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By Colombo Telegraph-<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LTTE suicide Jacket \/ file photo<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cOn November 7, 2005 an individual claiming to be an LTTE suicide bomber came to AmEmbassy Colombo and requested asylum. After an interview to determine that there was no threat or information involving U.S. facilities or personnel he was given into the custody of the police. The EAC has concluded that no change to Embassy security posture is necessary.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0found the related cable from WikiLeaks<\/a>\u00a0database. The cable is signed by the Ambassador Jeffrey J. Lunstead November 5, 2005.<\/p>\n

Excerpts:<\/p>\n

\u201cRSO conducted the interview through an LES Embassy employee fluent in Tamil. The Subject identified himself as JEEVARATNAM ; DOB: AUGUST 25th 1983 KATTANKUDDY, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka; National Identity Card Number: 832383171V. Subject stated that he wanted to leave the LTTE and requested assistance going to the United States. Subject was accompanied by H.H.R. Chandana, National Identity Card No. 673500927 who is employed by the Sun Asian Travel Company.\u201d<\/p>\n

“Subject advised that he was an LTTE suicide cadre who been assigned to kill either Karuna Amman (breakaway LTTE Eastern Commander) or Douglas Devananda (leader of anti-LTTE Eelam People?s Democratic Party, EPDP). Subject advised that he had voluntarily joined the LTTE when he was fifteen after hearing recruitment speeches in his school in the Batticaloa district of Sri Lanka. He stated that in 2003 he was accepted into the Black Tigers as a suicide cadre. After his acceptance he underwent training in th northern part of Sri Lanka. The training included a course which he identified as ?brainwashing? which took the form of a two hour class once a week over a six month period.”<\/p>\n

“Subject reiterated several times that he was unaware of any threat to U.S. Government or facilities. At the conclusion of this interview, subject and companion were released into the custody of the Sri Lankan Police.”<\/p>\n

“Shortly after subject was taken into custody an LTTE suicide vest was found in vicinity of the Prime Minister?s residence which is 100 meters from the Embassy. Multiple security force contacts have told us that the recovered LTTE suicide vest does not appear to be related to the Embassy walk-in although they continue to investigate. Security forces also noted that their initial questions indicates that he is a LTTE Black Tiger.”<\/p>\n

“There has been brief mention of the walk-in in the local press. In response to press inquiries, we have limited our comments to confirmation that a walk-in was handed over to the police.”<\/p>\n

Read the cable below for further details;<\/p>\n

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 COLOMBO 001930 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPT FOR DS AND SA \r\n\r\nSENSITIVE \r\n\r\nE.O\/ 12958: N\/A\r\nTAGS: ASEC<\/a> PTER<\/a> CE<\/a> LTTE<\/a>\r\nSUBJECT: Suspected LTTE suicide bomber surrenders at U.S.\r\nEmbassy \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  On November 7, 2005 an individual\r\nclaiming to be an LTTE suicide bomber came to AmEmbassy\r\nColombo and requested asylum.  After an interview to determine\r\nthat there was no threat or information involving U.S. facilities or\r\npersonnel he was given into the custody of the police. The EAC has\r\nconcluded that no change to Embassy security posture is necessary.\r\nEnd Summary. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>2. (SBU) On Monday November 7, 2005 RSO was advised that an\r\nindividual claiming to be an LTTE suicide cadre (Black Tiger) was\r\nat the front gate requesting to speak to an American. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>3. (SBU) RSO conducted the interview through an LES Embassy\r\nemployee fluent in Tamil.  The Subject identified himself as\r\nJEEVARATNAM ; DOB: AUGUST 25th 1983\r\nKATTANKUDDY, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka; National Identity Card\r\nNumber: 832383171V.  Subject stated that he wanted to leave the\r\nLTTE and requested assistance going to the United States.  Subject\r\nwas accompanied by H.H.R. Chandana, National Identity Card No.\r\n673500927 who is employed by the Sun Asian Travel Company. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>4. (SBU) Subject advised that he was an LTTE suicide cadre who\r\nbeen assigned to kill either Karuna Amman (breakaway LTTE\r\nEastern Commander) or Douglas Devananda (leader of anti-LTTE\r\nEelam People?s Democratic Party, EPDP). Subject advised that he\r\nhad voluntarily joined the LTTE when he was fifteen after hearing\r\nrecruitment speeches in his school in the Batticaloa district of Sri\r\nLanka.  He stated that in 2003 he was accepted into the Black Tigers\r\nas a suicide cadre.  After his acceptance he underwent training in th\r\nnorthern part of Sri Lanka.  The training included a course which he\r\nidentified as ?brainwashing? which took the form of a two hour\r\nclass once a week over a six month period. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>5. (SBU) Subject stated that because he is a Batticaloa (Eastern)\r\nTamil he was sent to Batticaloa to find ways to get closer to Karuna\r\nAmman and assassinate him.  He was also assigned to travel\r\nbetween Vavuniya in north central Sri Lanka and Batticaloa to\r\nengage in reconnaissance and also to identify some contacts of\r\nKaruna or Douglas Devananda. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>6. (SBU) Subject states that the reason he wanted to leave the LTTE\r\nwas related to his family. He asked permission from the LTTE to go\r\nhome and see his family but they refused to grant him leave on\r\nseveral occasions, with the explanation he was working for an\r\nimportant unit.  At that point he decided that he wanted to leave the\r\nLTTE. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>7. (SBU) According to Subject, he was recently assigned to do a\r\nreconnaissance of H.H.R Chandana (who accompanied him to the\r\nembassy) and kill him.  Subject advised that the LTTE suspected\r\nthat Chandana, a Sinhalese living in Batticaloa married to a Tamil, i\r\na government spy.  Subject alleges that when he discovered that\r\nChandana?s wife is a close relative of his and that Chandana is not\r\nan informant for the government forces he returned without killing\r\nhim.  He later sought Chandana?s assistance in escaping the LTTE.\r\nSubject then decided to approach the U.S. Embassy and request\r\nasylum. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>8. (SBU) Subject reiterated several times that he was unaware of any\r\nthreat to U.S. Government or facilities. At the conclusion of this\r\ninterview, subject and companion were released into the custody of\r\nthe Sri Lankan Police. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>9. (SBU) Shortly after subject was taken into custody an LTTE\r\nsuicide vest was found in vicinity of the Prime Minister?s residence\r\nwhich is 100 meters from the Embassy.  Multiple security force\r\ncontacts have told us that the recovered LTTE suicide vest does not\r\nappear to be related to the Embassy walk-in although they continue\r\nto investigate. Security forces also noted that their initial questio\r\nindicates that he is a LTTE Black Tiger.  Multiple government\r\nsources also maintain that the walk-in was in fact trying to seek US\r\nassistance and was not at the U.S. Embassy as part of an effort to\r\ncarry out an operation against the Embassy. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>10. (SBU) The Emergency action committee met on November 9\r\nand determined that, based on current information, no change in\r\nMission security posture is necessary. However, we have briefed our\r\ncounter-surveillance teams and guards in order to increase\r\nawareness.\r\n\u00b6<\/a>11. (SBU) On the afternoon of 9 November RSO met with the\r\nDirector of Sri Lanka?s Internal Intelligence service. The Director\r\nadvised that his officers are assisting the police in this investigat\r\nHe re-iterated that there is no threat to the American Embassy or its\r\npersonnel. There has been brief mention of the walk-in in the local\r\npress. In response to press inquiries, we have limited our comments\r\nto confirmation that a walk-in was handed over to the police. \r\n\r\nLUNSTEAD<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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