MILITARY AIR STRIKES SATURDAY KILLED SEVEN TAMIL TIGER REBELS AND WOUNDED 14 IN EASTERN SRI LANKA, A PRO-REBEL WEB SITE SAID. THE SRI LANKAN AIR FORCE BOMBED THE REBEL-HELD KARADIYANARU AREA IN THE EASTERN BATTICALOA DISTRICT, SAID THE PRO-REBEL TAMILNET. TWO BOMBS WERE ALSO DROPPED IN ILLUPADICHCHENAI, ALSO IN THE SAME DISTRICT, THE WEB SITE SAID. MILITARY SPOKESMAN BRIG. PRASAD SAMARASINGHE CONFIRMED THE AIR ASSAULT. «SEVERAL AIR RAIDS WERE CONDUCTED TODAY,» HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.