"The government on several occasions brought to the attention of the international community ... the grave security threat posed by this illegal aviation facility not only to Sri Lanka, but also to the region," it said.
The statement said the Scandinavians monitoring a tenuous truce between Sri Lankan government and the Tigers had been denied access to the air field by the guerrillas in the past.
The air attacks were carried out Thursday shortly after the Tigers sank a navy gunboat that was escorting a ship that transported 710 government soldiers to the northern peninsula of jaffna.
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The Tigers made no comment on the air strikes.