Gallery: Sri Lanka: srilanka07

In a war-torn town of Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government – the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government-- government soldiers are stationing at a checkpoint, while a Tamil school child walks nearby. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and a large number of people have been escaping as refugees due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. The political violence between the government and LTTE is escalating, and the situation just seems to be at the brink of the restart of war. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.

In a war-torn town of Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government – the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government-- government soldiers are stationing at a checkpoint, while a Tamil school child walks nearby. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and a large number of people have been escaping as refugees due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. The political violence between the government and LTTE is escalating, and the situation just seems to be at the brink of the restart of war. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.