Posted AT 8:48 AM EDT on 12/05/08
Sri Lanka's model democracy is being ravaged by war
A United Nations agency recently declared Sri Lanka one of the world's most dangerous places for aid workers and journalists. It is also a terrifying place to be a soldier. Both the government and its opponents, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), count scores of fighters killed and hundreds wounded during recent fighting. Sri Lanka's already horrific war is entering a quantitatively new phase.
The country's once admired democratic institutions are buckling under the strain.
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