{"id":56925,"date":"2012-10-19T07:32:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T07:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=56925"},"modified":"2012-10-24T19:32:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T19:32:54","slug":"wikileaks-boucher-noted-the-difficulty-in-reading-prabhakaran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-boucher-noted-the-difficulty-in-reading-prabhakaran\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: Boucher Noted The Difficulty In &#8220;Reading&#8221; Prabhakaran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Assistant Secretary Boucher emphasized the futility of further military action. He stated the Government has begun to see the consequences of its actions such as decreased tourism and investment, and the shutdown of Colombo airport following the Tamil Tiger aerial attacks. Boucher noted the difficulty in &#8220;reading&#8221; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Prabhakaran&amp;x=16&amp;y=4\">Prabhakaran<\/a><\/span> and suggested broadening discussions with the Tamil side to include non-Tiger Tamils such as the Tamil National Alliance. Boucher suggested that groups of experts from countries with significant Tamil diasporas such as Canada and India could usefully meet to map out what can be achieved in negotiations.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>the US Embassy Oslo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56927\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-boucher-noted-the-difficulty-in-reading-prabhakaran\/boucher1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56927\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56927\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56927\" title=\"Boucher1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Boucher1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boucher<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Leaked \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d US diplomatic cable, dated July 24, 2007, recounts the details of a meeting the representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (United States, European Union, Japan, and Norway) had in Oslo on June 29,2007 to discuss the \u00a0developments in Sri Lanka.The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=WikiLeaks&amp;x=9&amp;y=7\">WikiLeaks<\/a>\u00a0database which is classified by DCM Kevin M. 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