Returning to Square One
The victims are falling again, but there's still hope for Poso if the local government and political parties take control.
August 20, 2002
Poso is an open, suppurating sore once again. After eight months during which the wound looked like it was healing, blood is flowing once more. A group of fighters, whose identities are supposedly unknown, attacked Sepe-Silanca village and left five innocent villagers dead. Over the last two weeks, the specter of violence has returned with a vengeance: Christian and Muslim residents are once again suspicious of each other, threatening to k
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