Congressman's trip tied to group U.S. considers terrorists

Chicago Tribune ^ | Published August 23, 2006, 10:01 PM CDT | By Andrew Zajac and Mike Dorning

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WASHINGTON -- Chicago congressman Danny Davis and an aide took a trip to Sri Lanka last year that was paid for by the Tamil Tigers, a group that the U.S. government has designated as a terrorist organization for its use of suicide bombers and child soldiers, law enforcement sources said.

Davis' seven-day trip came under new scrutiny this week following the arrests of 11 supporters of the organization on charges of participating in a broad conspiracy to support the terrorist group through money laundering, arms procurement and bribery of U.S. officials.

The five-term Democratic congressman said he was unaware that the Tigers paid for the trip and on his required congressional disclosure form he reported that the trip was paid for by a Hickory Hills-based Tamil cultural organization, the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America.

[.cnI redruM]

Another example of The Dhimmicrats in action.

[mewzilla]

Check this out. It's an amended disclosure form. It looks like Davis didn't list the trip the first time around.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>It looks like Davis didn't list the trip the first time around

He knew what would hit the fan if people found out :)

[RNO1]

He probably does not care...What is it about these Dems that they associate them selves with the enemies of this Country...Unfortunately we have way to many traitors among us in the circle of government in my opinion...

[yoe]

My oh My! Surprise, Congressman Davis is a Black man from
Chicago, indisputably the most corrupt state in America for politics...Louisiana holds a place of note at that table also.....................

[verbal voter]

Wait---aren't the Tamils Hindu----arch enemy of the Muslims?

[sport]

It figures. He is a Democrat.

[nonliberal]

Wait---aren't the Tamils Hindu----arch enemy of the Muslims?

Yup. They are enemies of the Muslims therefore a group that should be nowhere near our listing of terrorist organizations. Go Tamils!!!

[mewzilla]

I stand corrected. Davis did file the info the first time around.

Click here for the original filing.

I'm not sure why he amended that report.

[Coldwater Creek]

Don't forget Tennessee. Corrupt politicians are being convicted right and left. Still have a bunch to go.

[MediaMole]

The tamil tigers are a bunch of suicide bombing, child soldier using, civilian murdering, bloodthirsty thugs. They are everything the muslims aspire to become.

[ketelone]

Theyre also MArxist in their ideology.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Put his lying ass in Club Gitmo for the duration.

[MikeA]

Just so long as it wasn't paid for by Jack Abramoff...

[nonliberal]

But the Muslims want to kill Americans and the Tamil Tigers are killing Muslims.

This is an "enemy of my enemy" kind of thing.

[.cnI redruM]

We used to see Saddam Hussein as the archenemy of the Iranians as well. That didn't turn out quite the way we hoped it would. What Congressman Davis is doing is duplicitous, if not treasonous.

[perfect stranger]

The five-term Democratic congressman said he was unaware that the Tigers paid for the trip and on his required congressional disclosure form he reported that the trip was paid for by a Hickory Hills-based Tamil cultural organization, the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America.

He's lying like a rug. Or he's just one of the 5 least intelligent people on the planet with a staff of mental inferiors.

You be the judge.

[Cindy]

Stepping back to Augsut 21, 2006:

NewYork.FBI.gov - Eastern District of New York - WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/EDNY - Press Release: Brooklyn, New York - "EIGHT DEFENDANTS ARRESTED BY THE FBI AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ANND RELATED OFFENSES" (August 21, 2006)

RCMP-GRC.GC.CA - Ottawa: "PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EALAM (LTTE) ARRESTED" (August 21, 2006)

FREEREPUBLIC.com - Search Term: "TAMIL TIGERS"

FREEREPUBLIC.com - Search Term: "LTTE"

SAAG.org - Search Term: "TAMIL TIGERS"

SAAG.org - Search Term: "LTTE"

[piasa]

But the Muslims want to kill Americans and the Tamil Tigers are killing Muslims. This is an "enemy of my enemy" kind of thing

Not at all... they are an anti-Buddhist group, an anti_India group- "Hindu-minority" in name only marxist pirate drug-smuggling bunch with ties to alQaeda.

1980s : () Also, while allied with the Pakistani government in the late 1980s and early 1990s the LTTE smuggled weapons from Pakistan-based Islamists to their counterparts in the Philippines. (excerpt) ----LTTE & al-Qaeda: An Assessment By Aaron Mannes Link march 2007 5 posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:17:21 AM by earmarksrus | To 3

1993 : () : () the LTTE provided forged passports for Ramzi Yousef (specialists close to the WTC 1 trials dispute this assertion). ----LTTE & al-Qaeda: An Assessment By Aaron Mannes Link march 2007 5 posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 1:17:21 AM by earmarksrus | To 3