 May 11, 2006 - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels today sank two navy gunboats in separate incidents and were firing at a ferry transporting some 700 troops, a spokesman for the Scandinavian truce monitors said. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sank a fast attack craft escorting MV Pearl Cruiser, which is carrying 700 soldiers off the island's north, and another gunboat at Point Pedro, Helen Olafsdottir said. "They are now attacking Pearl Cruiser and are putting the lives of our monitors in danger," Olafsdottir said, adding that members of the Scandinavian Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission had three close calls today. | Just how crappy a navy does Sri Lanka have anyway? |
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