Intentionally misleading?

An example of why Malaysian newspapers shouldn't be relied upon for a good source of information:

This came out in the Berita Mutakhir section of the Berita Harian website today,

"9 askar Australia maut di Afghanistan"

CANBERRA: Ketua Pertahanan Udara Australia, Marshal Angus Houston mengesahkan sembilan askar negara itu maut dalam satu pertempuran dengan puak Taliban, hari ini.
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this is what it is written as;

CANBERRA: Ketua Pertahanan Udara Australia, Marshal Angus Houston mengesahkan sembilan askar negara itu maut dalam satu pertempuran dengan puak Taliban, hari ini.

Beliau berkata, askar itu terbunuh dalam pertempuran sengit dengan 20 Taliban di Wilayah Uruzgan.

Nama askar berkenaan tidak diumumkan.

Australia mempunyai kira-kira 1,000 askar di Afghanistan dan kejadian terakhir membabitkan askarnya terbunuh pada Januari lalu. - AFP


Thing is, this is what actually happened:

"Ninth Australian soldier dies in Afghanistan"

"Taliban insurgents have ambushed and killed an Australian soldier, the ninth to die on operations in the strife-torn country."

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World of a difference in meaning now, eh? Considering the readership of BH comprise of a particular majority race in the country, is it possibly intentional?

'More of the heathen unbelievers bite the dust in the glorious struggle to free our lands';
or so someone in particular wants us to believe, or lead to believe. Hmm...

Which is why as i say & continually say, i quote one of my favourite sayings

"Perception of reality is more important than reality itself"

Nuff said.