Aid Groups Leave Sri Lanka War Zone

(16 Sep 08 - RV) In Sri Lanka, the government has ordered all relief groups and United Nations aid agencies to leave the war zone this week for their own safety. U.N. staff pulled out from rebel-held areas today after civilian protests forced them to postpone evacuation. The President, optimistic that the military will soon destroy the Tamil Tiger rebels, said that aid workers can return “very soon.”

But the spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sri Lanka, Aleksandra Matijevic, says that ICRC is still allowed to continue its work in the war zone...