Civilians flee Sri Lanka fighting


	Civilians flee Sri Lanka fighting

invictus

8-4-2006 6:36 AM

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sri lanka, civil war, tamils, muttur

invictus says:

Situation is getting worse in Sri Lanka. By now, 22,000 people have been displaced and casualties are uncertain.

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Thousands of people are fleeing heavy fighting in the north-eastern town of Muttur in Sri Lanka. </B>
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<FONT size="2">Fighting between the army and Tamil Tiger rebels that began in a dispute over water has been spreading.
</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5244254.stm"><FONT size="2">Both sides claim to be in control of Muttur, a mainly Muslim town in Trincomalee district.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5244254.stm"><FONT size="2">The Red Cross said it had been unable to reach the trapped civilians after failing to obtain security guarantees from the belligerents.
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5244254.stm"><FONT size="2">Red Cross spokesman Sukumar Rockwood said: "We have not been able to achieve the humanitarian corridor we  wanted to establish for us to move freely and care for the affected  people in Muttur," the AFP news agency reported.
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