Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Beeb Watch: When is genocide called "abuse"?

Headline: Jakarta, Timor to discuss 'abuse'. Note quotation marks.

Mr Yudhoyono and Xanana Gusmao will discuss "allegations" of abuse by Jakarta during its 24-year rule of East Timor....The report holds Indonesia responsible for the deaths of up to 180,000 people. It also chronicles abuses including rape, torture and deliberate starvation, as well as the use of napalm."



Yup...guess since only 180,000 people died it can't count as real abuse...

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