Germany plays by the rules? LTTE flag at sporting event…
August 23, 2011
The flag of a ruthless and now militarily defeated terrorist group was amongst forty paraded Saturday in Germany’s biggest stadium, the Westfalenstadion, before a football match between champions Borussia Dortmund and FC Nuremberg. This act of blatant and public disregard and infringement of international and European Union laws highlights the question whether Germany endorses a terrorist group who re-invented the macabre suicide bombers. What is the response of the German authorities? Over 30,000 people watched the parade, and 78,000 spectators watched the subsequent match which Borussia Dortmund won (2:0). The LTTE flag was carried by a member of the Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) and three other Borussia fans, pro-LTTE media reports. The European Union banned LTTE as a terrorist organization on 17 May 2006.
