Sri Lankan workers bury the bodies of suspected Tamil Tiger rebels recovered by government forces following heavy fighting in the island's north, in Vavuniya on January 14. Tens of thousands of people are on the run because of fighting between troops and Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka where civilians have no safe passage, the Red Cross said Friday. (AFP/Str)From Yahoo News/AP:
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Thousands of civilians have fled Sri Lanka's northern war zone in recent days, crossing the front lines amid fierce fighting as the army closed in on the rebels' last stronghold, the military said Friday.
The government says it hopes the exodus represents the start of a mass flight that will remove hundreds of thousands of bystanders from harm's way as the military tries to crush the Tamil Tigers' decades-old insurgency
Aid workers and diplomats have expressed growing concern for the fate of the civilians trapped in what remains of rebel-controlled territory in the northeast after months of fighting.
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My Comment: When the civilians .... the back bone of your resistance group start to flee .... the end is very near.
More News On The Sri Lankan War
Defeating Terrorists -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Sri Lanka Army Corners Rebels -- Wall Street Journal
ICRC fear for Sri Lanka civilians -- BBC
Sri Lanka: Views from the conflict -- Tehran Times
Thousands of civilians flee LTTE areas as fighting rages -- Times Of India