Prabhakaran trapped as 95,000 civilians flee 100,000, were herded on to the beach.

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This April 2009 image released by the State Department shows the civilian "safe zone" in northern Sri Lanka, the heart of the conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan forces. This April 2009 picture is taken after the civilians, estimated by the United States to be more than 100,000, were herded on to the beach.





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Last Updated : 22 Apr 2009 08:53:33 PM ISTCOLOMBO: Two Tamil Tiger leaders surrendered to the Sri Lankan military as the mass of distraught Tamil civilians fleeing the war zone crossed the 100,000 figure Wednesday, the authorities said.


Stunned by the continuing human avalanche out of Puthumathalan area in Mullaitivu district, the government hurriedly sent 25,000 food packets by helicopter from Colombo to feed the hungry civilians, whose welfare has raised global concern.

State-run television showed footage of Tamil men and women, most of who fled into army-held areas with nothing more than the clothes they were in, thanking the authorities for rescuing them.

"We have suffered enough at LTTE hands," one woman said, referring to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which is now left with a small strip of land along the coast in Mullaitivu where its leaders are said to be in hiding. "We now feel relieved," the woman said.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/22/civilians-sri-lanka-tamil-tigers
'Hundreds of civilians' killed or hurt as Sri Lankan army encircles Tamil Tigers

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1. This is heartbreaking

Has the UN said or done anything, ANYTHING about this?