Lankan News Style

From the days when the LTTE started their http://www.tamilnet.com/ website, we always get contradicting news to an incident that has taken place. For example, lets say a battle took place in vavuniya, the lankan media will say 10 tigers died in the batte, while some of the army personal were injured. At the same time tamilnet will say 10 Srilankan Army personal died, while a couple of their men were injured. So when i hear this kind of news, i add them both together and devide them and come to a conclusion that 5 army personal and 5 ltte militants died.

Its so interesting to listen to both the sides story. Both will look at the incident from their point of view, and as a movie maniac, its damn interesting for me.

Lets look at the latest Anuradhapura attack by LTTE, which they named as "Operation Ellalan".
The follwing is an extract from tamilnet. Helicopters including two MI-24 gunships, one MI-17, one PT6, one Bell 212, a CTH 748, and a reconnaissance aircraft were destroyed in the attack, according to Mr. Ilanthirayan.

Lets see what http://www.defence.lk/ (official webiste of ministry of defence). Meanwhile, it has been reported that a Bell 212 helicopter which was pursuing the terror aircraft was crashed onto Doramadalawa, in the Mihinthale area during the confrontation. According to the sources the two pilots and two gunners who were onboard the helicopter, have died in the incident. The helicopter was called in for assistance from Vavuniya, air force sources said. The reason for the crash is suspected to be a technical failure.

So its been accepted my the both sides that Bell 212 Helicopter was destroyed. But the funny part is http://www.defence.lks/ 's press release. They say the Bell 212 was on pursuit of the terrror aircraft, after being called in for assistance from vavuniya. It crashed after technical failure. Too much of a coincidence hey?? The helicopter was on pursuit of terrorist aircraft and was logically in a battlezone but didnt crash cuz of any attack, but of technical failure. Wonderful story!!!

And why would you want to call a Bell 212 for assistance???i mean why cant u ask for a figter jet or some good aircraft. According to wikipedia, Bell 212 is used as an air aumbulance or for rescue missions. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_212) Why would u send an aircraft which is primarily used as an air amulance in the military all over the world, to go on pursuit of a terror aircraft???

Oh i love the lankan media. They want to lie, but dont know how to do it properly!!