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To: aladin who wrote (58237)	11/22/2002 9:58:35 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

Now while the RCMP are acting Run through the hail Like a pack of angry wolves on the trail We are after you, dead or alive We are out to get you, dead or alive Here come the mounties, to get the man their after now One of your brighter spots, John.

To: aladin who wrote (58237)	11/22/2002 10:11:15 AM
From: Condor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The article is certainly sensationalized, but Canada's immigration and refugee laws do attract a lot of the wrong type of people. Its no secret that a large number of terror groups have fund raising bases in Canada. There have also been some limited operations from these communities. Personally I believe the US has the same level of "infiltration" from undersirable elements as Canada. It does not go unnoticed that the US for all its policing didn't find the snipers. The US trained the WTC pilots and has an Arab/Islamic population itself. The need to point a finger elsewhere is understandable but consider that terrorists needn't complicate their mission by throwing in additional borders to the mix. Evidence suggests they can just enroll directly into the US or slip in on any of its 3 coastlines. The vision of a can of terrorist worms wriggling about in Canada is more consoling than anything else to the US. Factually I don't believe the situation is that rampant. BTW there is a huge exchange of information between all facets of policing across both borders. From the RCMP article you provided “Canada doesn’t harbour any more [terrorists] than the United States does,” says Wendy Nicol, intelligence analyst with Ottawa’s Criminal Analysis Branch. “We want to stop this as much as they do.” Since there is no definition in the Criminal Code for terrorism, Nicol says, the RCMP prefers the term criminal extremism. Although domestic and international extremist groups remain active in our country, Nicol and her colleagues say that activity at home is now stable. Having said all this...the problem exists and needs constant attention and remedy. John....Canada is not your problem. C