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To: Just mythoughts
Wonder which story is correct.

Check the dates.

21 posted on 12/28/2004 3:52:59 AM PST by white trash redneck (Everything I needed to know about Islam I learned on 9-11-01.)
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To: white trash redneck

I did, reason I asked the question.


24 posted on 12/28/2004 3:55:59 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: white trash redneck; Just mythoughts
Wonder which story is correct.

Both could be right. This article refers to a 4 doctor team in Sri Lanka, which would be typical to assess the situation in advance of a larger teams arrival. The Jerusalem post also reported a "reduction" in the size of the team from 154 to 4. Presumably either there's nothing for the Israelis to do or Sri Lanka would prefer someone else do it.

Israel sends aid to Thailand, Sri Lanka

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Israel reduced its planned humanitarian mission to Sri Lanka from a 154-member delegation to just a handful of people who will accompany the shipment of 10 tons of relief aid to the disaster-stricken nation.

The change in the makeup of the mission – which was to include army doctors, rescue and relief workers and eight Israeli journalists – followed hours of intense negotiations between the Israeli and the Sri Lanka governments. Neither stated the reasons for the change of plan.

Sri Lanka Ambassador Diffa Digeratna said Tuesday morning: "We are very thankful to the government of Israel for providing those facilities to Sri Lanka."

He said that due to logistical constraints and "the lack of accommodations in Colombo" (the capital), his government had requested that Israel send a reduced delegation.

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106 posted on 12/28/2004 5:31:16 AM PST by SJackson ( Bush is as free as a bird, He is only accountable to history and God, Ra'anan Gissin)
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