Stewart Bell, National Post; With Files From David Akin, Canwest News ServicePublished: Friday, March 06, 2009
A Liberal MP was criticized yesterday for speaking at a rally on Parliament Hill surrounded by flags bearing the militaristic emblem of the Tamil Tigers, a banned terrorist organization in Canada. A video posted on YouTube shows Gurbax Singh Malhi, MP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton, telling demonstrators waving Tamil Tigers flags that, "I'd like to let you know I'm helping you guys. I'm behind you because you are fighting for a right cause."
The protesters then chanted: "Freedom fighters, Tamil Tigers."
During Question Period, Peter Kent, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said he was "sickened by the pandering of a Liberal member on the front lawn of Parliament to a flagrant display of the symbols of a listed terrorist organization."
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Rover has written a great article about how blurring the boundaries between terrorist and freedom fighter helps terrorists.
ReplyDeleteCheck this out.
http://roversterrain.blogspot.com/2009/03/one-mans-terrorist-is-another-mans.html