From The USA Today:UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Western nations urged both sides in Sri Lanka's long-running civil war to allow for a "humanitarian pause" as U.N. officials on Thursday raised their estimate of the number of civilians trapped in the civil war to up to 190,000.
"We are very concerned that the government of Sri Lanka continues its shelling of areas where there are large numbers of civilians, very close to hospitals, very close to civilian facilities," U.S. diplomat Rosemary DiCarlo told reporters. "The death toll of the civilians continues to rise, and that's a real concern."
DiCarlo said the U.S. has urged Sri Lanka's government to cease shelling near civilian areas as it tries to end a 25-year-old civil war by finally subduing the rebels, formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE.
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My Comment: It must be hell for the refugees who are stuck on this small patch of land. There is no place for them to go. Held back by the LTTE, bombed by Sri Lankan military forces, very little food and water .... the tail end of a very long war that is finally coming to an end.