Sri Lankan army soldiers on patrol in the north-eastern district of Mullaittivu. AFPTamil Tigers Cornered As War Wanes -- Washington Times
Civilian casualties mount as peace is elusive
In 2006, Tasha Manoranjan decided to take a year off from school for an unusual reason. The 20-year-old Ohioan had read that violence had been escalating in northern Sri Lanka, the home of her Tamil ancestors, where she had spent the summer two years earlier.
Concerned, Ms. Manoranjan decided to return. She spent the next year traveling through northern Sri Lanka and teaching in group homes for girls, many of which had been bombed out and lacked electricity and plumbing.
Ms. Manoranjan found herself trapped in a cycle of violence that had raged for nearly 30 years between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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