At first this was said to be a Truce , but now it is just a little break in the action ! I don't know who the bigger Idiots are here ? The LTTE for using the civilians as human shields , or the Sri Lanka Military for Bombing the crap out everything and everyone , It is just a No win situation for the 100,000 plus civilians that may or may not be able to get out !
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's army began two-day cease-fire Monday, halting offenses against the cornered Tamil Tiger rebels and advising thousands of trapped civilians to use the pause to escape the war zone, the military said.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the military Sunday to restrict operations to a defensive nature only for the Sri Lankan New Year. His call came amid increasing international pressure on the government to protect civilians.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband welcomed the move and called on both sides to refrain from fighting.
The U.N. says that more than 100,000 people are trapped along with the cornered guerrillas in a government-declared "no-fire" zone measuring just 7.7 square miles (20 square kilometers).
It has said scores of civilians have been killed in the fighting.
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