[callthemlikeyouseethem]

hmmm... I found this following up on some hidden quotes in this other thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687992/posts

"Tuesday, hours after officials in the U.S. said they had arrested suspected rebel arms procurers in a surface-to-air missile sting"

"U.S. officials said overnight more than a dozen people were arrested on suspicion of procuring surface-to-air missiles and raising funds for the Tigers."

"Several people who had agreed to pay more than $900,000 for hundreds of AK-47 rifles and 50 to 100 Russian-made surface-to-air missiles were nabbed in a New York sting, according to U.S. court documents."

[mtbopfuyn]

assurances from police that the local community was apparently not a target.

Well, that a load off my mind.

[nuconvert]

Certainly isn't getting much attention

[redstates4ever]

[rhombus]

In NY State? Where's Hillary and Schumer? I guess they only want homeland security funds for NY City.

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

I found only one other result on a news search (google, NY Raid keywords), but "The page you requested is currently unavailable."

http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?s=8945

WIVB, NY - 13 hours ago
(Williamsville, NY, August 21, 2006 ... Two other people were taken into custody during the raid on Sunday, but so far, there's no word on if they've been charged

[syriacus]

Not far from Lackawanna

[agere_contra]

that the local community was apparently not a target

Sounds reasonable actually, seeing as it's the Tamils.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Updates say that some Canadians were also arrested (Toronto Sun). Reuters Alert Net also has updates saying authorities made arrests in Sri Lanka "within hours" of US arrests.

[Valin]

Ping

[no dems]

I certainly hope they did not violate these people's rights with an illegal search and seizure. If so, I'm going to be soooooooooooooo mad.

(Sarc.)