Suspected U.S. head of Tamil Tigers arrested in NY

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Suspected U.S. head of Tamil Tigers arrested in NY
Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:55PM EDT

By Edith Honan

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The suspected head of the U.S. branch of Sri Lankan
rebel group the Tamil Tigers was arrested in New York on Wednesday and
charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Karunakaran Kandasamy could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted,
prosecutors at the federal court in the New York borough of Brooklyn said.

As the director of the U.S. branch of the Tamil Tigers, which is based in
Queens, New York, Kandasamy oversaw the organization's activities,
including its fund-raising, prosecutors said.

The rebels, known officially as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or
LTTE, have been fighting for decades for an independent homeland on the
north and east of the teardrop-shaped island in the Indian Ocean.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2533966220070425

[Kagemusha]

1. Huh, an actual legitimate prosecution for material support for terror?

Don't see that every day. If he really is the head of the Tamil Tigers' US fundraising arm, he'd be guilty of a genuine crime, not some half-baked fabricated baloney.