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Sunday, October 15, 2006

Silly war...

The war between LTTE and Sri Lankan Army (SLA) is becoming more and more absurd. The most recent attack was a full-scale air strike by the Sri Lankan Air Forces (SLAF). They dropped 48 bombs to LTTE controlled area. Reportedly, "at least 10 cows were killed and a large area of arable land was damaged in the aerial bombardment."

Those of you who have played some computer games, or went to the army, you know that air strikes are the last resort. You know it's ridiculously expensive so you better hit only the most strategic enemy targets. Of course, I can't know if these 10 cows were working in LTTE counter-intelligence, but still snipers would have been less expensive option. As for the "large area of arable land", it might be a justified target if rephrased "the food supply of LTTE cadres".

Meanwhile, someone is making a lot of money with this practical joke.