WikiLeaks: ‘I Am Not Saying We Are Clean’ – Basil To US Senate Foreign Relations Staff

 Saturday, November 12, 2011

Basil Rajapaksa

The Rajapaksa brothers, Basil and Gotabhaya, have both shown a keen sense of likened thinking with regard to the conduct of the war in Sri Lanka. In a leaked US embassy cable Basil Rajapaksa is quoted as having told members of the US Senate Foreign Relations that, ‘I’m not saying we’re clean; we could not abide by international law’. This comment came in relation to the conduct of military forces during the war. In a surprisingly similar statement Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is also quoted as having told the same group a month later that the “war had ‘not been clean,’ but was still a success”.

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

A leaked US diplomatic cable the President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s brother and his advisor Basil Rajapaksa has been described by the US Ambassador, as a de-facto czar of the IDP and demining issues.

“The president’s brother, MP, and de-facto czar of the IDP and demining issues Basil Rajapaksa hoped to improve the bilateral relationship and build trust with the U.S.” the US Embassy wrote to Washington.Read More »