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06COLOMBO89 2006-01-12 11:36 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Colombo
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000089 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR S/ES, INR/MR, PA 
SA/INS (CAMP, SIM, GOWER) SA/PD (SCENSNY, ROGERS, 
PALLADINO); SSA/PAS 
 
UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
SUBJECT:  Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to 
Ambassador's January 10 Speech to the American Chamber of 
Commerce on Peace Process 
 
REFTELS: A) Colombo 2166 (2005) B) Colombo 0054 C) Colombo 
0072 
 
1. (U) Summary:  English and Sinhala editorialists January 
12 praised Ambassador Lunstead's January 10 speech to the 
American Chamber of Commerce in which he noted that peace 
should be the nation's highest priority, criticized recent 
LTTE violence and lauded the GOSL's restrained response to 
LTTE attacks.  Some pro-LTTE Tamil media declined to 
editorialize; others reacted by reiterating Tamil 
nationalist grievances.  State-run Rupavahini television 
aired Information Officer's reiteration of the main points 
of the speech on all evening English and vernacular 
broadcasts on January 11 and morning broadcasts January 12. 
End Summary. 
 
2. (U)  Government-owned media played up the statement the 
most:   Bandula Jayasekara, newly appointed editor of the 
government-owned Daily News titled his January 12 editorial 
"Thank you, Mr. Ambassador."  Jayasekara opined, "Thank you, 
Mr. Ambassador, for the bold stand which we hope would be 
emulated by all those actors and entities in the 
international system...  As Ambassador Lunstead explained, 
the Lankan security forces have greatly enhanced their 
military skills as a result of cooperation extended them by 
the United States."  State-owned television station 
Rupavahini carried footage of IO's two-minute reiteration of 
the Ambassador's message, with Sinhala and Tamil voice-overs 
on vernacular programs. Independent Asia Broadcasting 
Corporation (ABC) radio network also carried a similar sound- 
bite from PAO on all stations' news briefs. 
 
3. (U) The Sinhala nationalist press, including the 
independent Island, shouted "three cheers and hats off" to 
Ambassador Lunstead in its editorial, arguing, "There is a 
limit to tolerance and patience, the U.S. seems to have 
said... Professional peaceniks... have a habit of branding 
anyone who criticizes the LTTE racist.  Perhaps they will 
steer clear of [Mr. Lunstead] for fear of losing peace 
dollars...  We hope that the other co-chairs and the worthy 
members of the international community will borrow a leaf 
from Mr. Lunstead's book and tell the LTTE to choose between 
abandoning violence or face dire consequences...  We don't 
need Co-Chairs and monitors to act like spectators or 
commentators.  They must play an active role in the peace 
making."   Sister paper to the Island, the Sinhala daily 
Divaina, lauded "the refreshing American statement."  The 
editorial contended the U.S. has set an example to the 
international community and boosted the morale of the Sri 
Lanka Army, but argued the U.S. had spoken too late, 
claiming with U.S. help Sri Lanka could have solved the 
terrorist problem long ago. 
 
4. (U)  The government-owned Daily New and the independent 
Island featured political cartoons depicting Ambassador 
Lunstead in their January 12 editorial sections. The Daily 
News pictured Uncle Sam shouting to a cowering tiger with a 
bomb tied to his tail, "I'm warning you."  The Island 
pictures the U.S. Ambassador under a large-eared President 
George W. Bush mask stating, "Stop violent activities and 
return to peace talks." 
 
5. (U)  Pro-LTTE Sudar Oli carried a transcript of the 
speech without editorial comment.  Pro-LTTE news website 
Nidarsanam, however, bannered "an open letter to the 
Ambassador" from an American professor, Aaron Rajah of San 
Francisco, who contended the American Government had 
overlooked the plight of the Tamils.  Criticizing the 
purported difference in the U.S. response to the murder of a 
pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament in 
December and that of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar in 
August 2005, he argued, "In the recent brutal murder of 
democratically elected Tamil law maker, Mr. Joseph 
Parajasingham, on Christmas mass day in a Christian church, 
your silence in not condemning such a brutal attack on Tamil 
elected leaders only concreted the Tamil's despise of the 
electoral process."  Rajah also reiterated common 
allegations of LTTE sympathizers that the Sri Lankan 
Security Forces had recently raped and murdered several 
Tamil civilians and were complicit with paramilitary groups 
in the murder of LTTE cadres and prominent Tamils. 
 
6. (U) Comment:  Select English and Sinhala media offered 
exuberant praise of the Ambassador's speech, exaggerating 
U.S. assistance to the Sri Lankan military and goading the 
Tigers to heed this latest message.  Sinhala nationalist 
media, as usual, also called for more active U.S. 
involvement in the peace process.  Surprisingly, government- 
owned Tamil sister paper to the Daily News and Dinamina did 
not comment on the speech, nor did mainstream independent 
Tamil media.  As expected, the pro-LTTE media ignored the 
Ambassador's line recognizing legitimate historical 
grievances of the Tamil people, preferring to rationalize 
the actions of the LTTE. (The full text of the speech may be 
found at http://srilanka.usembassy.gov/.)  End Comment. 
 
Lunstead