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Viewing cable 08COLOMBO1153, 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08COLOMBO1153 2008-12-23 08:19 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Colombo
R 230819Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9080
INFO NCTC WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS COLOMBO 001153 
 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS RHONDA SHORE AND NCTC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER ASEC CE
SUBJECT: 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism 
 
REF: STATE 120019 
 
1. (U) Here is the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Sri Lanka. 
The point of contact for this cable is Ben Barry. His e-mail address 
is BarryBG@state.gov. 
 
2.  (U) BEGIN TEXT: 
 
More than 7,000 people were killed and many thousands more displaced 
in 2008 as the Sri Lankan government continued its offensive against 
the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a designated Foreign 
Terrorist Organization.   Effective January 16, the government 
formally abrogated the 2002 Cease-Fire Accord (CFA) with the LTTE, 
and the conflict intensified during the year.  The government 
maintained control of the Eastern Province, and captured the 
strategic town of Pooneryn in November placing the entire 
northwestern coast under government control.  The LTTE continued to 
control a significant, although shrinking, section of the north and 
carried out attacks throughout the country. The Sri Lankan Army 
remained deployed across the country in all areas it controlled to 
fight the insurgency. The Special Task Force (STF) police were 
deployed in the east, north and in strategic locations in the west. 
 
In 2008 there were at least 70 attacks attributed to the LTTE 
including the October assassination by suicide bombing of the leader 
of the opposition in the North Central Provincial Council retired 
Major General Janaka Perera, UNP organizer Dr. Raja Johnpulle, and 
26 others in Anuradhapura.  In April, a suicide bomber killed 14 
people in Gampaha district including Minister of Highways Jeyaraj 
Fernandopulle.  Other major LTTE attacks included air strikes on the 
naval base in Trincomalee (August), a combined air-ground assault on 
a military base in Vavuniya (September) and the bombing of the 
Thallady Army camp in Mannar and Kelanitissa power plant in Colombo 
in October.  The LTTE also targeted public transportation systems. 
In one instance a parcel bomb killed 26 civilians at a bus stand in 
Colombo (April).   In 2007-8 attacks attributed to the LTTE killed 
more than 350 individuals and injured over 1300. 
 
The government used paramilitary groups to assist its military 
forces in fighting the LTTE. The Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal 
(TMVP), led by breakaway-LTTE eastern commanders Vinayagamurthi 
Muralitharan alias "Karuna" and Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthen alias 
"Pillaiyan", operated mostly in the east. Karuna was appointed a 
Member of Parliament on October 7; Pillaiyan was elected as the 
Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council. The Eelam People's 
Democratic Party (EPDP), led by government Minister of Social 
Services and Social Welfare Douglas Devananda, operated in Jaffna. 
During the year there were numerous killings of civilians by unknown 
actors suspected of association with the TMVP or the EPDP. 
 
The government captured the key town of Pooneryn in November and 
hoped use the western A32 road and a pontoon bridge to open a land 
route to the Jaffna peninsula in 2009.  At the end of the year 
government forces and the LTTE were engaged in heavy fighting on the 
outskirts of the LTTE's administrative capital Kilinochchi.  The 
LTTE maintained control of a shrinking section of the north and 
retained the capacity to mount attacks throughout the country. 
The LTTE continued to finance itself with contributions from the 
Tamil Diaspora in North America, Europe, and Australia, by imposing 
local "taxes" on businesses operating in the areas of Sri Lanka 
under its control, and reportedly by extortion operations in 
government-controlled areas. The LTTE also used Tamil charitable 
organizations as fronts for its fundraising. In November 2007, the 
USG designated under Executive Order 13224 and froze the U.S.-held 
assets of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization, a charity 
associated with the LTTE. The LTTE previously used such funds for 
weapons purchases on the international black market and also 
captured arms from Sri Lankan security forces.  To date the Sri 
Lankan Navy has sunk ten LTTE supply ships.  The most recent sinking 
occurred in June 2008. 
 
Human rights groups and other observers have accused all parties to 
the conflict with carrying out abductions and extrajudicial 
killings. The LTTE and the TMVP were charged with forced 
conscription and child recruitment. In general, the LTTE did not 
intentionally target U.S. citizens or assets, limiting attacks to 
Sri Lankan security forces, political figures, civilians, and 
businesses. However, attacks occurred within the vicinity of the 
U.S. embassy and personnel; in 2007 the U.S. Ambassador was 
traveling in a helicopter that came under mortar fire. The LTTE 
subsequently apologized for the incident. 
 
The Sri Lankan government continues to be cooperative with U.S. law 
enforcement in support of ongoing prosecutions in the U.S.  The U.S. 
has also provided training for relevant Sri Lankan government 
agencies and the banking sector. The Government of Sri Lanka 
cooperated with the United States to implement both the Container 
Security Initiative and the Megaports program at the port of 
Colombo. 
 
END TEXT. 
 
BLAKE