Firing artillery shells toward Tamil Tiger positions as fighting flares despite peace talk pledges, Sri Lankan gunner Herath Rajaratne longs for the day he can return to his family and civilian life. Stationed in this militarized high-security zone in Sri Lanka’s besieged northern Jaffna peninsula, cut off from the rest off the island by rebel lines, he and thousands of fellow troops live in ghost towns of buildings shelled to ruin during years of past fighting. Full Story