Friday, May 07, 2004

Is Canada headed for their own 9/11?

From VANCOUVER where Vancouver residents would suffer sleepless nights if they knew what he knows about terrorist threats, Vancouver police chief Jamie Graham said Wednesday.

To

Toronto
where "The first line of defense against terrorism is local law enforcement. And yet, the federal government have looked after federal agencies, the provincial government have looked after provincial agencies, and we're left with nothing. We've got no help at all," Chief Fantino said, adding, "We are the people who should have the best training, the best resources and yet we're basically left to our own devices. We'd be reliant on someone else to bail us out."


Canada doesn't seem to worry too much about Al-Qaeda despite being number six on their list of targets and two recent warnings from the terrorist organization.

Now comes this article from The Star.

It's just a matter of time before Al Qaeda tries to attack Canadian targets, the head of Canada's spy agency said Thursday as he warned against complacency.

Ward Elcock, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told MPs at a Commons committee meeting that Canada is not immune to terrorism.

"As Al Qaeda directly threatened Canadians twice in as many years, the last time only a month ago, it is therefore safe to assume that it is no longer a question of if, but rather of when or where, we will be specifically targeted," said Elcock, whose term with the spy agency ends this month.


Not only are they not worried about Al-Qaeda but they seem to not have been watching the 911 commission. Just listen.

Public Security Minister Anne McLellan wouldn't go as far as Elcock, but said attacks were possible.

"I'm not sure that I would say it's inevitable," said McLellan.

"I can reassure Canadians that we are not the target of any direct or specific threat at this time."

But John Thompson, a security expert with the Mackenzie Institute, said Elcock's assessment was fair.


Oh well, I suppose after the attack, they will just have their own 911 commission and decide who knew what and when and what did they do about it.

All this is taking place at a time when:

Canada prepares to enforce Islamic law

From World Net Daily

Canadian judges soon will be enforcing Islamic law, or Sharia, in disputes between Muslims, possibly paving the way to one day administering criminal sentences, such as stoning women caught in adultery
Link here

Some people have to learn the hard way.

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