Sarath Fonseka
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Why Does the U.S. Want to Talk with Sri Lanka's Fonseka?...amid reports of a growing gulf between Fonseka and the government. But on Oct. 26, Fonseka seemed to have veered away from a hard-line stance he shared with the Rajapaksas. At a Buddhist temple in Washington, he spoke of the "need to... In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, Rohitha Bogollagama, DHS, U.S., Allegation, ICE, and Tamil Tigers |
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Guardian Unlimited | November 02, 2009
Sri Lanka general faces US interview
...secretary's conduct. Fonseka and Rajapaksa are seen as the brains behind the government's bloody victory in May, which saw the Tamil Tiger leadership wiped out on the Indian Ocean island's north-eastern beaches. Tamil groups have long...
In this article: United States, Allegation, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Army, US State Department, Colombo, and Sri Lankan Civil War
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 01, 2009
Sri Lankan general on notice over war crimes
...Times has reported. General Fonseka, who is visiting his daughters in Oklahoma, had been asked to present himself for an interview with the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, the newspaper said. The move ''prompted fears...
In this article: Allegation, Colombo, US State Department, Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, Washington, US, Sunday Times, and Department of Homeland Security
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Military leader queried
...his brief. There was no immediate comment from the Sri Lankan foreign ministry or the US embassy in Colombo, but the Sunday Times said the Sri Lankan embassy in Washington was providing legal assistance to General Fonseka. The general is...
In this article: Allegation, Colombo, Sunday Times, State Department, Washington, United States, Department of Homeland Security, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and Sri Lanka
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Reuters | November 02, 2009
Sri Lanka says U.S. trying to quiz top military official
...in the last phase of the country's 25-year civil war. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said he had been told General Sarath Fonseka, the chief of Defense Staff, had been asked by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to...
In this article: Sri Lanka, Rohitha Bogollagama, United States, Department of Homeland Security, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Colombo, and European Union
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www.thehindu.com
Fonseka not quizzed in U.S.: Colombo
...Tuesday for Colombo. General Fonseka led the war against the LTTE as the Army chief. Washington's intention to question and use him as a possible source against Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa over charges of excesses by the security...
In this article: Colombo, Mahinda Rajapaksa, LTTE, U.S., Washington, Rohitha Bogollagama, Anxiety, and Sri Lanka
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www.washingtonpost.com
Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa sought to silence astrologer Bandara
...a role in the sports ministry but recently declined. "We should not allow the country to go on the wrong path," Fonseka recently said while visiting a Buddhist temple in Washington. "If this happens, I am ready to correct the path, leaving...
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General Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka (born 18 December 1950) (known as Sarath Fonseka) RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, RCDS, PSC, SLSR is a former Sri Lanka Army officer and the former Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka. As Commander of the Sri Lanka Army Fonseka played an instrumental role in ending the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009.
Fonseka served as an officer in the Sri Lanka Army throughout the 26 year civil war, culminating in a term as commander from December 6, 2005 - July 15, 2009. As commander, he oversaw the the final phase of the civil war which resulted in the defeat of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organization. Fonseka has been described as Sri Lanka's most successful army commander, and his run of significant military victories against the LTTE during Eelam War IV led the Indian National Security Advisor Mayankote Kelath Narayanan to describe him as the "best army commander in the world".
On April 25, 2006 Fonseka survived an assassination attempt when an LTTE suicide bomber attacked his motorcade. Following the end of the war he was appointed Chief of Defence Staff, a post from which he will resign effective December 1, 2009.
There is an ongoing campaign to have General Fonseka run against President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the next Sri Lankan Presidential Election. He was forced out of his position two weeks prior to when he proposed to resign by Rajapaksa and replaced by Air Force Chief Roshan Gunathilleke.
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