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Sri Lanka to open escape routes from war zone-officials
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Reuters,  Thu Mar  5 13:37:15 EST 2009

    Sri Lanka plans to open two safe routes to let tens of thousands of civilians trapped in a war zone escape and has invited the Red Cross to help, a senior Sri Lankan official said on Thursday.
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Should there be an agreement from all parties involved, the ICRC stands ready to facilitate the movement of civilians as long as these movements are voluntary," spokesman Simon Schorno said.


Well, is this mean LTTE too?  Can LTTE allow their only bargaining chip/human shield to go away like this?  I have my doubts.

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