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கனடா Waterloo பல்கலைகழகத்தில் புலிகளின் விழா என அழும் அரசு

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கனடாWaterloo பல்கலை கழகத்தில் மாவீரர் நாள் வெளிப்படையாக கொண்டாடப்பட்டது என அழும் இலங்கையரசூம் அதன் பாதுகாப்பு அமச்சும்

Tigers feted on campus

Student club held events to celebrate Tamil group

By: Adrian Humphreys

Students of the Terror Cult paying homage to the suicide terrorists at the Waterloo campus premises...

Waterloo - Martyrdom celebrations that praised Tamil Tiger soldiers and suicide bombers were held openly in the student centre of the University of Waterloo, where the FBI alleges a "procurement cell" for the terrorist organization was centred.

Last November's event -- where a large flag of the Tamil Tigers, showing AK-47 assault rifles and a roaring tiger, makeshift tombstones and posters celebrating "Our Fallen Heroes" were displayed -- was held in the Student Life Centre despite the club being under suspension by the school at the time.

The university had suspended the Waterloo Tamil Students Association (WATSA) after a similar ceremony was held in 2004, one in which large cutouts of armed men were featured and the Tiger flag also prominently displayed.

The club was suspended on Dec. 13, 2004, specifically for flying the Tigers flag, said Martin Van Nierop, spokesman for the university. The club's status was returned in January, 2006.

It is not known whether any of the men who are facing terrorism charges in the United States attended the meetings, but at least four of the men charged last week in a joint FBI-RCMP probe aimed at the Tamil Tigers were students or recent graduates of the school. Some were former executive members of WATSA.

"They weren't supposed to have these kinds of events on campus and if they did it was against the bylaws that had been set up," Mr. Van Nierop said.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly called the Tamil Tigers or the LTTE, are fighting for a Tamil homeland separate from Sri Lanka and are notorious for their use of suicide bombings and assassinations. The group was declared a terrorist organization in the United States in 1997 and in Canada this year.

The use of the university's facilities, particularly while the club was suspended, will be part of a wide-ranging internal investigation announced yesterday. The school has hired a national accounting firm to conduct a forensic audit of WATSA. It is also reviewing how overseas placements for students in co-operative education programs are run.

Suresh Sriskandarajah, a 26-year-old electrical engineering graduate among those arrested, completed a co-op term in Tiger-controlled areas of Sri Lanka. Mr. Sriskandarajah was doing the co-op on behalf of a group that appears to have been created by Mr. Sriskandarajah himself.

Most of the school's co-op students do work placements with well-known firms in Canada and the United States.

A small number do overseas development work in Third World countries, the university said in a statement. The internal review is to determine whether there are sufficient controls on foreign placements.

"These are steps we believe will complement the ongoing police investigation, with which we are also co-operating," said David Johnston, Waterloo's president.

"We need to do this to ensure that nothing, including the matters now under investigation, will diminish [the school's] good name and reputation," he said.

Dozens of photographs of WATSA's "Maaveerar Naal" events, often called "National Heroes Day" in English, suggest deep support and sympathy by many of the participants for the Tigers. Three such celebrations were hosted by the club, according to the association's Web site, at least two of them on campus.

In November, 2004, a large Maaveerar Naal celebration was held in the University of Waterloo's Humanities Theatre. That event led to WATSA's year-long suspension.

In November, 2005, however, the flag was again unfurled and featured in a shrine-like display, but this time in a less public space. The photos suggest two celebrations were held -- one in a smaller basement room of the student centre and the other, with only tiny flags visible, in the facility's large common room.

In many of the photos, the Tigers flag is prominent, including a flag-raising ceremony. Pictures of men who died in the Tigers cause are draped with garlands and tombstones are a recurring theme. The shrine is the focus of prayers, dancing and strewn flowers.

"Maaveerar Naal" is an annual event held on Nov. 27 to mark the day the first Tamil Tiger died in the fight for a Tamil homeland. The dead, including suicide bombers, are hailed as martyrs and freedom fighters.

WATSA is one of about 160 approved and funded student clubs at the school. No money from the university goes toward such student clubs, said Mr. Van Nierop. The administration does collect student fees that are forwarded to the Federation of Students, the student union, which in turn provides funding for approved clubs.

Renjie Butalid, a vice-president of the Federation of Students, declined to say how much money was given to WATSA. Clubs are allocated $50 per semester to cover costs but are eligible to apply for much more if they are running special events or have special needs.

Mr. Butalid said he could not explain how a club under suspension could book facilities in the student centre, but said the students association is co-operating with the university in its probe.

The Student Life Centre is co-managed by the university and the student association.

There is a general manager who oversees bookings of facilities, he said.

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