Tea Time with Terrorists

Armed with a map a motorcycle an infectious sense of humor and a dim understanding of Sri Lankas war author artist and adventurer Mark Stephen Meadows arrives in the country intending to have as it were afternoon tea with terrorists. Figuring that the first step to solving a problem is understanding it he journeys north into the war zone interviewing terrorists generals and heroin dealers along the way.He discovers an island of beauty and abundance ground down by three decades of war. As he travels north through Colombo Kandy and the damaged city of Jaffna Meadows gives his riveting take on the war. Known for child conscription and drawn-out torture methods he explains the Tamil Tigers also invented suicide bombing and were the first to lace together terrorists and financiers into international networks of militant uprising.In Sri Lanka Meadows discovers a deep view into an ancient culture. Along the way he learns to trap an elephant weave rope from coconut husks and cast out devils and he actually has tea with a few terrorists. This is the inspiring story of his journey and an enlightening meditation on the interconnectedness of globalization the media and modern terrorism.