Thousands of Muslims Flee East Sri Lanka
Thousands of Muslims are fleeing their homes in embattled northeast Sri Lanka for the second time in as many months but thousands more are stranded, aid workers said on Sunday, September 24, 2006, after a suspected rebel front vowed to recapture the newly resettled area. Families who had fled the northeastern town of Mutur as it was ravaged by fighting between the military and Tamil Tigers in August only returned from tent cities and refugee camps a fortnight ago after the army drove the Tamil Tigers out.