Sri Lankan army 'seize rebel base'
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Sri Lankan soldiers have captured the key Pooneryn area which Tamil Tiger rebels have occupied since 1993. With the Sri Lankan military now in control of Pooneryn it gives them land access up the north-west coast to Jaffna. The peninsula has been cut off since 1983 by the Tamil Tiger rebels which has been waging a violent campaign against the government. The organisation wants to create a sovereign Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Liz Kennedy reports.SOUNDBITE: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan President.
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