In a press conference which was jointly conducted by Banadir regional administration and the defence department of the Somali government have exhibited those children which NY times has exaggerated beyond the limit and whose images were shown on the front page of NY times.
The deputy commander of the Somali national armed forces field marshal Abdikarim Yussuf Adan best known as (Dhaga Badan was the first person to spoke in the joint press conference.
“In recent days there were exaggerated, fabricated and baseless propaganda which has appeared on the headline of the famous NY times which now seems to losing its reputation among the other international papers after having written a baseless fabricated report which it said that the Somali government is enrolling under age boys in the Somali military force and here in front of you, you can see those boys whom you have seen their mages in the headline of NY times, and from this minute we can say shame on the exaggeration which the NY times has reported against the Somali transitional federal government and as well as those who have contributed them in writing that awkward report” said Adan the deputy commander of the Somali national armed forces in the press conference.
The deputy commander of the Somali national armed forces has also added that the Somali government will not absolve those who were involved in that report and will pursue them, and has praised the different forces of the Somali government for their engagement in bringing the right children which NY times have taken them as their quotes.
The press has had questions with the children during the press conference and have all confirmed that they are not the ones who the reporter dubbed their images.
“There were men who came to us including none Somali photographer, whose skin complexion was not like that of a Somali person, but the photographer had a Somali interpreter with him who was interpreting all the conversations between us and the foreigner, and before anything else their made us to smile by giving us sum of money between US$10 to 50 dollars, and they provided us with an automatic machinegun and AK47 assault riffles telling to act as if we are vigilant keeping guard” said Mohammed Abdikadir who was among the children which the NY times has tipped them to imitate for them as Somali government soldiers.
On the other hand Mr. Abdisalam Daahir Abdulle an officer from the social community of Banadir region has delivered his words in the press conference.
“Instantly after we heard the report in NY times we had not wasted anytime, and organized ourselves to follow-up the case, and fortunately after we have closely observed at the narrated images of NY times and detected the area where the drama was acted, and immediately we have contacted the district administration of the place where the dream was acted, and at last we have found out the exact children who have acted for the NY times and here they are today in front of you” Mr. Abdisalam Daahir Abdulle Banadir regional officer.
Eventually the administration of Banadir region has told the famed press not to behave like the NY times and advised the NY times to repent its mistakes and not to ignite fire in the war torn country Somalia, but instead should re-building the war strife country by reporting balanced report on the ground and that is the ethics of journalism.
Mohammed Omar Hussein+25261-5519235 shiinetown@hotmail.com
Somaliweyn Media Center (SMC)
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