Painful reporting

The latest allegation against the Ozs has been that their forces were responsible for killing 2 youths last Friday. The headline on STL made the accusation sound like fact which was really unfortunate. C told me that the day the bodies were found her husband was the one who interviewed a youth who said he saw the 2 young men killed and then ran away. The next day, this youth spun a completely different story to the media leading one to suspect if a few extra dollars lining his pocket had something to do with the story change.

The local newspapers today also had such conflicting headlines - one of Taur Matan Ruak accusing OZs of failing to secure peace for TL; yet the bottom front page story was the affirmation by the Government to support OZ and Kiwi troops in the country. Obviously both hands ain't clapping so well here.

Anyways, a blogger had wanted info about the survey done on Gangs and Youth Gangs. I have the PDF to send it to whoever wants it. I just don't have the technical saavy to upload it somewhere! sorry. so if you want that report, leave your email address!