{"id":80880,"date":"2013-04-06T12:53:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T12:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=80880"},"modified":"2013-04-14T11:23:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T11:23:05","slug":"wikileaks-there-is-little-to-suggest-sri-lankas-muslim-population-harbors-extremists-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-there-is-little-to-suggest-sri-lankas-muslim-population-harbors-extremists-us\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: There Is Little To Suggest Sri Lanka’s Muslim Population Harbors Extremists – US"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

“In Sri Lanka there is no intelligence to indicate that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are interested in conducting attacks against western targets inside or outside of Sri Lanka and there is little to suggest that Sri Lanka’s Muslim population harbors extremist elements. However, the LTTE’s regional illicit weapons transportation network and terrorism financing efforts remain a significant concern.”\u00a0the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Robert O. Blake<\/p><\/div>\n

The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The cable discusses Building a\u00a0South\u00a0Asia\u00a0counter-terrorism\u00a0strategy. The cable is classified as \u201cSecret\u201d and\u00a0written on September 17, 2007. The cable is signed by the US Ambassador to Colombo\u00a0R<\/a>obert O. Blake<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The ambassador wrote;Chiefs of Mission and other Embassy representatives from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan met under the auspices of the Regional Security Initiative (RSI) in Colombo on September 7 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Dell Dailey, and interagency participants. The meeting sought to promote a coordinated regional counterterrorism strategy that would maximize the efforts of all USG agencies and forge partnerships with South Asian nations to enhance and institutionalize counterterrorism-related cooperation within the region. In line with the objectives of the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, meeting participants provided a shared goal to deny terrorists physical and ideological safe haven by increasing operational capacities of host nations and assisting them in employing a range of soft methods to counter terrorist ideology. Chiefs of Mission and their representatives reached agreement that their top strategic objectives were: interdicting regional terrorist travel; using all elements of power, including development assistance, to combat violent extremism; and continuing efforts to staunch Lashkar-e Tayyiba action in the sub-continent. To accomplish this, our six priorities are: (a) urgently addressing the visa Security Advisory System that has the unintended effect of undermining outreach and consensus-building efforts; (b) utilizing new media, including internet, television and SMS, to disseminate counterterrorism and anti-extremism messages to host nation citizens; (c) funding an interagency Border Control Assessment Initiative similar to that done in Southeast Asia to address interdiction efforts between Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka; (d) instituting regional International Visitor (IV) programs and counterterrorism fellowship programs and strengthening follow-up with counterterrorism program alumni; (e) examining new ways to utilize NDAA section 1206 funds for non-lethal, “soft” counterterrorism efforts; and (f) evaluating the benefits of establishing a Regional Legal Advisor position. The next South Asian RSI, to be held in India in approximately six months, will measure progress and ensure continued focus on a common regional counterterrorism vision.”<\/p>\n

proposing a two-pronged approach to provide guidelines for new and existing programs that seek to counter the regional terror threat, the ambassador wrote; “Creating regional efforts among host nations to address the need to deny both physical safe haven and counter extremist ideology will yield the greatest benefits but also represents the greatest challenges. Long-standing regional disputes between India and Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and India and Sri Lanka make creating regional counterterrorism efforts daunting. There is little history of cooperation upon which to build regional counterterrorism efforts. We will use quiet diplomacy and behind-the scenes capacity building to encourage regional counterterrorism cooperation and support confidence building measures. Participation by counterterrorism practitioners in regional programs will help develop these links; including participants from Southeast Asia (or conducting training there) will facilitate information exchange and ease intra-regional conflicts.”<\/p>\n

“Maritime Interdiction Capacity Building. The regional waters between Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka are poorly patrolled and provide safe haven to terrorists wishing to transport arms or recruits within the region and beyond. Through National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 funds and other USG-funded programs, including 1207, FMF and NADR, we will help host nations build greater regional maritime interdiction capacity. We will encourage the governments of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to work together by providing interoperable maritime interdiction equipment. S\/CT agreed to add the issue to the agenda of the November U.S.-India counterterrorism joint working group.” Blake further wrote.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Blake wrote; “Vital exchanges and training could be made far more effective, however, if the Security Advisory System were modified to make it easier for program participants to obtain a visa. Currently, participants often wait for months while Security Advisor Opinions (SAOs) are pending, sometimes leading to the de facto cancellation of the plans when participants are not able to travel to previously scheduled events like military training or seminars. By streamlining or expediting the process embassies would be able to more effectively use the IV and counterterrorism fellowship programs. Long delays in visa issuance, even for prominent individuals and Embassy contacts, undermines our other outreach efforts and creates the sense that the U.S. is targeting Muslims.”<\/p>\n

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

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S E C R E T COLOMBO 001284 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR S\/CT\r\nUSAID FOR MARK WARD \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 09\/07\/2017\r\nTAGS: PTER PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE\r\nSUBJECT: BUILDING A SOUTH ASIA COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY \r\n\r\nClassified By: Ambassador Robert O Blake, for reasons 1.4(b,d). \r\n\r\n\u00b61.  (S)  SUMMARY:  Chiefs of Mission and other Embassy\r\nrepresentatives from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and\r\nPakistan met under the auspices of the Regional Security\r\nInitiative (RSI) in Colombo on September 7 to discuss\r\nregional counterterrorism strategy with the Coordinator for\r\nCounterterrorism, Ambassador Dell Dailey, and interagency\r\nparticipants.  The meeting sought to promote a coordinated\r\nregional counterterrorism strategy that would maximize the\r\nefforts of all USG agencies and forge partnerships with South\r\nAsian nations to enhance and institutionalize\r\ncounterterrorism-related cooperation within the region.  In\r\nline with the objectives of the U.S. National Strategy for\r\nCombating Terrorism, meeting participants provided a shared\r\ngoal to deny terrorists physical and ideological safe haven\r\nby increasing operational capacities of host nations and\r\nassisting them in employing a range of soft methods to\r\ncounter terrorist ideology.  Chiefs of Mission and their\r\nrepresentatives reached agreement that their top strategic\r\nobjectives were:  interdicting regional terrorist travel;\r\nusing all elements of power, including development\r\nassistance, to combat violent extremism; and continuing\r\nefforts to staunch Lashkar-e Tayyiba action in the\r\nsub-continent.  To accomplish this, our six priorities are:\r\n(a) urgently addressing the visa Security Advisory System\r\nthat has the unintended effect of undermining outreach and\r\nconsensus-building efforts; (b) utilizing new media,\r\nincluding internet, television and SMS, to disseminate\r\ncounterterrorism and anti-extremism messages to host nation\r\ncitizens; (c) funding an interagency Border Control\r\nAssessment Initiative similar to that done in Southeast Asia\r\nto address interdiction efforts between Bangladesh, India and\r\nSri Lanka; (d) instituting regional International Visitor\r\n(IV) programs and counterterrorism fellowship programs and\r\nstrengthening follow-up with counterterrorism program alumni;\r\n(e) examining new ways to utilize NDAA section 1206 funds for\r\nnon-lethal, \"soft\" counterterrorism efforts; and (f)\r\nevaluating the benefits of establishing a Regional Legal\r\nAdvisor position.  The next South Asian RSI, to be held in\r\nIndia in approximately six months, will measure progress and\r\nensure continued focus on a common regional counterterrorism\r\nvision.  End summary. \r\n\r\n--------------------------------------\r\nSOUTH ASIA TERRORIST THREAT ASSESSMENT\r\n-------------------------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b62.  (S\/NF)  The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)\r\nbriefed participants that Al-Qa'ida and Pakistani militant\r\ngroups, including Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LT), Jaish-e-Mohammed\r\n(JEM), Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM), al-Badr Mujahedin (ABM),\r\nHizbul-Mujahedin (HM) and Harakat ul-Jihadi-Islami (HUJI)\r\ncurrently are the most significant terrorist threats in South\r\nAsia to U.S. interests.  These groups have planned or\r\nconducted attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.  They\r\nare cultivating an infrastructure to move operatives and\r\nweapons and are using relationships with other sympathetic\r\ngroups to tap into local and international resources and\r\nrecruits.  In May 2007, LT, ABM and HM leaders met to discuss\r\ncloser cooperation at the operational level.  Partnerships\r\namong Pakistani militant groups are likely to yield\r\nadditional recruits and logistical support for al-Qa'ida.\r\nSince at least 2002, al-Qa'ida has limited the exposure of it\r\noperatives in Pakistan by providing training, ideas and\r\nfunding to local extremists.  However, Pakistani militant\r\ngroups aligned with al-Qa'ida have carried out at least 13\r\nmajor attacks in South Asia since 2005, particularly in India. \r\n\r\n\u00b63.  (S)  Pakistani militant groups are also taking advantage\r\nof Bangladesh's porous border and political turmoil to train\r\nand prepare for high-profile attacks elsewhere in the region.\r\n Pakistani groups are using Bangladesh as a base for attacks\r\nagainst India, a source for developing new recruits, and as a\r\ntransit point to move weapons and ammunition into India.  In\r\nNepal, Maoists militants have entered an agreement to form a\r\ncoalition government, but there is concern that a split\r\nwithin the Maoists could return the country to violence.\r\nThese is also some concern that LT is working within Nepal to\r\nfurther terrorist objectives.  In Sri Lanka there is no\r\nintelligence to indicate that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil\r\nEelam (LTTE) are interested in conducting attacks against\r\nwestern targets inside or outside of Sri Lanka and there is\r\nlittle to suggest that Sri Lanka's Muslim population harbors\r\nextremist elements.  However, the LTTE's regional illicit\r\nweapons transportation network and terrorism financing\r\nefforts remain a significant concern. \r\n\r\n------------------------------------------\r\nREGIONAL STRATEGY TO COUNTER TERROR THREAT\r\n------------------------------------------ \r\n\r\n\u00b64.  (S)  We propose a two-pronged approach to provide\r\nguidelines for new and existing programs that seek to counter\r\nthe regional terror threat: \r\n\r\n\u00b6A. Deny physical safe haven to the region's terrorists and\r\ntheir support networks. \r\n\r\n\u00b6B. Support development of an environment that is not\r\nconducive to violent extremist ideology. \r\n\r\n\u00b65.  (S)  Creating regional efforts among host nations to\r\naddress the need to deny both physical safe haven and counter\r\nextremist ideology will yield the greatest benefits but also\r\nrepresents the greatest challenges.  Long-standing regional\r\ndisputes between India and Pakistan, India and Bangladesh,\r\nand India and Sri Lanka make creating regional\r\ncounterterrorism efforts daunting.  There is little history\r\nof cooperation upon which to build regional counterterrorism\r\nefforts.  We will use quiet diplomacy and behind-the scenes\r\ncapacity building to encourage regional counterterrorism\r\ncooperation and support confidence building measures.\r\nParticipation by counterterrorism practitioners in regional\r\nprograms will help develop these links; including\r\nparticipants from Southeast Asia (or conducting training\r\nthere) will facilitate information exchange and ease\r\nintra-regional conflicts. \r\n\r\n\u00b66.  (S)  We will continue to provide a wide range of\r\nassistance and delivery platforms to assist host nations to\r\ndevelop capacities to combat the physical and the ideological\r\nterrorist threat.  Though each country in the region shares\r\nthis threat, each places a different priority on it and each\r\npossesses different capacities, needs, strengths and\r\nweaknesses that require thoughtful consideration.\r\nCounterterrorism assistance will require unique, customized\r\nprograms developed in coordination with host country\r\nmilitary, law enforcement, and other civilian agencies and\r\ndelivered in a way that complements existing infrastructure. \r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------\r\nDENYING PHYSICAL SAFE HAVEN TO TERRORISTS\r\n----------------------------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b67.  (S)  A key objective of regional counterterrorism\r\nprograms should be to deny terrorists the ability to conduct\r\nmilitary training, plan operations, and transit within South\r\nAsia.  Improving land and maritime border control and port\r\nsecurity, a top USG priority in the region, will require both\r\nbilateral and regional approaches, in addition to individual\r\nefforts of host nations.  Interagency donor assistance and\r\nappropriate military assets could facilitate host nation\r\ncontrols over areas where terrorists now have almost\r\nunfettered access: \r\n\r\n\u00b6A.  Border Control Assessment Initiative.  Because the region\r\nis home to some of the most porous borders and the most\r\ndangerous terrorists, helping host nations create an\r\neffective border control mechanism is vitally important.  As\r\na first step, we request an interagency Border Control\r\nAssessment Initiative and an attempt to revive the TIP\/PISCES\r\nprogram for Bangladesh. \r\n\r\n\u00b6B.  Maritime Interdiction Capacity Building.  The regional\r\nwaters between Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka are poorly\r\npatrolled and provide safe haven to terrorists wishing to\r\ntransport arms or recruits within the region and beyond.\r\nThrough National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section\r\n1206 funds and other USG-funded programs, including 1207, FMF\r\nand NADR, we will help host nations build greater regional\r\nmaritime interdiction capacity.  We will encourage the\r\ngovernments of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to work\r\ntogether by providing interoperable maritime interdiction\r\nequipment.  S\/CT agreed to add the issue to the agenda of the\r\nNovember U.S.-India counterterrorism joint working group. \r\n\r\n\u00b6C.  Curbing Funding.  The participants recognized the\r\nimportance of the USG's ongoing efforts to work with Gulf\r\nstates to curb the flow of funds to terrorist groups,\r\nparticularly those in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.\r\nAdditionally, partiicpants discussed ways to increase\r\ncooperation with host nations to track terrorists' financing\r\nschemes, including through the use of informal money transfer\r\nsystems (\"hawala\" or \"hundi\") and remittances. \r\n\r\n\u00b6D.  Services Catalog.  Chiefs of Mission requested S\/CT\r\ndevelop a catalog of available USG counterterrorism programs\r\nand expressed support for the development of more regional\r\ntraining opportunities. \r\n\r\n\u00b68.  (S)  We encourage building host nation law enforcement\r\ncapacity that supports the rule of law and promotes good\r\ngovernance and regional stability.  Assistance should focus\r\non host nation development of the judicial and prosecutorial\r\ninfrastructure needed to combat terrorism within the host\r\nnation and to cooperate on counterterrorism with neighboring\r\ncountries.  These \"value neutral\" areas are also good intel\r\nareas for regional (vice bilateral) training.  As Ambassador\r\nDailey stated in the conference: \"Effective counterterrorism\r\nlegislation breaks the back of terrorists.\" \r\n\r\n\u00b6A.  Customs and Legal Cooperation.  We should encourage host\r\nnations to develop legal conventions that give immigration\r\nand customs officials the authority to halt suspected\r\ntransiting terrorists, cash couriers, and other members of\r\ntheir support network.  We should encourage bilateral and\r\nmultilateral tools such as extradition treaties and mutual\r\nlegal assistance treaties (MLATs), where practical.  S\/CT\r\nagreed to publicize a comprehensive matrix of the\r\ncounterterrorism laws and treaties of each South Asian\r\ncountry, which United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime\r\n(UNODC) is preparing with S\/CT funding. \r\n\r\n\u00b6B.  Counter-Corruption and a Regional Legal Advisor.  We will\r\nalso continue our efforts to support the Government of\r\nBangladesh's renewed focus on curbing corruption and\r\nencourage other countries to implement more transparent and\r\nefficient legal mechanisms for dealing with terrorism, and\r\nrecognize the contributions of the Resident Legal Advisors in\r\nBangladesh and Nepal.  We will explore the possibility of\r\nestablishing a Regional Resident Legal Advisor to assist\r\nother South Asian states in developing the necessary legal\r\nstructure to combat terrorism. \r\n\r\n------------------------------------------\r\nDENYING TERRORISTS IDEOLOGICAL SAFE HAVENS\r\n------------------------------------------ \r\n\r\n\u00b69.  (S)  The objective of denying terrorists the ability to\r\nspread their extreme ideology is as important as denying\r\nterrorists physical safe haven.  We should facilitate\r\nregional cooperation to stem the tide of Islamic radicalism\r\nand eliminate environments conducive to hatred and violence.\r\nIn addition to regional efforts, we should work with the host\r\nnations to help them craft messages that will convince\r\nmoderate members of their society that extremism is\r\nunproductive.  Because the United States is often viewed\r\nnegatively in the region, in addition to working to change\r\nthe perception of the United States, we also need to work\r\nsubtly to develop a counterterrorism and anti-extremism\r\nmessage that does not focus on the host nation's relationship\r\nwith the U.S. \r\n\r\n\u00b6A.  Exchange Programs.  Participants recommended expansion of\r\nthe IV program to include regional IV and counterterrorism\r\nfellowship initiatives, specifically those that focus on\r\ncounterterrorism efforts.  The Department of Defense\r\nrepresentatives agreed to develop an alumni database to\r\nassist with follow-up and other public diplomacy efforts,\r\nwhich the Chiefs of Mission said would be useful. \r\n\r\n\u00b6B.  Vital exchanges and training could be made far more\r\neffective, however, if the Security Advisory System were\r\nmodified to make it easier for program participants to obtain\r\na visa.  Currently, participants often wait for months while\r\nSecurity Advisor Opinions (SAOs) are pending, sometimes\r\nleading to the de facto cancellation of the plans when\r\nparticipants are not able to travel to previously scheduled\r\nevents like military training or seminars.  By streamlining\r\nor expediting the process embassies would be able to more\r\neffectively use the IV and counterterrorism fellowship\r\nprograms.  Long delays in visa issuance, even for prominent\r\nindividuals and Embassy contacts, undermines our other\r\noutreach efforts and creates the sense that the U.S. is\r\ntargeting Muslims. \r\n\r\n\u00b6C.  Media Messages.  We will seek to expand the ways in which\r\nwe distribute our counterterrorism messages, with particular\r\nfocus on the internet, television and SMS (short messaging\r\nsystem) technologies.  We will work with host nation media\r\noutlets to find creative means to distribute overt and subtle\r\nmessages attacking extremism. \r\n\r\n\u00b6D.  MISTs.  Participants discussed possible benefits of\r\nMilitary Information Support Teams (MIST) and S\/CT, in\r\nconjunction with SOCOM, agreed to provide Country Teams with\r\nadditional information. \r\n\r\n\u00b610.  (S)  Ambassador Dailey noted that NDAA 1206 funds are\r\nused to provide traditional military hardware.  He encouraged\r\nCountry Teams to also develop 1206 proposals for non-lethal\r\nor \"soft\" objectives designed to influence the hearts and\r\nminds of South Asians away from extremism. \r\n\r\n------------\r\nPARTICIPANTS\r\n------------ \r\n\r\n\u00b611.  (S)  The following individuals participated in the\r\nSeptember 7 Regional Security Initiative conference in\r\nColombo: \r\n\r\n-- Colombo:  Ambassador Blake, DCM Moore, Regional Affairs\r\nChief Speicher\r\n-- Kathmandu:  Ambassador Powell\r\n-- Dhaka:  Charge Pasi, Political Officer Daniel Biers\r\n-- New Delhi:  DCM White, Regional Affairs Chief Leslie\r\nDavidson, S\/CT Regional Coordinator Robin McClellan, Deputy\r\nPolitical Counselor Atul Keshap\r\n-- Islamabad:  DCM Bodde\r\n-- S\/CT:  Ambassador Dailey, Deputy Assistant Secretary\r\nPalmer, Regional Advisor Scott Allen\r\n-- DOJ:  Regional Legal Attache Kathy Stearman\r\n-- SCA\/PB:  Karen Aguilar\r\n-- DS:  Director of Diplomatic Security International\r\nPrograms Charlene Lamb, Director of Anti-Terror Assistance\r\nProgram Steven Brunette\r\n-- USAID:  Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Ward\r\n-- NCTC:  Chief of the Implementation Assurance Group,\r\nNational Counterterrorism Center Mark Coomer\r\n-- RAO:  Frank Glodek\r\n-- DHS:  Director for Counterterrorism Plans, Directorate of\r\nPolicy Mark Randol\r\n-- OPDAT\/DOJ:  Senior Attorney for Counterterrorism Programs\r\nBarbara Berman\r\n-- SOLIC\/DOD:  Principal Director Alisa Stack-O'Connor\r\n-- PACOM:  Col. Louis Caporicci, Lt. Col. James Robinson\r\nBLAKE<\/pre>\n
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