Marie Colvin,From The Sunday Times
May 24, 2009
IT was a desperate last phone call but it did not sound like a man who would be dead within hours. Balasingham Nadesan, political leader of the Tamil Tigers, had nowhere to turn, it seemed.
“We are putting down our arms,” he told me late last Sunday night by satellite phone from the tiny slip of jungle and beach on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka where the Tigers had been making their last stand.
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Reading this article shows why GOSL banned the bleeding hearted western journalists likes of Marie & Jeremy from the conflict zone. Just imagine as a supposidely "unbiased" journalist if this is what she did from out side (negotiating for the "jolly" terrorist friends) what she would have done if she was inside. Also if these guys were really political leaders, what were they doing in the battle field in the first place? - Sinhaya
Marie Colvin thinks she was deliberately targeted by the Sri Lankan military. What a joke. Yeah, shouting 'Journalist Journalist' when she was trying to smuggle back at night with LTTE in tow would have saved her from government bullets.
ReplyDeleteIs there a way to keep track of these journalists? We need to, because professional media can do real damage to small countries like Sri Lanka.
These are many unanswered questions. Why did she call South Africa to find out how LTTE's doing?
LTTE international network is very much alive and active.
Sri Lankans have no idea that LTTE has a budget that is over 200 million dollars a year.
Compare that with UK's Conservative party's budgets of 30 million dollars a year.
LTTE can afford to 'buy' (not necessary for money) any number of journalists, politicians, etc.
Check out this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/weekinreview/24bowley.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Ms Mary Clown,
ReplyDeleteWonder what she was doin since 83.
bet she was doin her western habbits in niteclubs n cars during those times when we were born n grew thru this war from Ltte garbage.
It shows the power of cheque book journalism in the world. Can someone check her account for me please?
I m sure she must have made a future secured for 3 4 generations over the Civil war we faced as well.
Thanks mary. thanks for helping those innocent LTTE leaders
I bet this sort of things make u a better person n reach ur potential as a human being to fulfill ur purpose in this life time.
May god bless u..
Thank u.