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Monday, June 4, 2012
War on terror revisited:The Aturugiriya Affair
In
the run-up to the Dec 5, 2001 parliamentary polls, UNP leader, Ranil
Wickremesinghe alleged that the Directorate of Military Intelligence
(DMI) was planning to assassinate him. He claimed that the DMI was
training Tamil terrorists at the Panaluwa Army Testing Range to mount an
attack on his campaign bus, as well as his political rallies. The
unprecedented allegation triggered hostilities between the ruling
People’s Alliance (PA) and the UNP, with the army placed in an extremely
embarrassing position.
By Shamindra Ferdinando
In
the run-up to the Dec 5, 2001 parliamentary polls, UNP leader, Ranil
Wickremesinghe alleged that the Directorate of Military Intelligence
(DMI) was planning to assassinate him. He claimed that the DMI was
training Tamil terrorists at the Panaluwa Army Testing Range to mount an
attack on his campaign bus, as well as his political rallies. The
unprecedented allegation triggered hostilities between the ruling
People’s Alliance (PA) and the UNP, with the army placed in an extremely
embarrassing position.
On the instructions of Wickremesinghe, UNP Chairman Charitha Ratwatte
and Deputy Chairman Daya Palpola wrote a hard-hitting letter to Army
Commander, Lt. Gen. Lionel Balagalle warning that he would be held
responsible ‘in the event of an unfortunate incident’. The UNP duo
accused the Army chief of training personnel to engage in a
destabilisation campaign against the UNP.
