CNN is reporting that 8 Tamil Tigers were arrested under a variety of charges after trying to buy their way off a terror list for a million dollars and also trying to buy surface to air missiles.
NEW YORK (CNN) — Eight men have been charged with plotting to buy surface-to-air missiles for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels, U.S. federal prosecutors have announced.The men also are accused of plotting to bribe U.S. State Department officials into removing the Tamil Tiger group from a list of terrorist organizations and of trying to obtain classified information.
All eight are charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York.
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According to prosecutors, the men conspired to buy surface-to-air missiles from a black-market source in the United States. They also sought to have the group — formally known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam — removed from the U.S. list of terrorist organizations and obtain classified intelligence by bribing State Department officials.
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The group was made up of Canadian and Sri Lankan nationals, and only one was living in the United States, said Bob Nardoza, a spokesman for Mauskopf’s office. The investigation was still going on, and more arrests were expected, Nardoza said.
I chee wawa. What’s funny about this is that the Liberals refused to put the Tamil Tigers on a terrorist list. They were just recently added by the Conservatives once they stepped into power.
H/T to ProudToBeCanadian
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“But weeks after coming to office, the Conservatives finally banned the group on April 8.”
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