DID anybody else also notice these sentences that are routinely added to any report the associated Press releases regarding Sri Lanka...
"...Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan was not immediately available for comment. Both sides routinely exaggerate enemy death tolls while underreporting their own.
It was not possible to independently verify the military reports because the government has barred most journalists from the northern jungles where much of the fighting takes place.
The Tamil Tigers have been fighting for an independent state in the nation's north and east since 1983, following decades of marginalization by governments dominated by the Sinhalese majority. More than 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict..."
These clowns are so hell bent on stereo-typing Sri Lanka into some sort of a hell hole that obviously even the LTTE mouth piece doesn't consider them worth talking to.
"...Rebel spokesman Rasiah Ilanthirayan was not immediately available for comment. Both sides routinely exaggerate enemy death tolls while underreporting their own.
It was not possible to independently verify the military reports because the government has barred most journalists from the northern jungles where much of the fighting takes place.
The Tamil Tigers have been fighting for an independent state in the nation's north and east since 1983, following decades of marginalization by governments dominated by the Sinhalese majority. More than 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict..."
These clowns are so hell bent on stereo-typing Sri Lanka into some sort of a hell hole that obviously even the LTTE mouth piece doesn't consider them worth talking to.
I spoke with a local Sri Lankan lad who works for AP and was told that irrespective of what they report from Sri Lanka, the last paragraph, yes the one which makes an unsubstantiated derogatory political statement against Sri Lanka is added as a matter of policy by AP.
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