For 22 years, the families of those murdered in the Air India bombings off the coast of Ireland and at an airport in Japan have wanted to know, more than the rest of us, who knew what and when did they know it?
Last night, the CBC's Terry Milewski suggested both the then Mulroney government as well as Air India itself knew a lot. Newly declassified documents show as much -- that there were warnings weeks before the attacks.
331 people were murdered. This was the worst co-ordinated terrorist attack before 9/11. We already knew about the practice bombs and the fact one of the ring leaders defiantly called for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Hindus as revenge for the raid of the Golden Temple. We get repeated warnings, we know some people are up to something, and we do nothing? And let's not forget, when the bombs did happen, Mulroney sent a letter to the Prime Minister of India offering condolences to the people of India even though most of the people on board were Canadians. As if someone of South Asian descent isn't a real Canadian?
What did they know and when did they know it? If Mulroney knew something was up, he has a lot of explaining to do. And not just for his insensitive letter.
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