The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka that has waxed and waned for decades costing the lives of tens of thousands of people, has exploded into a full scale war and it is civilians who are bearing the brunt of the carnage.
Leahy discusses the severe impact of the Sri Lankan conflict on civilians.
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