Rebel group funded congressman's trip to Sri Lanka

Chicago Tribune ^ | Aug. 23, 2006 | Andrew Zajac and Mike Dorning

[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.

[hophead]

WE will see if this guy get the same treatment as those involved with Jack Abramoff. I won't hold my breath.

[cusack7080]

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

[hophead]

Yup, 92 words into the story.

[garyhope]

Why did I have the sneaking suspicion that Congressman Danny Davis was a "hyphenated" so called American?

They're so loyal.

[Bommer]

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!

[avacado]

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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.

[NRA2BFree]

The media will completely ignore the fact that this traitor is a RAT!!!

[Robert DeLong]

The Dishonorable Democratic Illinois Congressman Danny K. Davis

[hophead]

"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.

[hophead]

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

[hophead]

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

[OPS4]

Danny the poster boy for the Chicago branch of the Black Panthers and El Rukin Gangs.

[nuconvert]

Sounds like a liar to me

[Proud2BeRight]

No big deal since he is a Democrat in Illinois. The law clearly states that GOP members will be hung. Democrats will be ignored.