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Viewing cable 09COLOMBO477, Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 64

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09COLOMBO477 2009-04-30 12:10 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Colombo
VZCZCXRO3195
OO RUEHBI
DE RUEHLM #0477/01 1201210
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 301210Z APR 09
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9903
INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1152
RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS 0225
RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 3801
RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 1628
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 8622
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 6858
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 4934
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 2986
RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 4895
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 4001
RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 9251
RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 6561
RUEHON/AMCONSUL TORONTO 1102
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 3484
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHMFIUU/CDRUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HI//APCW/APOP//
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI//J3/J332/J52//
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 000477 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SCA (BOUCHER), SCA/INS AND PRM 
STATE ALSO PASS USAID 
AID/W FOR ANE/SCA, DCHA/FFP (DWORKEN, KSHEIN) 
AID/W FOR DCHA/OFDA (MORRISP, ACONVERY, RTHAYER, RKERR) 
ATHENS FOR PCARTER 
BANGKOK FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA (WBERGER) 
KATHMANDU FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA AND POL (SBERRY) 
GENEVA FOR RMA (NKYLOH, NHILGERT, MPITOTTI) 
USUN NEW YORK FOR ECOSOC (D MERCADO) 
SECDEF FOR OSD - POLICY 
PACOM ALSO FOR J-5 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
SUBJECT: Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 64 
 
REF: A) Colombo 470 B) Colombo 469 C) Colombo 464 D) Colombo 459 E) 
Colombo 456 F) Colombo 454 G) Colombo 448 H) Colombo 435 I) Colombo 
432 J) Colombo 425 K) Colombo 418 and previous 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and 
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband conducted a one-day visit 
to Sri Lanka on April 29. They urged the Government to end 
hostilities in the North; however President Mahinda Rajapaksa and 
Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa rebuffed the request.  The Sri 
Lankan Navy claims it destroyed several LTTE "Sea Tiger" boats in an 
April 29 sea battle. OCHA reports over 170,000 civilians have 
reached Government-controlled territory since late October, and the 
UN estimates some 50,000 to 80,000 could still be trapped by the 
conflict.  END SUMMARY. 
 
BRITISH AND FRENCH DELEGATION 
----------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and French Foreign 
Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Sri Lanka on April 29 for a 
one-day visit.  They met with civilians living in camps, and toured 
a French-donated field hospital at Cheddikulum in Vavuniya, and met 
with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya 
Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama.  Miliband 
publicly urged officials for an end to the war: "Now is the time for 
the fighting to stop. Sri Lanka's military advances have been 
spectacular, but winning the peace is as vital as winning the war." 
Minister Kouchner appeared skeptical that the Government would heed 
the call for an end to the fighting: "We insisted, and we insisted, 
but it is up to our friends to allow it or not."  Local press 
reported that the Government officials responded to the delegation 
that the "operation to free Tamil civilians held hostage by the LTTE 
would continue unabated."  Bogollagama repeated the Government's 
commitment to return of 80% of displaced civilians to their homes in 
the North by the end of 2009.  Detailed readout of the visit is 
reported septel. 
 
3. (U) Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka 
assailed the goals of the delegation at a rally of ultra-nationalist 
party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU - which also led the demonstration 
outside the British High Commission on April 29).  He termed the US 
and other members of the Co-Chairs group as the "Terrorist Chairs" 
for their purported defense of LTTE. He further stated, "We also 
wish to remind Bernard Kouchner of France the fall of Dien Bien Phu 
in 1953.  If he has forgotten that lesson France learnt in former 
French Indo-China the Sinhala majority here can remind him of it." 
 
BATTLE AT SEA 
---------- 
 
4.  (SBU)  The Sri Lankan military reported a battle at sea against 
the LTTE "Sea Tigers" off the coast of the no-fire zone.  On the 
morning of April 29, LTTE cadres began firing on Sri Lankan Army 
positions along the coast within the no-fire zone.  The Sri Lankan 
Navy responded, and Sea Tigers sent an additional 10-12 small 
fast-attack craft.  The Sri Lankan Navy claimed they killed 25 LTTE 
cadres in the ensuing battle, and destroyed four LTTE suicide craft 
laden with high explosives and two attack craft mounted with high 
 
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caliber weapons. 
 
UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 
--------------------------------- 
 
5. (U) The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 
reported on April 29 that 171,184 persons have crossed into 
Government-controlled territory since late October.  OCHA reports 
152,671 are located in sites in Vavuniya, 11,089 are in Jaffna, and 
smaller numbers are in Trincomalee, Mannar, and other locations. 
Included in this total are nearly 12,000 persons evacuated by sea by 
the International Committee of the Red Cross since February 11. 
UNHCR reports the Government is no longer considering placing 
internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in Mannar but is now looking 
into the possibility of moving up to 20,000 IDPs to Trincomalee and 
20,000 to Jaffna to decongest sites in Vavuniya.  The Government has 
opened up a site IV at Manik Farms to ease overcrowded conditions at 
schools currently used as transit sites.  The Australian Government 
has pledged an additional $3M in humanitarian aid to assist IDPs in 
the North.  The UN estimates that 50,000 to 80,000 civilians could 
still be trapped by the conflict. 
 
RETURNS IN MUSALI 
---------------- 
 
6. (U) UNHCR confirmed the April 29 return of 411 IDPs to homes in 
Musali Division of Mannar district.  These civilians had been 
displaced by the conflict over two years ago. They will receive 
tarpaulin shelter kits, jungle clearing tools, mosquito nets, mats, 
water containers and hurricane lamps from UNHCR to assist their 
return. 
 
REPORTED CIVILIAN CASUALTIES 
---------------------------- 
 
7. (SBU) ICRC reported heavy fighting in the safe zone April 28-29. 
Tamil sources report "very heavy shell attacks and cannon attacks" 
within the safe zone on April 28-29, including on a makeshift 
hospital.  These sources report 278 civilians were killed and 298 
were injured. (Note: Such reports from Tamil sources cannot be 
confirmed and are frequently exaggerated.) 
 
 
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