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Colombo blast LTTE's new strategy to cripple economy: Analysts
COLOMBO Feb 5: The Tamil Tigers' suicide bombing of Sri Lanka's financial nerve centre, which killed or wounded 1.500 office workers in seen as a new strategy to cripple the economy and bring the military to its knees, reports AFP.
The huge truck bombing of the central bank in downtown Colombo has seriously jeopardised Sri Lanka's foreign investment prospects and put more pressure on the already stretched security forces, analysts said.
The government was banking on overseas capital to raise 420 million dollars through the sale of state enterprises this year to partly finance unprecedented de fence expenditure of 760 million dollars.
Fears of more blasts were keeping tourists away and
putting more pressure on the government to shift troops currently battling the Libera-tion Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the island's north east to the capital.
We will not fall in that trap. "Deputy Defence Minister Anuruddna Ratwatte told AFP." We will go according to our set plan, we may intensify the campaign or change the time-frame but never waver from the original plan."
Ratwatte. who led the army’s successful campaign to capture the former LTTE Citadel of Jaffna in December. said Kamikaze-style attack was aimed at taking the military pressure of the Tigers.
This is a sign of desperation on the part of the LTTE. Ratwatte said, we have the men and the equipment to
deal with them." He said the Tigers may be taking aim on economic targets after failing to hit military installations.
The Tigers had vowed to avenge the fall of Jaffna in which an estimated 2.000 rebels and 500 security personnel died during nearly 50 days of bitter fighting.
Damaged bldgs to be pulled down
AP says: At least five com-m'ercial buildings that were heavily damaged in last week's suicide bomb attack in Colombo will have to be pulled down, officials said Monday.
Another AFP report says. Repairs to Sri Lanka's bombed central bank building a/e estimated to'take at least two years and the authorities are looking for temporary office space, officials said today.
The 11-storey, green ceramic tiled building suffered extensive structural damage after Wednesday’s huge truck bombing carried out by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, the officials said.
"Engineers have given a preliminary estimate that it will take abut two years to attend to the damage," a central bank officials said. "There is no final decision yet on how to go about this."
The bank advertised Monday for 150.000 square feet (13,500 square meters) of office space to relocate most of its administrative and research units.
The cash department have already been moved to two state-owned commercial banks. The central bank hopes to resume limited money mar-■ket transactions by Tuesday.