Government soldiers stand near a building damaged by Tamil rebels at Palali military base in Jaffna, about 396 km (246 miles) north of Colombo, April 24, 2007. Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said on Tuesday two of their airplanes bombed the main government air base in the north, while the military said it repulsed the attack with anti-aircraft fire but lost six soldiers.
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