Sri Lanka: Collateral damage

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 @ 18:38 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:
Sri Lanka
Topics:
Environment, War & Conflict
Languages:
English

Portrait reports on the devastation of miles and miles of forest in Sri Lanka which were chopped, burned, bulldozed and cleared on either side of the road for hundreds of meters in as a security measure taken by the armed forces to prevent the Tamil tigers from hiding in the jungle.

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    [...] Miles and miles of forest in Sri Lanka which were chopped, burned, bulldozed and cleared on either side of the road for hundreds of meters in as a security measure taken by the armed forces to prevent the Tamil tigers from hiding in the jungle. [link] [...]

    # 2008-10-29 at 19:30 pm

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