A MAN SITS BY A MURAL OF JAMAICAN REGGAE MASTER BOB MARLEY IN KINGSTON, 2001-07-12...

A man sits by a mural of Jamaican reggae master Bob Marley in Kingston July 12, 2001. Since the days when Bob Marley honed his music in the Trench Town ghetto and the Manley political dynasty dominated Jamaica, political violence has been rooted deeply in Kingston's poor inner city garrisons. At least 25 people have died in four days of shooting between residents and security forces that began five days ago is an extension of violence that has rocked Kingston's slums since the Caribbean nation's two major political forces, the Peoples National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party, distributed weapons to their supporters in the 1970s. KW/JP