Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06COLOMBO349
2006-03-06 10:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
Terrorism Finance - Placement of Op-Ed on
how-toVZCZCXRO8825 PP RUEHBI RUEHCI DE RUEHLM #0349 0651030 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 061030Z MAR 06 FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2769 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 9357 RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 6431 RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA 0144 RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 4373 RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 5887 RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 3923 RUEHKP/AMCONSUL KARACHI 1989 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 2872
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000349
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR S/ES, INR/MR, PA
SCA/INS (CAMP, SIM, GOWER) SCA/PD (SCENSNY, ROGERS,
PALLADINO); SCA/PAS
RHMFISS/CDR SOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958:N/A
TAGS: ETTC KTFN KPAO EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR CE
SUBJECT: Terrorism Finance - Placement of Op-Ed on
Charities by A/S Wayne
REF: STATE 00028634
Post placed Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne's op-ed
"Stop Channeling Charity to Terrorists" in all three Sri
Lankan English dailies on March 4, 2006. The combined
circulation of the government-owned Daily News, independent
Daily Mirror and independent Island exceeds 325,000,
although total readership of the three is closer to a
million. This audience now understands better the actions
the U.S. and international community are taking to curb
terrorism financing under the guise of charitable groups.
The independent Maldives newspaper and website Minivan also
carried the article, reaching a key segment of the Maldivian
audience.
LUNSTEAD