settlement'.
On the 30th, the description had developed into the claim that the Air Force 'deployed Russian made OFAB-500 cluster bombs in their indiscriminate attack that killed three civilians, including a child, eyewitnesses told TamilNet's Vanni correspondent on Saturday'. By then, it was asserted that 'The OFAB-500 bomb is believed to have been cleared for carriage on MiG-21 'Fishbed', MiG-27 'Flogger' and MiG-29'. Full Text
Raising the stakes
The Sri Lankan Air Force attacked a Training Camp in the Tiramanthakulam area at around 1 a.m. On that day, one TamilNet release announced that Kfir bombers attacked a refugee camp 'bordering Piramanthanaa'ru and Uzhavaoor (Tharmapuram)' and that three persons were killed and at least 18 wounded civilians were admitted to hospital following 'the indiscriminate bombardment on IDP settlement'.
On the 30th, the description had developed into the claim that the Air Force 'deployed Russian made OFAB-500 cluster bombs in their indiscriminate attack that killed three civilians, including a child, eyewitnesses told TamilNet's Vanni correspondent on Saturday'. By then, it was asserted that 'The OFAB-500 bomb is believed to have been cleared for carriage on MiG-21 'Fishbed', MiG-27 'Flogger' and MiG-29'. Full Text
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