Iran trains 3,000 female ninja assassins

[JcBoY]

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Tan-awa ra gud ni mo-report ning mga Western media! PAGKA-HANGGAW na lang gyud gi-sensationalized gyud! Mga athletes ra man diay tawon ni sila.

PressTV -

Last month, a report aired on Press TV about Iranian women training for Japanese Ninjutsu got a lot of buzz online and won media attention worldwide. But when Reuters News Agency put a different spin on the story in a separate report filed two weeks later, it outraged these martial arts athletes who say Reuters has distorted the truth.

Swift, powerful, and agile, these young ladies training for Ninujtusu never expected to be described as "assassins" when they opened their doors to Reuters news agency. Proud of having mastered one of the most difficult martial arts they talked to the reporter about the sport that had become their passion. But at the end of the interview they were suspired to be asked a question rather irrelevant to what they had been discussing.

Ninjutsu Trainee, Khaterh Jalilzadeh said: "She asked me whether or not I would defend my homeland should it be attack by Israel or the US… I think it’s obvious that not only any Iranian would do so but anybody else in any country would defend their homeland.

And on February 16 when the report by Reuters was published what they definitely did not expect was to be described as killers.

Sensei Akbar Faraji, Founder of Ninjutsu in Iran, was also clearly upset. He said : "We are simply athletes interested in martial arts…that’s all… we really enjoy this sport… I have a grievance against those who have portrayed us as something we’re not… I demand that they tell people the truth about us… "

We contacted Reuters’ Tehran office but they refused to comment. On February 26, Reuters posted an advisory with some corrections made. The alterations however do not change the spin put on the story as most of the text remains the same. Meanwhile, for anyone who might drop by at the Ninja club to see for themselves, the Reuters report is clearly misleading. Mostly students or homemakers they come to the club to enjoy the parcticing a sport they love.

How effective a tardy correction by Reuters may be in order to undo the damage remains a question.

But, as far as these ladies are concerned, this is more than just a bad choice of words. They have been portrayed as something they’re not and they are upset about it.

[æRLO]

^the western media made it out that they were part of the government's military arm, when they were just enthusiasts. It's to provoke a sentiment or reaction among western audiences.

[armel_ton]

nindota gud ani nila

[flanker]

That what you hear in a corporate western media. They will demonize Iran at all cost...

[i_am_nikita]

pwd ko moadto mgpatrain lng?

[marckyboi]

haldok lagi ni? haha

[tempting_time]

huwaw! kulbaa aning mga bayhana oi!haha