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home > fellows' stories > fall 2001 > sri lanka

Sri Lanka - Living with Terror, May 2002

by Joe Rubin, Fall 2001 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of FRONTLINE/World

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The day after video journalist Joe Rubin landed in Sri Lanka, a suicide bomber attempted to kill the prime minister. The assassination attempt failed but six civilians were killed. Arriving at the scene, Rubin realized that he was standing in a sea of body parts. It was the beginning of a six-week journey exploring how an island paradise had become a killing ground.

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