{"id":1802,"date":"2011-11-15T13:45:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2011-11-15T13:45:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T13:45:06","slug":"wikileaks-outside-neutral-observers-agree-gsl-could-have-finished-off-ltte-more-quickly-butenis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-outside-neutral-observers-agree-gsl-could-have-finished-off-ltte-more-quickly-butenis\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: Outside neutral observers agree GSL could have finished off LTTE more quickly &#8211; Butenis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMost outside, neutral observers privately agree that the GSL could have finished off the LTTE more quickly if they had been willing to risk a higher level of civilian casualties.\u201d the US Ambassador to Colombo wrote to Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A leaked US unclassified diplomatic cable discussed the post-war challenges in Sri Lanka. The Colombo Telegraph found the cable from WikiLeaks database. The cable was written on October 30, 2009\u00a0by the US Ambassador to Colombo Patricia A. Butenis.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1804\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1804\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1804\" title=\"Prabhakaran B Colombo Telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph2-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many believed the Government of Sri Lanka could have minimized those casualties had it allowed for some sort of negotiated surrender by the LTTE once the GSL had surrounded remaining LTTE fighters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Under the subject of \u201cSri Lanka Scenesetter\u201d the Ambassador Butenis wrote \u201c Final months of the war were brutal, inflicting heavy damage on all sides, both military and civilian. Estimates of the number of dead and wounded vary widely, but outside observers agree that the civilian toll was high. Many believed the Government of Sri Lanka could have minimized those casualties had it allowed for some sort of negotiated surrender by the LTTE once the GSL had surrounded remaining LTTE fighters. It is not clear, however, whether greater effort in that direction by GSL would have been successful.\u201d \u201cThe LTTE seemed intent on holding out very end, forcibly recruiting civilians as young as 12 to continue the fight, and using their own civilians as human shields even when it appeared defeat was inevitable. In the last days and weeks of the conflict, it became increasingly difficult to differentiate between civilians and LTTE combatants. Most outside, neutral observers privately agree that the GSL could have finished off the LTTE more quickly if they had been willing to risk a higher level of civilian casualties. The State Department\u2019s recent report to Congress on incidents during the final stage of the war makes clear that significant numbers of civilian dead and wounded were caused by both sides in the final months of the war.\u201d she further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Related news &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to WikiLeaks: Don\u2019t push Sri Lanka towards Burma-like isolation \u2013 American Ambassador\u00a0Butenis\" href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/11\/14\/wikileaks-don%e2%80%99t-push-sri-lanka-towards-burma-like-isolation-american-ambassador-butenis\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: Don\u2019t push Sri Lanka towards Burma-like isolation \u2013 American Ambassador\u00a0Butenis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below we give\u00a0the relevant part of the cable.<\/p>\n<pre>VZCZCXRO4345\nPP RUEHBI\nDE RUEHLM #0999\/01 3030802\nZNR UUUUU ZZH\nP 300802Z OCT 09\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\nTO RUEHC\/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0700\nINFO RUEHKA\/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 1995\nRUEHIL\/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 9031\nRUEHKT\/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 7269\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON 5192\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 3419\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO 5144\nRUEHSM\/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 0679\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 4255\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 9594\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 6888\nRUEHON\/AMCONSUL TORONTO 1353\nRHHMUNA\/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA 3802\nRHEFDIA\/DIA WASHINGTON DC\nRHEHAAA\/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS\nUNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 COLOMBO 000999\n\nSIPDIS\n\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INSB; H (pass to SFRC staff)\n\nE.O. 12958: N\/A\nTAGS: <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PGOV_0.html\">PGOV<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PREL_0.html\">PREL<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PREF_0.html\">PREF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PHUM_0.html\">PHUM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PTER_0.html\">PTER<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/EAID_0.html\">EAID<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/MOPS_0.html\">MOPS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/CE_0.html\">CE<\/a>\nSUBJECT: Sri Lanka Scenesetter\n\n<a id=\"par1\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/10\/09COLOMBO999.html#par1\">\u00b6<\/a>1. (SBU) Sri Lanka stands at a pivotal point in its modern history.\nThe end of the long secessionist war with the LTTE opens up\nopportunities for national reconciliation, political reform,\neconomic renewal, and international re-engagement.  The question is\nwhether the Sri Lankan leadership has the vision, determination, and\ncourage to seize the opportunity.  The Sri Lankans value their\nrealtions with the United States.  Our challenge is strongly to\nencourage the Sri Lankan government to embrace reconciliation,\naccountability, and respect for human rights, while trying not to\npush the country towards Burma-like isolation from the West.\n\nAftermath of the Conflict\n-------------------------\n\n<a id=\"par2\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/10\/09COLOMBO999.html#par2\">\u00b6<\/a>2. (SBU) The final months of the war were brutal, inflicting heavy\ndamage on all sides, both military and civilian.  Estimates of the\nnumber of dead and wounded vary widely, but outside observers agree\nthat the civilian toll was high.  Many believed the Government of\nSri Lanka (GSL) could have minimized those casualties had it allowed\nfor some sort of negotiated surrender by the LTTE once the GSL had\nsurrounded remaining LTTE fighters.  It is not clear, however,\nwhether greater effort in that direction by the GSL would have been\nsuccessful.  The LTTE seemed intent on holding out to the very end,\nforcibly recruiting civilians as young as 12 to continue the fight,\nand using their own civilians as human shields even when it appeared\ndefeat was inevitable.  In the last days and weeks of the conflict,\nit became increasingly difficult to differentiate between civilians\nand LTTE combatants.  Most outside, neutral observers privately\nagree that the GSL could have finished off the LTTE more quickly if\nthey had been willing to risk a higher level of civilian casualties.\n The State Department's recent report to Congress on incidents\nduring the final stage of the war makes clear that significant\nnumbers of civilian dead and wounded were caused by both sides in\nthe final months of the war.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,1,26,27],"tags":[1139,1161,1134,1185,1298,1444,1263,6983,1401],"class_list":["post-1802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-politics","category-news","category-war-crimes","category-wikileaks","tag-democracy","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-human-rights","tag-patricia-a-butenis","tag-sri-lankans-in-wikileaks","tag-state-departments-recent-report-to-congress-on-incidents","tag-us-embassy-cables-on-sri-lanka","tag-war-crimes","tag-war-crimes-ltte"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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