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Rebel group funded congressman's trip to Sri Lanka
Chicago Tribune ^ | Aug. 23, 2006 | Andrew Zajac and Mike Dorning

Posted on 08/25/2006 11:46:15 AM PDT by hophead

WASHINGTON - Illinois 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, Ill.-based Tamil cultural organization, the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America. During the visit, Davis spent most of his time in a region controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as the group is formally known, and visited the organization's political headquarters. He also met with a police chief for the region appointed by the Tigers. The Tamil Tigers is a separatist group that has been fighting since 1983 for an independent state for 3.2 million ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, a tear-shaped island nation of 20 million off the southern tip of India. In addition to conventional guerrilla tactics, the group has used terrorist methods, including 200 suicide bombings, in a bloody conflict that has claimed more than 60,000 lives.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dfordemocrat
WE will see if this guy get the same treatment as those involved with Jack Abramoff. I won't hold my breath.
1 posted on 08/25/2006 11:46:16 AM PDT by hophead
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To: hophead

I knew he was a democrat since the news story didn't start off with the "Republican" Illinois Congressman...


2 posted on 08/25/2006 11:49:15 AM PDT by cusack7080 (Captain of industry. Please you see!)
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To: cusack7080

Yup, 92 words into the story.


3 posted on 08/25/2006 11:52:09 AM PDT by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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Why did I have the sneaking suspicion that Congressman Danny Davis was a "hyphenated" so called American?

They're so loyal.


4 posted on 08/25/2006 11:52:42 AM PDT by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
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Getting trips by islamic terrorist groups is NOTHING compared to calling someone "macaca" That is the ultimate is pure evil! We already know that Democraps side with the terrorists!


5 posted on 08/25/2006 11:57:13 AM PDT by Bommer
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I knew he was a democrat since the news story didn't start off with the "Republican" Illinois Congressman...
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That is exactly my thought too! I kept looking for which party this person is from and they had to basically bury it.


6 posted on 08/25/2006 11:58:18 AM PDT by avacado
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The media will completely ignore the fact that this traitor is a RAT!!!


7 posted on 08/25/2006 12:04:09 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW ISLAM ARE KORANIMALS!)
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To: hophead

The Dishonorable Democratic Illinois Congressman Danny K. Davis

8 posted on 08/25/2006 12:06:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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"The media will completely ignore the fact that this traitor is a RAT!!!"

The MSM will ignore this altogether and treat it as a "local" story only.


9 posted on 08/25/2006 12:07:26 PM PDT by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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Here are a couple links for more on this story.

http://www.lankaeverything.com/vinews/srilanka/20060825022130.php

http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/1707


10 posted on 08/25/2006 12:10:03 PM PDT by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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Another person arrested in the case, Nachimuthu Socrates, was listed as a director in 2004 of the Tamil cultural organization, the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America, which Congressman Danny Davis listed in public disclosure forms (to Congress required by law) as trip’s sponsor.

Davis told the Chicago Tribune that he always assumed that the organization had a connection with the Tamil Tigers.

From: http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/1707
11 posted on 08/25/2006 12:17:24 PM PDT by hophead ("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
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Danny the poster boy for the Chicago branch of the Black Panthers and El Rukin Gangs.


12 posted on 08/25/2006 12:18:36 PM PDT by OPS4 (Ops4 God Bless America!)
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Sounds like a liar to me


13 posted on 08/25/2006 12:50:41 PM PDT by nuconvert ([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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No big deal since he is a Democrat in Illinois. The law clearly states that GOP members will be hung. Democrats will be ignored.


14 posted on 08/25/2006 4:53:00 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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