a soldier blocking civilian traffic to clear a road for troop movements past the Nachchi Amman Temple in Jaffna,

With the war intensifying and alleged human rights abuses drawing international condemnation, the crisis in Sri Lanka is being gradually internationalized. The New York Times on Thursday carried an extensive feature by Indian journalist Somini Sengupta who gave a bleak picture of Sri Lanka. This picture of a soldier blocking civilian traffic to clear a road for troop movements past the Nachchi Amman Temple in Jaffna, was part of the bleak picture.