Mission conveys urgent talking points on

C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000703 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SA/INS, IO, WHA E.O. 12958: DECL: 04-24-13 TAGS: PREL MOPS MV IZ SUBJECT: Mission conveys urgent talking points on stopping fleeing Iraqi leaders Ref: State 102827 (U) Classified by Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission. Reasons 1.5 (b, d) (C) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the urgent talking points re stopping fleeing Iraqi leaders to the Sri Lankan and Maldivian governments. To ensure immediate distribution of the names to the appropriate offices, Mission also forwarded the list of names to the Sri Lankan police and military intelligence bureaus. WILLS