Consequently, the civilian population has been caught between the grim prospects of being displaced and uprooted, on the one hand, or remaining in a state of uncertainty, on the other, each of which is an infinitely difficult choice to make. 
Kutokana na hali hii, raia wamejikuta kwenye mkwamo wa kupotea kwa matarajio ya kuhamishwa na kuangamizwa, kwa namna moja, au wabakie kwenye jiji lisilokuwa na hatma inayoeleweka, kwa upande mwingine, ambapo kwa kila upande, inakuwa ni vigumu sana kufanya maamuzi.