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		<title>SL Army uncovers LTTE aircraft engine and accessories</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[57 DIVISION troops, commanded by Major General JAGATH DIAS Wednesday (13) unearthed, what confirmed to be a stock of an LTTE light aircraft accessories from PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU east area, ending a series of numerous speculative theories, stories, and arguments over LTTE’s air capability. Wednesday’s unexpected recovery of one four cylinder engine, three propellers, one aircraft radio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A smaller force for final battle</title>
		<link>http://lankadailynews.com/2009/02/a-smaller-force-for-final-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each ‘flying bomb’ carried 210 kgs of plastic explosives. Low flying Tigers evaded F7 interceptors. With the area under LTTE control now down to approximately 70 sq. km in the Mullaitivu District, some of the fighting formations have suspended offensive action leaving three Divisions and one Task Force to finish off the Tigers. Brigadier Udaya [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan Security forces nail LTTE&#8217;s rudimentary &#8216;air wing&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now cornered in a mere 87sq.km land patch in the Mullaittivu district the psycho terror chief Prabakaran may have thought to showcase a stunt out of his sleeves on Friday (Feb 20) in the Colombo skies pushing for a turn of tables, drawing skeptical analysis from the &#8216;Colombian elites&#8217; and draconian media stooges, while simultaneously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE air raid thwarted; both terrorist aircraft destroyed</title>
		<link>http://lankadailynews.com/2009/02/ltte-air-raid-thwarted-both-terrorist-aircraft-destroyed-colombo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest reports indicate that both LTTE aircraft entered into the Colombo aerospace were destroyed by the air defence system. One of the aircraft disabled by anti air gunfire reportedly crashed in the rear of the Inland Revenue Department building located on the Sir C.A. Gardiner road. the Two LTTE aircraft were detected in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partially burnt 2 LTTE aircraft found in Puthukkudiyirippu- Mullaittivu</title>
		<link>http://lankadailynews.com/2009/02/partially-burnt-2-ltte-aircraft-found-in-puthukkudiyirippu-mullaittivu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security forces now pushing into the last LTTE bastion town at Puthukkudiyirippu in Mullaittivu have come across two partially burnt LTTE aircraft, which military believe were under construction, Thursday (Feb 19). According to ground sources, one craft found was a light fixed wing craft while the other was an unmanned aircraft (UAV). It is believed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last &amp; Seventh LTTE Airstrip Falls into Army Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MULLAITTIVU: THE seventh and apparently the last some 2 km long LTTE runway in the west of SUNDARAPURAM, THIRIVILARU, northeast of PIRAMANTHARUKULAM, PUTHUKUDIRIPPU was captured and the area brought under the control of 58 Division troops commanded by Brigadier SHAVINDRA SILVA by Tuesday (3) morning, the Army Headquarters declared. Though the entire strip is about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruined Aircraft Found Closer to LTTE’s Sixth Airfield</title>
		<link>http://lankadailynews.com/2009/01/ruined-aircraft-found-closer-sixth-airfield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE 57 Division troops during their extended clearing operations in the general area of the MULLAITTIVU jungle where they located the LTTE’s 6th airstrip Friday (16) found wreckage of an aircraft Sunday (18). Troops believe that the plane found closer to the airfield could have been used by the LTTE for training purposes. Further investigations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army troops find the 5th runway-Iranamadu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army troops of 632 Brigade (18 Vijayaba Regiment and 20 Sri Lanka Light Infantry Regiment) have found the 5th runway east of Iranamadu tank adjoining the old kandy road which runs via Olumadu today evening, 14 January. The runway complex is 50m wide and over 1000m long, the sources said. The runway is situated in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LTTE&#8217;s airstrip in Mullaittivu captured</title>
		<link>http://lankadailynews.com/2009/01/lttes-airstrip-in-mullaittivu-captured/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LTTE&#8217;s another airstrip located in general area Keppapularu, 6.5Km northwest of Mullayavalai town centre in Mulaittivu has been captured by the troops of 59 Division on offensive march towards Mullaittivu today, 10 January. Soldiers of the 9 Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment (SLSR) commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Janaka Ariyaratne under 593 Brigade commanded by Lieutenant Colonel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite pictures reveal LTTE runways</title>
		<link>http://lankadailynews.com/2008/11/satellite-pictures-reveal-ltte-runways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London: Analysis of high-resolution commercially available satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe and GeoEye has allowed Jane’s Intelligence Review to verify that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) constructed two 1,000 m paved runways between 2002 and 2007. One of these runways is currently being extended to 2,000 m. According to a news release by Jane’s, [...]]]></description>
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