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Miliband and London Tamil Protests of 2009 - WikiLeak

WikiLeak | 02.12.2010 11:48 | Migration | Ocean Defence | Repression | World

Amidst the various activity the WikiLeak cable of a US embassy communication 09LONDON1082 2009-05-07 14:02 2010-12-01 23:11 CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN Embassy London
should not be missed

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09LONDON1082 2009-05-07 14:02 2010-12-01 23:11 CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN Embassy London

VZCZCXRO8740
OO RUEHBI
DE RUEHLO #1082/01 1271408
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 071408Z MAY 09
FM AMEMBASSY LONDON
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2233
INFO RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 0983
[...]
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 0919
[...]
RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 0060

[...]

Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d).

1. (C/NF) Summary. After giving a brief overview of UK Foreign Secretary Miliband’s and a British Parliamentary Group’s separate visits to Sri Lanka, Foreign Office Sri Lanka team leader Tim Waite and Desk Officer Sharon Diaz said May 7 that the UK plans to continue its ...
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...manipulations of the Tamil suffering as geopolitics was married with local electorate dealings.

Please comment to this article with all relevant information and any unadulterated archives of the WikiLeak documents.

May 10th was the day China was moved in to (Chinese Warships; General Fonseka visiting China) give give protestion to the 'final solution'.
Note Tim Waites is not Foregin Office mandarin instead of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Down with the project of the New American Century.
US and UK complicit in Sri Lankan War crimes and more importantly Crimes Against Humanity.

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[...]
Comment
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8. (C/NF) Waite said that much of HMG and ministerial attention to Sri Lanka is due to the “very vocal” Tamil Diaspora in the UK, numbering over 300,000 and who have been protesting in front of Parliament since April 6. He said that with UK elections on the horizon and many Tamils living in Labour constituencies with slim majorities, the Government is paying particular attention to Sri Lanka, with Miliband recently remarking to Waite that he was spending 60 percent of his time at the moment on Sri Lanka.
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