Posted on 08/23/2006 4:55:21 AM PDT by Clive
Ottawa - August 21, 2006— In recent days, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has executed two search warrants and arrested one person under authority of a provisional warrant in Canada. The arrest is part of a joint operation involving the RCMP and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Canadian resident, Suresh Sriskandarajah, age 26, arrested under the provisional warrant is awaiting extradition to the U.S.
Generally speaking, the RCMP does not reveal details regarding operational police matters in order to protect the privacy rights of individuals; to protect our investigations; and most importantly, to protect all Canadians.
Nevertheless, the following information can be confirmed: the investigation is a joint operation of the FBI and RCMP, specifically, the RCMP national security program and the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) in Toronto, Ontario, and other US law enforcement partners. Several persons associated with the LTTE have been charged in the US for terrorist procurement activities. According to U.S. authorities, those persons are:
Sathajhan Sarachandran, age 26
Sahilal Sabaratnam, age 27
Thiruthanikan Thanigasalam, age 37
Nadarasa Yograrasa, age 52
Murugesu Vinayagamoorthy, age 57
Nachimuthu Socrates, age 54
Vijayshanthar Patpanathan, age 44
Thirukumaran Sivasubramaniam, age 27
Of these eight, three are Canadian residents.
The RCMP is continuing to pursue the Canadian component of this investigation with the potential to lay criminal charges in the future. There is no known direct threat against Canada.
These arrests demonstrate how integrated policing and international cooperation enhance the ability of the law enforcement community to protect the safety and security of the public. This has been and continues to be a complex and intensive investigation involving many partners.
As this investigation is ongoing, it is inappropriate to provide additional details at this time.
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Good news. This would not have happened under a liberal government.
How close are the Tamil Tigers to successfully seceding? What is your opinion?
This is the second case of exploding Scrabble boards in two days! Is your social status in Tamil signified by the length of your name, or something? Most kids start learning to read and write by learning to spell their own names... talk about pressure... these kids must not have to do that until the third grade. I was going to try to say them aloud, but I was too afraid I might summon Cthulhu or something...
They arrested a guy here in Connecticut for his association yesterday. All the local news could do was find people who said he was no terrorist. Terrorist lovers - sick!
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