“Terrorism” update: Globe and Mail version/Toronto Star broad strata news
Today in the Globe it’s the fault of our war in Afstan, a PR exercise, and “fanciful teenagers”:
Terror plot would have brought Afghan war home to Canada
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The Canadian citizens accused of belonging to an Ottawa terrorist cell allegedly planned to fund the purchase of weapons for Canada’s enemies in Afghanistan and had been trained to launch Afghan-style IED attacks in the Canadian capital. Had such a plot succeeded, it would have brought Canada’s Afghan war home with murderous effect….A decade after the 9/11 attacks changed America and the world, the latest arrests will be held up as evidence that the threat of extremism is undiminished [emphasis added, it's in fact been said: '"Canada is not immune to terrorism," Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said from Winnipeg on Thursday. "We are not immune from international or home-grown radicalization."']. Six years ago, officers stormed a suburban Ottawa house to arrest 24-year-old Momin Khawaja, unearthing a small arsenal of weapons and circuitry before successfully prosecuting him as a terrorist. Four years ago, police in Toronto raided homes of 18 young suspects, including a 20-year-old ringleader who videotaped himself testing a prototype bomb detonator.
Officials point out the latest accused are educated professionals clustered around 30 years old – and not, as in past busts, fanciful teenagers with violent fantasies [emphasis added, what about Mr Khawaja?]…
Such as this fantasist?
‘Toronto 18′ mastermind gets life sentence
Whatever the writers of the story are, they are not reporters. Then, in a truly broad strata editorial, the Globe manages never to mention the “I” word (nor, it must be noted, did minister Toews):
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The question for Canada is how to protect against a threat that cannot be stereotyped, or fought by profiling based on age, appearance or education…It is a nasty world in which one cannot trust a brother or sister, or a hockey-playing Canadian medical graduate who sings Avril Lavigne songs…
On the other hand a Toronto Star editorial, to give them credit, is not so stupidly politically correct:
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Raised Muslim voices are a vital element in thwarting jihadist terror, along with good policing and vigilant courts.
Update: As for Afghanistan:
Afstan: “We have not even bothered to try”
Upperdate: John Robson on the arrests and their repercussions on CFRA Ottawa:
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Friday, August 27, 2010
John Robson in the Morning- Aug 27
Madely in the Morning – 8:10am — Every Friday, John Robson, CFRA Commentator at Large, and Ottawa Citizen Columnist, joins Steve Madely (Mark Sutcliffe fills in) for an hour to discuss the world’s news and his take on it. John also reveals his top 5 strange stories of the week!Not enough Robson for you? Visit THEJohnRobson.com for more!
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Mark
Ottawa
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Heh, obviously the Gun Registry is such a smashing success. I wonder how long and deep the line-ups have been for these jihadists to register their weapons.
It is one thing to have to wage a war of ideas over our immigration/refugee policy; no matter how obvious it is who comprises the demographic the vast majority of times (if not all the time) these things are revealed.
If things like this are starting to occur on a more frequent basis, then leaving Afghanistan now is a terrible mistake. We should be fighting this war over there, NOT here.
What is it? You need to see “Islam” and “Muslim” in every single sentence? maybe throw in a pic of Mohamed too?
bigot.
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