The Washington Times says US should keep its nose out of Colombo's business

Warning America is taking the wrong side in undermining Sri Lanka

(By Walter Jayawardhana)

The Washington Times sternly told the US State Department in an editorial that America should support the Sri Lankan government or keep its nose out of Colombo's business commenting about the possible war crimes report on the island nation submitted to the Congress last week.

Alleging the US is taking the wrong side in the anti-terror fight and it is undermining the island nation the strongly worded editorial in no uncertain words said, "Sri Lanka is joining Israel as a country facing a war crimes investigation for effectively fighting back against terrorism. America should support the Sri Lankan government or keep its nose out of Colombo's business."

The editorial attacked the report as a list of allegations rather than a fully document indictment: "The Rapp report is not comprehensive, more a list of allegations than a fully documented indictment. Most of the offenses listed are either directly attributable to the Tamil Tigers, such as forcibly recruiting children to fight for them, or the consequence of terrorist activities, such as Sri Lanka shelling hospitals being used by the Tigers as command posts."
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