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Female suicide bomber attacks Sri Lankan general Updated Tue. Apr. 25 2006 7:50 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff A female suicide bomber pretending to be pregnant blew herself up inside Sri Lanka's army headquarters on Tuesday, seriously injuring the top military general and killing eight others. Lt.-Gen. Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka's army commander, reportedly suffered serious abdominal injuries, said military officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The general's escort and driver died. Other victims included civilians who visit the complex to meet relatives, military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe said. Twenty-seven people were wounded. "A suicide bomb went off near the army hospital aimed at the army commander's vehicle. It was a powerful blast," an army spokesman said, Reuters reported. There has been no claim of responsibility. Police say the explosion bears the hallmarks of an attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Fonseka was appointed head of the army after President Mahinda Rajapakse took office last November, and has taken a hard line against the Tamil Tigers. A recent spike in violence has been threatening a 2002 ceasefire between the government and rebels. At least 83 people have been killed this month, including 43 soldiers or police. The latest attack comes after Tamil Tigers pulled out of peace talks. The rebels backed out of talks scheduled to start Monday in Geneva, citing attacks on ethnic Tamil civilians and other disputes with the government. The Tigers have been fighting for a separate homeland since the 1970s. With files from The Associated Press [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
