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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Environment Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures You Witness The Great Debate Blogs Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters You Witness News Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Sri Lanka army seizes entire west coast Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:17am EST Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By C. Bryson Hull COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military said troops seized the entire western coast of the Indian Ocean island on Saturday, capturing the key Pooneryn area where Tamil Tiger rebel artillery had kept soldiers at bay since 1993. With the military controlling Pooneryn, a strategic spit of land that runs parallel to the neck of the northern Jaffna Peninsula across a narrow lagoon, it will be in a position to strike the rebel capital of Kilinochchi from three sides. In one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies, at least 70,000 people have been killed in Sri Lanka since 1983. "We have completely taken over Pooneryn. We have gone up to the town, and control the roads from Pooneryn to Paranthan," military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said. The Defense Ministry said troops had encountered stiff resistance as they fought through marshlands south of Pooneryn and across the Paranthan junction overnight. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had no immediate comment. Previously, the LTTE had used heavy artillery to prevent two army divisions garrisoned on Jaffna, in army hands since 1995, from moving south to Kilinochchi. "We didn't find any artillery, because they must have taken those pieces away or hidden them," Nanayakkara said. Saturday's capture came after months of heavy fighting on the west coast. The announcement also coincided with the second reading of Rajapaksa's proposed 2009 budget in parliament, which includes record defense spending of 177.06 billion rupees ($1.61 billion). On Saturday, Rajapaksa reiterated a surrender offer he gave the Tigers last week after they called for a ceasefire. A 2002 truce, poorly observed by both sides, ended when the government threw it out and accused LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran of using it to re-arm. "My clear message to Prabhakaran and the LTTE is to lay down their arms and come forward for discussions with us forthwith," Rajapaksa said on Saturday. "The laying down of their arms is the greatest service the LTTE could do for ... Sri Lanka." That is a highly unlikely prospect because Prabhakaran -- who made suicide bombing an effective weapon of war long before al Qaeda did -- orders his fighters to take cyanide in case of capture and is rumoured to carry a cyanide capsule himself. Control of Pooneryn means that, for the first time since 1993, the government controls a land route all the way to a ferry that can easily bring supplies to Jaffna. It will also ease military supply lines while cutting off Tiger routes, Colombo-based defense analyst Iqbal Athas said. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx My Web Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Afghan girl says acid attack won't stop her lessons Also on Reuters Wall Street bonus and job outlook worsens Slideshow Herd on the street: Sheep farmers protest in Paris Column: For Yahoo's Yang, the news keeps getting worse Editor's Choice Pictures Video Articles Slideshow A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. 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