WikiLeaks document exposes US complicity in Sri Lankan war crimes

[JBeukema]

One of the diplomatic cables from the US embassy in Colombo released by WikiLeaks this week shows that the Obama administration was well aware of the war crimes committed by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and his regime in the final stages of its war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Rajapakse restarted the war against the LTTE in July 2006, which culminated in its defeat in May 2009. During the final months, the Sri Lankan military pounded and strafed the remaining LTTE-held pockets, killing thousands of Tamil civilians. Rajapakse has repeatedly denied that war crimes were committed by the military or his government, and opposed any independent investigation.

The cable published by WikiLeaks was sent by the US Ambassador, Patricia A. Butenis, on January 15 this year, just a week before the presidential election in Sri Lanka. Rajapakse won the election, defeating former Army Commander, General Sarath Fonseka.

After noting that the government’s “lack of attention to [war crime] accountability is not surprising,” Butenis said the issue had been “complicated by the fact that responsibility for many of the alleged crimes rests with the country’s senior civilian and military leadership, including President Rajapakse and his brothers and opposition candidate General Fonseka”.

WikiLeaks document exposes US complicity in Sri Lankan war crimes

 

[LibocalypseNow]

So how exactly is the U.S. complicit in these alleged War Crimes? You have not proven this in any way. Neither has this Wikileak document. I'll wait for your clarification on this. Thanks.