The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Tuesday said that their pilots, who
bombed a military airbase killing six soldiers and wounding 10, had a 'cool flight' over the northern Sri Lankan peninsula of Jaffna and were totally unchallenged by ground fire.
"The pilots had a cool flight over Jaffna," LTTE spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiriya informed by satellite telephone from the rebel-held Wanni region.
The LTTE said two of their light fixed-wing single engine planes bombed the Palaly military complex early Tuesday morning and returned to base without being attacked by the Air Force or ground troops.
The military had last week claimed that they had acquired night-flying capability following the rebels'