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Sri Lanka deadlier than Afghanistan: Time Magazine
Saturday, 20 December 2008 - 9:36 AM SL Time
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Time Magazine Online in a recent special report states that judging by the death toll the Sri Lankan conflict is deadlier than the war in Afghanistan in the year 2008.
In its special Top 10 Underreported News Stories of 2008 , Time reports following the Sri Lankan government pulling out from the 2002 ceasefire in January this year, the war has claimed more lives than the US-led war in Afghanistan during the same period.
The watchdog organization iCasualties.org puts the number of Afghan fatalities for this year at 283, more than half of it being US troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Time states the conflict in Sri Lanka has raged largely under the radar, because the Government has banned from the war zone foreign journalists as well as most aid groups .
The number of displaced due to the conflict stands at more than double of that in war torn Afghanistan, according to International Displaced Monitoring Centre (IDMC). According to estimates by IDMC, Sri Lanka has over half a million internally displaced people, compared to 200,000 in Afghanistan following the US invasion.
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kinglanka
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 20 Dec 2008 05:44:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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Times Mag trying to cover the loosing American battle in Afghan.
Killing civilians in Afghan cannot compare with killing terrorist in SL. |
PolBanda
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20 Dec 2008 07:51:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sri Lanka deadlier than Afghanistan: Time Magazine
Yes, it is so for the terrorists. |
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20 Dec 2008 10:56:28 GMT Report for Abuse
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Time Magazine Online in a recent special report states that judging by the death toll the Sri Lankan conflict is deadlier than the war in Afghanistan in the year 2008.
well given the different scenarios and conditions.. I dont know how Time magazine came into this conclusion.. but either ways lets hope it will soon come to an end.. so there wont be this kinds of comparing in the future.. |
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 20 Dec 2008 11:30:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sri Lanka deadlier than Afghanistan: Time Magazine
the difference is two armies are fighting. sinhala army and tamil army. that is why the loss is substantial for both.
two nations are at war . |
Roshan2007
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 20 Dec 2008 13:46:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Time Magazine Online in a recent special report states that judging by the death toll the Sri Lankan conflict is deadlier than the war in Afghanistan in the year 2008.
Who cares?
This is a 'cricket match' for the sinhala and tamil diaspora.
diaspora interested in the everyday score line. |
LankanWay
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 20 Dec 2008 18:12:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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But difference is even American forces cannot finish off terrorists in Afghanistan. On the other hand, Sri Lankan forces have almost wiped out terrorists in Sri Lanka!!
Alright... |
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 20 Dec 2008 20:36:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Australia did not go into Sri Lanka and it would soon pull out of Afghanistan. Internal problems are best resolved internally. |
saliya
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20 Dec 2008 23:55:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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| You can't compare Sri Lanka with Afganistan as our troops fight with a ruthless terrorist organization without any support of foreign troops. However, In Afganistan US and Nato troops are fighting together with Afgan talaibans. Lanka is mush safer to civilians and foreigners. So Time Magazine creates stories which is difficult to believe. |
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20 Dec 2008 23:59:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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So Time Magazine creates stories which is difficult to believe
Most readers do not seek to believe. They just want to know. |
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 21 Dec 2008 00:28:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Times Mag trying to cover the loosing American battle in Afghan
Now the guys at Time Mag also seem to be on the LTTE paylist! |
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