White_Male_Canada
08-25-2006, 06:07 PM
I`m shocked,SHOCKED ! :P
Rebel group funded congressman's trip to Sri Lanka, sources say
By Andrew Zajac and Mike Dorning
Chicago Tribune
(MCT)
WASHINGTON - (D)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.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15344918.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Rebel group funded congressman's trip to Sri Lanka, sources say
By Andrew Zajac and Mike Dorning
Chicago Tribune
(MCT)
WASHINGTON - (D)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.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/15344918.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp