{"id":40070,"date":"2012-04-28T23:41:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T23:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=40070"},"modified":"2012-05-07T21:09:51","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T21:09:51","slug":"wikileaks-gsl-report-on-lttes-buying-weapons-of-mass-destruction-red-mercury-has-been-assessed-to-be-a-scam-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gsl-report-on-lttes-buying-weapons-of-mass-destruction-red-mercury-has-been-assessed-to-be-a-scam-us\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: GSL Report On LTTE\u2019s Buying Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Red Mercury) Has Been Assessed To Be A Scam \u2013 US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Colombo Telegraph \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40074\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gsl-report-on-lttes-buying-weapons-of-mass-destruction-red-mercury-has-been-assessed-to-be-a-scam-us\/red-mercury\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40074\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40074\" title=\"red mercury\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/red-mercury.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/red-mercury.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/red-mercury-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Mercury<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cHowever, it should be noted that there have been illicit trafficking cases where documentation citing Red Mercury has accompanied authentic nuclear material. So although the Sri Lankan report has been assessed to be a scam, all reports of nuclear smuggling should be thoroughly investigated in order to rule out the existence of any material that could be a threat. Embassy should ask Sri Lanka to continue to share similar reports in the future.\u201d a US State Department cable says.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0found the related US diplomatic cable from the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/origin\/13_0.html\">Secretary of State<\/a> section of the WikiLeaks database. The cable was classified as \u201cSECRET\u201d signed on August 15, 2006.<em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The US State Department \u00a0wrote \u201cRef reported on a document the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister passed to the U.S. Charge reporting that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had made an attempt (in 2002) to procure &#8220;Red Mercury,&#8221; a chemical claimed to be used to manufacture weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The document also identifies a U.S. chemical company in California as the possible manufacturer of this chemical. The Foreign Minister said his government is extremely concerned by the report and asked that the United States provide &#8220;technical assistance&#8221; in dealing with the report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRed Mercury is a well-known scam material, frequently purported to be important in the manufacture of nuclear weapons but having no applications in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction, conventional explosives, or any weapons system despite the claims about its alleged properties. It has been utilized by con- artists throughout the world in scams targeting terrorist organizations and rogue states desiring WMD capabilities. Although numerous reports from U.S. and Russian experts have stated that the existence of Red Mercury is a hoax, contradictory comments from other Russian scientists and various inflammatory television shows and books have helped perpetuate the myth, and Red Mercury continues to be sought by ignorant entities seeking to acquire WMD.\u201d the US State Department further wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Under the paragraph 2, the State Department wrote \u201c In response to request in paragraph 3 of Ref, Embassy Colombo may advise Sri Lanka that Washington has no credible information that &#8220;Red Mercury&#8221; is a WMD threat and is unable to identify or locate the U.S. chemical company specified in the Sri Lankan report. Given these factors, we deem the sources cited in the document not to be credible and believe that there is nothing to be concerned about in regard to this report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related stories;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/disappearance-of-ekneligoda-and-the-chemical-weapons-saga\/\">Disappearance Of Ekneligoda And The Chemical Weapons Saga<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"APNewsBreak: UN Finds Cluster Bombs In Sri Lanka\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/apnewsbreak-un-finds-cluster-bombs-in-sri-lanka\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">APNewsBreak: UN Finds Cluster Bombs In Sri Lanka<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read the cable below for further details;<\/p>\n<pre>P 152303Z AUG 06\r\nFM SECSTATE WASHDC\r\nTO AMEMBASSY COLOMBO PRIORITY<\/pre>\n<pre>S E C R E T STATE 134206 \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 07\/31\/2016\r\nTAGS: <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PTER_0.html\">PTER<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/MCAP_0.html\">MCAP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/PARM_0.html\">PARM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/CW_0.html\">CW<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/KNNP_0.html\">KNNP<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/tag\/CE_0.html\">CE<\/a>\r\nSUBJECT: Allegations of LTTE Chemical Weapons Capability \r\n\r\nREF: COLOMBO 1241 \r\n\r\nClassified By: ISN\/CB Office Director Robert Mikulak,\r\nreasons: 1.4 (B) and (D). \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par1\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2006\/08\/06STATE134206.html#par1\">\u00b6<\/a>1. (U) Background. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"parA\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2006\/08\/06STATE134206.html#parA\">\u00b6<\/a>A. (S) Ref reported on a document the Sri Lankan Foreign\r\nMinister passed to the U.S. Charge reporting that the\r\nLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) had made an attempt\r\n(in 2002) to procure \"Red Mercury,\" a chemical claimed to\r\nbe used to manufacture weapons of mass destruction (WMD).\r\nThe document also identifies a U.S. chemical company in\r\nCalifornia as the possible manufacturer of this chemical.\r\nThe Foreign Minister said his government is extremely\r\nconcerned by the report and asked that the United States\r\nprovide \"technical assistance\" in dealing with the report. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"parB\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2006\/08\/06STATE134206.html#parB\">\u00b6<\/a>B. (U) Red Mercury is a well-known scam material,\r\nfrequently purported to be important in the manufacture of\r\nnuclear weapons but having no applications in the\r\nmanufacture of weapons of mass destruction, conventional\r\nexplosives, or any weapons system despite the claims about\r\nits alleged properties. It has been utilized by con-\r\nartists throughout the world in scams targeting terrorist\r\norganizations and rogue states desiring WMD capabilities.\r\nAlthough numerous reports from U.S. and Russian experts\r\nhave stated that the existence of Red Mercury is a hoax,\r\ncontradictory comments from other Russian scientists and\r\nvarious inflammatory television shows and books have helped\r\nperpetuate the myth, and Red Mercury continues to be sought\r\nby ignorant entities seeking to acquire WMD. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par2\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2006\/08\/06STATE134206.html#par2\">\u00b6<\/a>2.  (S-Rel Sri Lanka) In response to request in paragraph 3\r\nof Ref, Embassy Colombo may advise Sri Lanka that\r\nWashington has no credible information that \"Red Mercury\"\r\nis a WMD threat and is unable to identify or locate the\r\nU.S. chemical company specified in the Sri Lankan report.\r\nGiven these factors, we deem the sources cited in the\r\ndocument not to be credible and believe that there is\r\nnothing to be concerned about in regard to this report. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par3\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2006\/08\/06STATE134206.html#par3\">\u00b6<\/a>3. (S-Rel Sri Lanka) However, it should be noted that\r\nthere have been illicit trafficking cases where\r\ndocumentation citing Red Mercury has accompanied authentic\r\nnuclear material. So although the Sri Lankan report has\r\nbeen assessed to be a scam, all reports of nuclear\r\nsmuggling should be thoroughly investigated in order to\r\nrule out the existence of any material that could be a\r\nthreat. Embassy should ask Sri Lanka to continue to share\r\nsimilar reports in the future. \r\n\r\nRICE<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","category-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WikiLeaks: GSL Report On LTTE\u2019s Buying Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Red Mercury) Has Been Assessed To Be A Scam \u2013 US  - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gsl-report-on-lttes-buying-weapons-of-mass-destruction-red-mercury-has-been-assessed-to-be-a-scam-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WikiLeaks: GSL Report On LTTE\u2019s Buying Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Red Mercury) Has Been Assessed To Be A Scam \u2013 US  - 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