Sri Lanka resumes air strikes as Tigers sink gunboats
Tamil Tiger rebels sank two Sri Lankan navy gunboats in sea battles and attacked a ferry transporting 700 soldiers, Scandinavian truce monitors said, as the military hit back with air strikes. The military called in jets to bomb suspected Tamil Tiger positions after the sinkings at two locations along the northern seaboard while the navy engaged coastal bases of the Tigers elsewhere, military sources said on Thursday. Full Story