Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06COLOMBO656
2006-04-24 10:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP ON
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000656
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR S/CT SANDAGE/ROSAND
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PTER CE
SUBJECT: LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP ON
"IDEOLOGICAL RADICALIZATION"
REF: STATE 58471
Classified By: DCM James F. Entwistle for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) DCM attended an April 12 local G8 CTAG meeting chaired
by the Russian Ambassador. Japan, Italy, Canada, Germany,
Switzerland and France also participated. There was
general agreement that the possibility of increased
radicalization of the Muslim population in Sri Lanka,
especially on the east coast, exists given that the
community is marginalized in many ways and has suffered
during the twenty-five years of fighting between the
government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE). That said, there was also general agreement
that there are no concrete signs that "jihadis"
are gaining ground in any systematic way and that
the government tended to overplay the possibility
in the knowledge that it is an issue more likely to
catch the eye of G8 after 9/11. All agreed,
however, on the wisdom of remaining engaged with the Muslim
community in Sri Lanka in order to promote moderation and
to encourage Muslim participation in seeking solutions to
longstanding ethnic strife. Beyond that, the meeting
participants used the occasion to compare notes on various
G8 members' efforts to monitor LTTE fundraising and other
activities in their respective countries.
LUNSTEAD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR S/CT SANDAGE/ROSAND
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/24/2016
TAGS: PTER CE
SUBJECT: LOCAL G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP ON
"IDEOLOGICAL RADICALIZATION"
REF: STATE 58471
Classified By: DCM James F. Entwistle for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) DCM attended an April 12 local G8 CTAG meeting chaired
by the Russian Ambassador. Japan, Italy, Canada, Germany,
Switzerland and France also participated. There was
general agreement that the possibility of increased
radicalization of the Muslim population in Sri Lanka,
especially on the east coast, exists given that the
community is marginalized in many ways and has suffered
during the twenty-five years of fighting between the
government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE). That said, there was also general agreement
that there are no concrete signs that "jihadis"
are gaining ground in any systematic way and that
the government tended to overplay the possibility
in the knowledge that it is an issue more likely to
catch the eye of G8 after 9/11. All agreed,
however, on the wisdom of remaining engaged with the Muslim
community in Sri Lanka in order to promote moderation and
to encourage Muslim participation in seeking solutions to
longstanding ethnic strife. Beyond that, the meeting
participants used the occasion to compare notes on various
G8 members' efforts to monitor LTTE fundraising and other
activities in their respective countries.
LUNSTEAD