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LTTE s arms dealer sentenced in U.S
Friday, 31 October 2008 - 10:28 PM SL Time
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A Singaporean arms dealer who was charged for conspiracy to provide material support to the Sri Lankan LTTE Tiger terrorist organization has been sentenced to 37 months in prison by a U.S. federal judge yesterday.
U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced 57 year old Haniffa Bin Osman of Singapore to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and money laundering, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced.
A media statement released by the US Department of Justice yesterday says from April to September 29, 2006 the accused conspired to supply the Tamil Tigers with state-of-the-art firearms, machine guns and ammunition, surface-to-air missiles, night vision goggles and other military weapons to be used to fight against Sri Lankan government forces.
In 2006, Osman has told the undercover agents in Baltimore that the weapons were for the Tamil Tigers from Sri Lanka and the Tigers had wired a deposit of $250,000 as a down payment for the purchase of the weapons.
The other conspirators, Indonesian nationals Haji Subandi and Erick Wotulo and Sri Lankan Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa have pleaded guilty and been sentenced earlier.
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deborak
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 31 Oct 2008 16:32:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Oh....What abt the TRO Blake?
Canada has banned the WTM....And Australia seems to be in line... |
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 31 Oct 2008 16:32:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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...sentenced to 37 months in prison..
Thats enough time to eliminate LTTE |
kotia
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31 Oct 2008 16:33:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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LTTE s arms dealer sentenced in U.S
I am waiting until the day comes when both So call LTTE Canadian coolies and LTTE UK coolies are filled to the jails. |
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 31 Oct 2008 16:34:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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he accused conspired to supply the Tamil Tigers with state-of-the-art firearms, machine guns and ammunition, surface-to-air missiles, night vision goggles and other military weapons to be used to fight against Sri Lankan government forces.
WOW, ZHTT trying to buy arms from FBI. |
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 31 Oct 2008 16:35:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Kotia it is gradually happening in UK and some Sinhalese are involved for financial gains through Eelam Terror deals and they are all been investigated...:-) |
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 31 Oct 2008 16:35:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced 57 year old Haniffa Bin Osman of Singapore to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and money laundering, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein announced.
I seriously think that the sentence given by the judge is not enough.. imagine it was an Al-Qaida trying to smuggle arms the situation would have been different... maybe even get convicted the death sentence or life imprisonment..... but this clearly shows the LTTE desperation running high... they try to steal and smuggle from anywhere in the world but fail miserably.......
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31 Oct 2008 16:36:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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WOW, ZHTT trying to buy arms from FBI.
Nah...it is called mission suicide...lol... |
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