Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06COLOMBO1802
2006-10-31 09:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
SRI LANKA: FRONT-LINE FIRE AS USUAL AFTER GENEVA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 001802
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2016
TAGS: PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: FRONT-LINE FIRE AS USUAL AFTER GENEVA
TALKS STALL
REF: COLOMBO 1792 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: DCM James R. Moore for reasons 1.4(b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 001802
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2016
TAGS: PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: FRONT-LINE FIRE AS USUAL AFTER GENEVA
TALKS STALL
REF: COLOMBO 1792 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: DCM James R. Moore for reasons 1.4(b,d).
1. (C) Engagement between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)
security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) continued this week after October 28-29 peace talks in
Geneva between the two parties ended with no significant
breakthroughs and failed to produce agreement on dates for a
next round of talks (reftel). Joint Chief of Staff Air
Marshall Donald Perera told co-chair representatives on
October 29 that LTTE cadres committed 12 ceasefire violations
as talks were ongoing over the weekend (reftel). A military
spokesperson confirmed to pol FSN media reports that security
forces returned LTTE mortar and artillery fire along the
Forward Defense Line (FDL) in Muhamalai, Jaffna, on October
30. On October 31, a suspected-LTTE claymore bomb exploded
in the northern town of Vavuniya, killing one Sri Lanka Army
(SLA) soldier and injuring three others.
2. (U) Meanwhile on October 30, unidentified gunmen shot dead
a member of the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in
Serunuwara, Batticaloa district. In Vavuniya, TNA district
parliamentarian for the Tiger-controlled "Vanni," Shivanathan
Kishore, survived uninjured a six-grenade attack on his
residence. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe
told the press October 31 that 16 LTTE cadres, some of them
minors, had surrendered to security forces in Trincomalee the
day before. (Note: On October 15, the LTTE Peace Secretariat
inaugurated a Child Protection Authority in Kilinochchi to
"ensure the security and full development of the children of
Tamil Eelam.")
3. (C) Comment: Tiger provocations in the north and the
escape and/or surrender of underage cadres as the LTTE
returns from peace talks and touts child protection reveals
the gap between LTTE intentions and the public image the
Tigers try to cultivate. Attacks on democratically-elected
pro-LTTE politicians, however, indicate that the GSL has yet
to rein in paramilitary "third forces" such as the Karuna
faction and the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP). End
comment.
BLAKE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2016
TAGS: PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: FRONT-LINE FIRE AS USUAL AFTER GENEVA
TALKS STALL
REF: COLOMBO 1792 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: DCM James R. Moore for reasons 1.4(b,d).
1. (C) Engagement between Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)
security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) continued this week after October 28-29 peace talks in
Geneva between the two parties ended with no significant
breakthroughs and failed to produce agreement on dates for a
next round of talks (reftel). Joint Chief of Staff Air
Marshall Donald Perera told co-chair representatives on
October 29 that LTTE cadres committed 12 ceasefire violations
as talks were ongoing over the weekend (reftel). A military
spokesperson confirmed to pol FSN media reports that security
forces returned LTTE mortar and artillery fire along the
Forward Defense Line (FDL) in Muhamalai, Jaffna, on October
30. On October 31, a suspected-LTTE claymore bomb exploded
in the northern town of Vavuniya, killing one Sri Lanka Army
(SLA) soldier and injuring three others.
2. (U) Meanwhile on October 30, unidentified gunmen shot dead
a member of the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in
Serunuwara, Batticaloa district. In Vavuniya, TNA district
parliamentarian for the Tiger-controlled "Vanni," Shivanathan
Kishore, survived uninjured a six-grenade attack on his
residence. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe
told the press October 31 that 16 LTTE cadres, some of them
minors, had surrendered to security forces in Trincomalee the
day before. (Note: On October 15, the LTTE Peace Secretariat
inaugurated a Child Protection Authority in Kilinochchi to
"ensure the security and full development of the children of
Tamil Eelam.")
3. (C) Comment: Tiger provocations in the north and the
escape and/or surrender of underage cadres as the LTTE
returns from peace talks and touts child protection reveals
the gap between LTTE intentions and the public image the
Tigers try to cultivate. Attacks on democratically-elected
pro-LTTE politicians, however, indicate that the GSL has yet
to rein in paramilitary "third forces" such as the Karuna
faction and the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP). End
comment.
BLAKE