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Tamil guerilla rests between operations holding a family photograph with his machine gun at hand.

Weeping wife of a dead man holding her child as she cries in despair.

Grieving Tamil woman at funeral of her husband.

Funeral of a civilian fisherman who was shot in the face by army snipers.

A captured thief is punished by guerillas--They are the law in Jaffna.

Red hand print on a bus window symbolizes ethnic violence in Jaffna.

A Tamil rebel with rocket-launcher on the Tamil-dominated Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.

Barefoot guerillas in training.

Jumping through flames is part of the guerilla training and indicates courage in the Tamil tradition.

Tamil Rebels have mounted a bloody campaign against the government. The rebels believe that the government's intent is to increase the number of Sinhalese in areas that are predominantly Tamil. The Sinhalese are the major ethnic group in Sri Lanka…