Following article gives the answers the Times allegation on Sri Lankan civilian casualties.Times article (refer to my post-Sri Lanka, UK's biggest enemy) catagorically mentioned that their figure of 20000, as the death toll, was based on UN report. Here the UN it self denying the knowladge of any such report or such number. Yet again Times is proven to be based on false figures to attack Sri Lankan government enviously. Shame on you!
Lets wait and see what Times have to say about this
UN did not underestimate Sri Lanka death toll: Ban
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday categorically rejected allegations the world body had deliberately underestimated the death toll in the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka.
"I categorically reject -- repeat categorically -- any suggestion that the United Nations has deliberately underestimated any figures," he told the UN General Assembly.
He was reacting to press reports citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling.
"In regard to some reports in the media, I should emphasize that the final total is not yet known," the UN secretary general said. "Most of these figures do not emanate from the UN and most are not consistent with the information at our disposal."
Ban however made it clear that "whatever the total, the casualties in the conflict were unacceptably high -- as I have also said repeatedly."
Saturday, the London-based Amnesty International called for an independent probe into the number of civilians killed in the final weeks of Sri Lanka's civil war and also urged the UN to reveal its own estimates.
The call by the rights group followed a report in the Times of London newspaper on Friday citing confidential UN reports that more than 20,000 civilians were killed by Sri Lankan army shelling.
Commenting on the report, UN spokeswoman Michele Montas told a press briefing Monday: "The number of 20,000 is not a UN number."
She said she checked with UN officials in Colombo earlier in the day and the response was that "they have absolutely no idea where that number came from."
The Times of London report followed weeks of allegations that large numbers of civilians had been killed as the Sri Lankan army closed in on Tamil Tiger rebels and finally crushed the 30-year-old insurgency by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month.
Amnesty's Asia Pacific director Sam Zarifi accused both sides of war crimes and called for an independent international probe.
The Colombo government, which has rejected demands by the UN Human Rights Council for a fact-finding mission on the war crimes allegations, on Friday angrily dismissed the Times report.
"These figures are way out," Sri Lankan defense ministry spokesman Lakshman Hulugalle said. "We totally deny the allegation that 20,000 people were killed."
Amnesty said, however, that it continued to receive reports of widespread human rights violations, with more than 280,000 people displaced by the recent fighting and now restricted to state-run welfare camps in the island's north.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Sri Lanka.. UK's Biggest Enemy
From The Times - May 29, 2009
Times photographs expose Sri Lanka’s lie on civilian deaths at beach(s0 they say)
link to the original article-http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383477.ece
This is the latest allegation used by UK media against the Sri Lankan government(SLG), with whom they are engaged in a fierce media war at the moment.
The way they behave and the amount of resources and power they use against SLG, makes one wonder, whether UK consider Sri Lanka as their biggest enemy in the world at this moment !. They carry out their attacks against SLG with such vengeance and arrogance.
In this offence against SLG, Times plays a major role as the front line brigade. This fact is so obvious for anybody who is following UK media, with regard to the Sri Lankan conflict.
Most of the times, knowingly they used fabricated reports and digital media, which were spread across the globe by late LTTE or pro-late LTTE propaganda machines. Also they kept there eyes and ears closed to the news which were in favour of SLG. Many a times there stories back fired and they were left in open naked, owing to false facts and figures they relied upon. But when it comes to bias reporting the UK media has no shame..
Have a look at their latest find. Just read the topic. They are so sure that SLG has lied about the civilian deaths and here they are proving it with their own little investigation. They have exposed everything ! Read their own words....
"An investigation by The Times into Sri Lanka’s civilian casualties, which was conducted in a week-long visit to Sri Lanka — has found evidence of a civilian death toll of 20,000, almost three times that cited previously. The majority perished under government guns."
For the sake of all of us, they have reached a nice round figure of 20,000 as civilian casualties. How convenient is that !.
And they give a breakdown of casualties as shown below, according to the injuries and worked out how many were killed by each party.
*January 2% gunshot wounds ( Caused by late LTTE) 80% shelling (Caused by SLG)
*February 15% gunshots 64% shelling
And then it goes on and on ........ what a laugh !
They have counted only the deaths caused by firearms. What about the innocents who were hacked to death and burnt alive in NFZ when they tried to escape? (Refer to my post "Define Human" http://harshajayman.blogspot.com/2009/03/definehuman.html)
How practical is this approach? And where did these data come from. Any reliable source? They must have had separate units of audit and census staff in the battle field. Intentions are clear. Any fool who comes up with some numbers, as long as they embarrass the SLG, they will use it. May be the direct orders from David Miliband.
Times photographs expose Sri Lanka’s lie on civilian deaths at beach(s0 they say)
link to the original article-http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6383477.ece
This is the latest allegation used by UK media against the Sri Lankan government(SLG), with whom they are engaged in a fierce media war at the moment.
The way they behave and the amount of resources and power they use against SLG, makes one wonder, whether UK consider Sri Lanka as their biggest enemy in the world at this moment !. They carry out their attacks against SLG with such vengeance and arrogance.
In this offence against SLG, Times plays a major role as the front line brigade. This fact is so obvious for anybody who is following UK media, with regard to the Sri Lankan conflict.
Most of the times, knowingly they used fabricated reports and digital media, which were spread across the globe by late LTTE or pro-late LTTE propaganda machines. Also they kept there eyes and ears closed to the news which were in favour of SLG. Many a times there stories back fired and they were left in open naked, owing to false facts and figures they relied upon. But when it comes to bias reporting the UK media has no shame..
Have a look at their latest find. Just read the topic. They are so sure that SLG has lied about the civilian deaths and here they are proving it with their own little investigation. They have exposed everything ! Read their own words....
"An investigation by The Times into Sri Lanka’s civilian casualties, which was conducted in a week-long visit to Sri Lanka — has found evidence of a civilian death toll of 20,000, almost three times that cited previously. The majority perished under government guns."
For the sake of all of us, they have reached a nice round figure of 20,000 as civilian casualties. How convenient is that !.
And they give a breakdown of casualties as shown below, according to the injuries and worked out how many were killed by each party.
*January 2% gunshot wounds ( Caused by late LTTE) 80% shelling (Caused by SLG)
*February 15% gunshots 64% shelling
And then it goes on and on ........ what a laugh !
They have counted only the deaths caused by firearms. What about the innocents who were hacked to death and burnt alive in NFZ when they tried to escape? (Refer to my post "Define Human" http://harshajayman.blogspot.com/2009/03/definehuman.html)
How practical is this approach? And where did these data come from. Any reliable source? They must have had separate units of audit and census staff in the battle field. Intentions are clear. Any fool who comes up with some numbers, as long as they embarrass the SLG, they will use it. May be the direct orders from David Miliband.
And then they have these photos which they have captured during Ban ki Moon's recent visit to Sri Lanka. Very keenly they have got these photographs analyzed by some "military experts".
According to them, Figure 2 shows a place where the slain late LTTE members were buried. Figure 1 is showing the "mass civilian grave yards". Just by looking at those photos their "experts" have assessed the number of people died and most hilariously, who has killed them.
The slide show (click to watch) has 13 photographs and they clearly show how the late LTTE has kept the civilians as a human shield. Also they show late LTTE gun points, heavy artillery, vehicles and their command posts placed in NFZ. They were very careful not to mention any of these in their article. That's the motto. No matter what, don't blame the LTTE ! ( How ever, I later found out that these were briefly mentioned within a millisecond during the narration in the video footage)
So, armoured with these mere speculations they are yet again pointing the finger at SLG. Job well done, Miliband will say! Why are they so geared up to do this? Is it jealousy, that we as a nation did something that they couldn't even dream of doing or is it just fear, that they will loose there "Democratic big brother" status over the small nations?
The trend in the world, with regard to the conflict in Sri Lanka, is changing. It is changing in favour of Sri Lanka. The nations who frontiered together with UK and US are changing their stances now. Some willingly and others not so willingly, either support the SLG or rolling into a neutral position.
UK, on the other hand is still continuing with their onslaught.Refusing to change and refusing to accept the facts. The fact that they couldn't intimidate us via Miliband convoy, has insulted their arrogance very badly.(Poor Miliband, didn't he get some good treat from Gotabhaya!) That's why this has become so personal and that's why it is difficult for them to change. But they will change!. When they get isolated and cornered, they will change.
Until then the UK media will keep on entertaining us with their jokes and bailas. Read them and spice them up a little with your comments.Enjoy their jokes but break their theories. Write back fight back. It will make a difference!
Till next time.....
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