28.11.2007
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka
to the United Nations in Geneva H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka
in responding to criticism by the International Federation
of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF),
states that the Voice of Tigers, being the propaganda organ
of an internationally proscribed terrorist organization,
is a legitimate target.
The
full text of his response is as follows:
The
radio station concerned was neither an independent media
organisation nor located in an independent country. In short
it was neither legal nor legitimate. It was not, for instance
Al Jazeera or the Serbian TV.
It
was a propaganda organ of an armed organisation which is
self avowedly separatist, has been designated terrorist
by many countries, and has just this morning made a suicide
bomb assassination attempt on a Tamil Minister of a democratically
elected Govt.
The
employment of civilians in that facility, if indeed there
were any, was a choice made by the Tamil Tigers. The target
was a legitimate one.
Courtesy
- The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United
Nations Office - Geneva/Sri Lanka Defence
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