{"id":77640,"date":"2013-03-18T07:17:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T07:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=77640"},"modified":"2013-03-21T09:15:13","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T09:15:13","slug":"wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran &#8211; US Embassy New Delhi"},"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;The Indian media shed no tears for the LTTE or its slain leader <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Prabhakaran&amp;x=9&amp;y=9\">Prabhakaran<\/a><\/span>, saying a continuum of blunders lay behind their downfall. Editorials expressed relief at the &#8216;end of the war,&#8217; but reminded the Sri Lankan government of its responsibility to rehabilitate the Tamils and craft an enduring political solution based on devolution of power. Commentary from India&#8217;s leading English and language newspapers follows.&#8221; the US Embassy\u00a0New Delhi\u00a0(India) informed Washington.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/theoretical-sophistry-political-sycophancy-and-craven-careerist-apologetics-of-dr-dayan-jayatilleka-continued\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3973 alignright\" title=\"Prabhakaran B Colombo Telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=WikiLeaks&amp;x=10&amp;y=1\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. In this cable the US Embassy\u00a0New Delhi\u00a0quotes 16 India&#8217;s mainstream Newspaper editorials on May 19, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Read the cable below for further details;<\/p>\n<pre>VZCZCXRO7732\r\nPP RUEHBI RUEHCI RUEHNEH\r\nDE RUEHNE #1013\/01 1391046\r\nZNR UUUUU ZZH\r\nP 191046Z MAY 09\r\nFM AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI\r\nTO RUEHC\/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6645\r\nINFO RUCPDOC\/USDOC WASHDC\r\nRHEHNSC\/NSC WASHDC\r\nRUEKJCS\/SECDEF WASHDC\r\nRHHJJPI\/PACOM IDHS HONOLULU HI\r\nRUEKJCS\/JOINT STAFF WASHDC\r\nRUEHLM\/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 1758\r\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI 4693\r\nRUEHCI\/AMCONSUL KOLKATA 3905\r\nRUEHNEH\/AMCONSUL HYDERABAD 0581\r\nRUEHKA\/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 2153\r\nRUEHIL\/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 6059\r\nRUEHKT\/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 2601\r\nRUEHKP\/AMCONSUL KARACHI 9505\r\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI 3734\r\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON 6402\r\nRUCNDT\/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 8050\r\nRHOVVKG\/COMSEVENTHFLT\r\nRHMFISS\/HQ USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL<\/pre>\n<pre>UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 NEW DELHI 001013 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nSTATE FOR NP, AC, PM \r\n\r\nSTATE FOR INR\/MR \r\n\r\nSTATE FOR SCA\/INS, PM\/CBM, PM\/PRO \r\n\r\nSTATE FOR SCA\/PPD, PA\/RRU \r\n\r\nSTATE FOR AID\/APRE-A \r\n\r\nUSDOC FOR 4530\/IEP\/ANESA\/OSA FOR BILL MURPHY \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958:N\/A\r\nTAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN\r\nSUBJECT: SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA WELCOMES \"END OF\r\nTHE WAR,\" REMINDS SRI LANKA OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD\r\nTAMILS \r\n\r\nSummary:  The Indian media shed no tears for the LTTE\r\nor its slain leader Prabhakaran, saying a continuum of\r\nblunders lay behind their downfall. Editorials\r\nexpressed relief at the \"end of the war,\" but reminded\r\nthe Sri Lankan government of its responsibility to\r\nrehabilitate the Tamils and craft an enduring political\r\nsolution based on devolution of power. Commentary from\r\nIndia's leading English and language newspapers\r\nfollows. End summary. \r\n\r\n\"END OF THE WAR\" - THE HINDU English daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par1\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par1\">\u00b6<\/a>1. (BEGIN EXCERPT): \"President Rajapakse has achieved\r\nwhat no previous Sri Lankan leader came close to doing:\r\nsecuring the integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka by\r\nfreeing it from the malevolent challenge of the LTTE.\r\nNow, in the post-Prabakaran era, he needs to address\r\ntwo big tasks: rehabilitation of hundreds of thousands\r\nof Tamils who have been through a prolonged nightmare,\r\nand crafting an enduring political solution based on\r\nfar-going devolution of power to the Tamils in their\r\nareas of historical habitation.... India, which has\r\nexcellent relations with its southern neighbor, can\r\nmake a constructive difference by coming up with a\r\nmassive rehabilitation package for the North and\r\nencouraging Colombo to fast-track the political\r\nsolution. (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"DEATH &amp; RECONCILIATION\" - THE TIMES OF INDIA English\r\ndaily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par2\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par2\">\u00b6<\/a>2. (BEGIN EXCERPT): Colombo may have reason to be happy\r\nabout its military success against the LTTE but it must\r\nrefrain from adopting a triumphal approach towards the\r\nminority Tamil population. The end of the LTTE must be\r\nseen as the beginning of a new phase, in which\r\nColombo's emphasis should be on winning the trust of\r\nthe beleaguered Tamils who have experienced the worst\r\nof the war. (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"COLOMBO'S MOMENT\" - THE INDIAN EXPRESS English daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par3\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par3\">\u00b6<\/a>3. (BEGIN EXCERPT): \"That closure is of immense\r\nsignificance in India, of course, with the LTTE's\r\ndefeat coming 18 years after Rajiv Gandhi's\r\nassassination, almost to the day.... This victory is an\r\naccomplishment that's come with huge costs in terms of\r\ncivilian deaths and displacement. To validate the\r\nargument that sovereign nations have the onus of\r\nclearing their territory of terrorist infrastructure,\r\nColombo needs to capture the moment with generosity,\r\nhumane and political, to its Tamil civilians. Ending a\r\ncivil war means not just defeating the insurgents, but\r\neffecting reconciliation.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"NOW WIN THE PEACE\" - HINDUSTAN TIMES English daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par4\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par4\">\u00b6<\/a>4. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"No country could be more relieved\r\nthan India at the thought of peace returning to Sri\r\nLanka.  Even if the LTTE hadn't claimed the lives of an \r\n\r\nNEW DELHI 00001013  002 OF 003 \r\n\r\nex-prime minister and hundreds of Indian soldiers, the\r\nnearby presence of a fierce combination of repressed\r\nnationalism and terrorist tactics represented a grave\r\nthreat to Indian security.... Colombo needs a magnanimous\r\nand transparent rehabilitation program.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"COLOMBO NOW HAS TO DELIVER\" -- NEW INDIAN EXPRESS\r\nEnglish daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par5\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par5\">\u00b6<\/a>5. (BEGIN EXCERPT)\"Tamil sensitivities have to be\r\nconsidered, because the people whose cause the Tigers\r\nrepresented with such ardor and so much bloodshed must\r\nbe feeling particularly vulnerable and hopeless, even\r\nthose who had no love for Prabhakaran. Colombo has a\r\nduty to assure them that they will not be victimized or\r\ntreated as second-class citizens.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"CEASEFIRE\" - DAILY NEWS &amp; ANALYSIS English daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par6\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par6\">\u00b6<\/a>6. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"India must encourage, even pressure\r\nthe Sri Lankans to speed up reconciliation and reach\r\nout to Tamils who genuinely have a sense of being\r\nsecond class citizens in their own country. Mahinda\r\nRajapaksa and his government must show political large-\r\nheartedness and clearly demonstrate that they have the\r\ninterests of Tamils at heart.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"PYRRHIC VICTORY\" - DECCAN HERALD English daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par7\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par7\">\u00b6<\/a>7. (BEGIN EXCERPT)\"Prabakaran's intransigence on the\r\nquestion of creation of Tamil Eelam and his dismissal\r\nof the political option were obstacles in the path of a\r\nnegotiated solution to the conflict.  With his exit,\r\nthat obstacle has been removed. The Sri Lankan\r\ngovernment has an opportunity now to push a political\r\nsolution.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"AN ERA ENDS\" - DECCAN CHRONICLE English daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par8\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par8\">\u00b6<\/a>8. (BEGIN EXCERPT)\"In all these post-war measures, the\r\nvital role of the international community, particularly\r\nthat of India, to get President Rajapakse to keep his\r\npromises cannot be underestimated. Colombo has, after\r\nall, repeatedly acknowledged New Delhi's assistance in\r\nits war against the Tamil Tigers; so the Indian\r\ngovernment is fully justified in demanding that Sri\r\nLanka keep its part of the bargain.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"IN EVERY DROP OF BLOOD\" - DINAMANI Tamil daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par9\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par9\">\u00b6<\/a>9. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"The genuine demands of the Sri\r\nLankan Tamils must be fulfilled. Until then, every\r\nTamil woman will give birth to a 'Tiger' there.\" (END\r\nEXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"END OF A DICTATOR\" -- PRAJAVANI Kannada daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par10\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par10\">\u00b6<\/a>10. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"The Sri Lankan government should\r\nunderstand that the problems of Tamils will not end\r\nwith the killing of LTTE leader Prabakaran. Several \r\n\r\nNEW DELHI 00001013  003 OF 003 \r\n\r\nPrabakarans will emerge if the problems are not\r\nsolved.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"END OF THE BLOODY HISTORY\" - EENADU Telugu daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par11\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par11\">\u00b6<\/a>11. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"The Rajapakse Government now has\r\nto concentrate on providing satisfaction and equal\r\nrights to the Tamil youth in Sri Lanka. It also has to\r\nconcentrate on getting the people in Northern Sri Lanka\r\ninto civil society.\" (BEGIN END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"INDIA'S FAILURE\" - RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par12\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par12\">\u00b6<\/a>12. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"What bigger failure could be\r\nIndia's than the fact that the Tamils cried desperately\r\nfor our help, and we could not come to the rescue of\r\nthe common Tamil in Sri Lanka?\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"END OF VIOLENT STRUGGLE\" - RASHTRIYA SAHARA Urdu daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par13\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par13\">\u00b6<\/a>13. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"After eliminating the LTTE, the\r\nworld's most dreaded terrorist outfit, it is now the\r\nresponsibility of the Sri Lankan government to win over\r\nthe hearts and minds of the country's Tamil\r\npopulation.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"CONFLICT OVER, ISSUES REMAIN\" - LOKMAT Marathi daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par14\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par14\">\u00b6<\/a>14. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"The death of a particular militant\r\nleader cannot ensure peace in the region.  The Sri\r\nLankan government has to appreciate the reasons for the\r\nrise of separatist sentiments... and as a responsible\r\nneighbor India needs to convince Sri Lanka to deal with\r\nthe situation cautiously.\" (END EXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"PRABHAKARAN'S END\" - GUJARAT SAMACHAR Gujarati daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par15\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par15\">\u00b6<\/a>15. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"The Sri Lankan security forces'\r\nswiftness in killing LTTE chief Prabhakaran during\r\ncombat operations deserves kudos, and demonstrates the\r\npolitical acumen of Sri Lankan authorities.\" (END\r\nEXCERPT) \r\n\r\n\"END OF LANKA WAR\" - ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA Bengali daily \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par16\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2009\/05\/09NEWDELHI1013.html#par16\">\u00b6<\/a>16. (BEGIN EXCERPT) \"President Rajapakse should keep in\r\nmind that the ethnic trouble in Sri Lanka will not end\r\ntill the issue of autonomy for the Tamils is settled.\r\nThe future of Indo-Sri Lankan relations depends on\r\nwhether or not... Colombo gives due importance to Delhi's\r\nconcern over Beijing's growing presence in the Indian\r\nOcean.\" (END EXCERPT)\r\nBURLEIGH<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran - US Embassy New Delhi  - 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-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran - US Embassy New Delhi  - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-18T07:17:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-03-21T09:15:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/\",\"name\":\"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran - US Embassy New Delhi - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-18T07:17:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-21T09:15:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg\",\"width\":\"600\",\"height\":\"330\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran &#8211; US Embassy New Delhi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\",\"name\":\"Colombo Telegraph\",\"description\":\"In journalism truth is a process\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\",\"name\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/author\/colombo_telegraph\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran - US Embassy New Delhi  - Colombo Telegraph","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran - US Embassy New Delhi  - Colombo Telegraph","og_description":"[&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/","og_site_name":"Colombo Telegraph","article_published_time":"2013-03-18T07:17:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-03-21T09:15:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":330,"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/","name":"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran - US Embassy New Delhi - Colombo Telegraph","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg","datePublished":"2013-03-18T07:17:24+00:00","dateModified":"2013-03-21T09:15:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg","width":"600","height":"330"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-indian-media-shed-no-tears-for-the-ltte-or-prabhakaran-us-embassy-new-delhi\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WikiLeaks: Indian Media Shed No Tears For The LTTE Or Prabhakaran &#8211; US Embassy New Delhi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/","name":"Colombo Telegraph","description":"In journalism truth is a process","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3","name":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH"},"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/author\/colombo_telegraph\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/prabhakaran-b-colombo-telegraph.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77640"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77676,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77640\/revisions\/77676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}