at the climax of the event , a crate filled Filling with disco records was blown up Destroying on the field between games of the unk doubleheader between the chicago white sox and the detroit tigers .

the phalangist forces launched a surprise attack Attack on the tigers , a 500-man militia that was the armed force of the national liberal party of former lebanese president camille chamoun .

since that time , the national liberal party has survived Preserving only as a political party although the tigers were virtually wiped Removing out .

the ltte then declared Expressing_publicly they would `` resume their freedom struggle Hostile_encounter to achieve Achieve statehood '' . < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > in 2007 , the government shifted Change its offensive to the north of the country , and formally announced Expressing_publicly its withdrawal Removing from the ceasefire agreement on 2 january 2008 , alleging Statement that the ltte violated the agreement over 10,000 unk < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > since then , aided Assistance by the destruction of a number of large arms smuggling vessels that belonged to the ltte , < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > and an international crackdown on the funding for the tamil tigers , the government took Creating control Control of the entire area previously controlled Control by the tamil tigers , including their de facto capital kilinochchi , main military base mullaitivu and the entire a9 highway , < ref unk '' unk '' > sri lankan forces capture Conquering last major rebel base in northeast , `` bloomberg '' . < unk > leading the ltte to finally admit defeat on 17 may 2009 .

the ltte then declared Expressing_publicly they would `` resume their freedom struggle Hostile_encounter to achieve Achieve statehood '' . < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > in 2007 , the government shifted Change its offensive to the north of the country , and formally announced Expressing_publicly its withdrawal Removing from the ceasefire agreement on 2 january 2008 , alleging Statement that the ltte violated the agreement over 10,000 unk < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > since then , aided Assistance by the destruction of a number of large arms smuggling vessels that belonged to the ltte , < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > and an international crackdown on the funding for the tamil tigers , the government took Creating control Control of the entire area previously controlled Control by the tamil tigers , including their de facto capital kilinochchi , main military base mullaitivu and the entire a9 highway , < ref unk '' unk '' > sri lankan forces capture Conquering last major rebel base in northeast , `` bloomberg '' . < unk > leading the ltte to finally admit defeat on 17 may 2009 .

the raid on anuradhapura air force base , code-named operation unk , was a successful commando raid Attack conducted Action on slaf anuradhapura an air force base in anuradhapura , sri lanka by the liberation tigers of tamil eelam .

at 3:15 am a group of 21 ltte commandos , most of them black tigers , who are known to be suicide bombers , attacked Attack the air base .

shortly after the attack Attack started Process_start the tigers were supported Supporting by two light aircraft from the air tigers which conducted Action a bombing run on the base and escaped Escaping undamaged .

shortly after the attack Attack started Process_start the tigers were supported Supporting by two light aircraft from the air tigers which conducted Action a bombing run on the base and escaped Escaping undamaged .