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Toronto terror sweep gets 10 Al-Qaeda
Published on June 3, 2006 By singrdave In War on Terror
Some good news from the northern front of the War on Terror:

Canadians were about to experience their own 9/11, or more appropriately their own Oklahoma City; if it hadn't been for the police rounding these fellow Canadians up on Friday afternoon...

From today's Toronto's Globe and Mail:

Brampton, Ont. -- Members of an alleged homegrown terror cell appeared in a Brampton courtroom Saturday to face charges they plotted to attack Canadian targets in Southern Ontario.

In a series of raids Friday, police arrested 12 adults and five young offenders. In the process, they seized enough ammonium nitrate fertilizer to build an explosive device three times more devastating than the one used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. (bold mine)

"This group presented a real and serious threat. They had the capacity and intent to carry out a terrorist attack," said RCMP Asst. Commissioner Mike McDonell.

"Our investigation and arrests prevented the assembly of explosive devices and attacks being carried out. At all times, the focus of our investigation was the safety and protection of the public," he added.

Ammonium nitrate, when mixed with fuel, is highly explosive. Police seized three tonnes of the substance. By comparison, the bomb made by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols that destroyed the federal building in Oklahoma City used one tonne of the fertilizer.

In addition, police also seized ignition devices, guns and other equipment they say pointed to the construction of the explosives.

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on Jun 06, 2006
The revelations continue:

From Voice of America Online:

Heavy security was in place as 15 of the 17 suspects in a plot to bomb Canada's parliament and murder Prime Minister Steven Harper were brought to court on Tuesday.

Dramatic allegations of plots to bomb Canada's parliament and behead its prime minister were leveled against a group of alleged terrorists when they made their appearance in a Canadian courtroom Tuesday.

Security was heavy as 15 of the 17 suspects arrested in a police raid Friday were brought to a Brampton, Ontario courtroom where they faced a number of terror-related charges. Prosecutors accuse the men of attempting to buy three tons of chemicals used to make explosives and blow up Canadian landmarks, storm parliament, take politicians hostage and demand Canadian forces leave Afghanistan.

According to prosecutors, if the demands were not met, the plotters were determined to execute the politicians. One of the suspects, Steven Chand, 25, boasted he would kill Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper.

Chand's lawyer, Gary Batasar, told reporters his client personally wanted to behead the Prime Minister of Canada.

Despite the surprising admission, Batasar accused Canadian and American politicians and the media of stirring up a climate of fear.


The media is just trying to get these facts out, not stir up a "climate of fear". Did the media speculate one of these guys wanted to behead PM Stephen Harper? Nope, dude's own lawyer put that out there!

What this alleged terrorist plot confirms for me that Islam's true enemy is civilization. All western civilization must make way for Islam, and Allah will smite anyone who stands in its way. Even a society as accommodating as Canada was in the Muslim extremist crosshairs.
on Jun 06, 2006
It's not about Canada, or America, It's about they want to totally destroy all western civilization.

They are savages and until we get it right and deal with them harshly, and I do mean harsh, we are doomed to have this fight go one for decades.
on Jun 06, 2006
It's not about Canada, or America, It's about they want to totally destroy all western civilization.


This is what the left and the euro-weenies just don't understand. They want a world wide islamic state. They will accept nothing less.
on Jun 06, 2006
This is what the left and the euro-weenies just don't understand.

It was the mantra of the 2004 Presidential election: meet bombs with hugs. Understanding them will allow us to move past our differences. And yet they would still want to kill us.

It's obvious that Canada, about as accommodating a country as you can get, welcoming to no end, and encouraging immigration while maintaining your ethnic identity, would be the last place that Muslim extremists would want to overthrow and cause general havoc. They're so nice, those Canadians, so welcoming. How could they want to destroy such a nice and understanding country?

Because they want to remake our society in their image. Lawlessness, murder, rape, inequality, subjugation of religion, race, and gender.

Yeah, nice guys those jihadists.
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