Talk:Padahuthurai bombing

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[edit] Illupaikadavai versus Padahuthurai

Looks like instead of bombing Illupaikadavai which probably is an LTTE base the Sri Lankan Airforce bombed the settlement of refugees at the former jetty the Padahuthurai. Hence the government reasoning for Illupaikadavai is anaval base although may be correct does not make direct corelation to why it bombed Padahuthurai?RaveenS 23:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

You are the one who messed it up Raveen. Look at the video released by the defence ministry first. It clearly shows at the start, "ILLUPPAIKKADAVALI SEA TIGER BASE ENGAGEMENT ON 02.01.2007". After that it shows some sat pics of the tiger base and a description of the base by pointed arrows. If you think that the content of the video is purposely create by the GoSL to cover-up the incident, you can try your own self on Google Earth, using Latitude- 9° 5'30.89"N ,Longitude- 80° 4'28.35"E. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪ ^{Walkie-talkie} 18:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I don’t get your point Lahiru, yes they say they bombed Ilupaikadavai Naval base but the bombs seem to have fallen on the refugee settlement at the jetty known as Padahuthurai f 1.5 km west of Ilupaikadavai at least according some people as noted. These things do happen in war. Americans couldn’t bomb straight in Iraq either with their smart bombs. So what I looking for is a reference that says that it was not deliberate but potentially a mistake ? Also I did not watch the video till now because I know that people were dying during that episode, after you asked me to I did. It was a lot of smoke but it looked like the bombs fell everywhere from the jetty to the inland so called base area?According to google the exact location of Ilupaikadavai is Latitude : 9.100 and Longitude : 80.083 RaveenS

[edit] current event

I believe that the current event tag should be taken off. It happend a month ago so I see no reason in it being "on going"... Watchdogb 05:07, 18 February 2007 (UTC)