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To: marcos who wrote (2812)	7/8/2003 5:03:55 PM
From: SofaSpud	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37571

Thanks for the links. I'm surprised that the Alberta Report site is still up. Wonder who's paying the bill?

To: marcos who wrote (2812)	7/18/2003 8:51:09 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 37571

The RCMP says immigrant, suicide bombers are here in Canada...but hey, don't worry about it!: RCMP: Suicide bombings here seem 'logical' Many immigrants from regions where terror tactics used, report says Stewart Bell National Post Friday, July 18, 2003 nationalpost.com In a newly declassified intelligence report, the RCMP says it "seems logical" that migrants from regions where suicide bombings occur might import the deadly tactic to Canada. "Canada is a culturally diverse nation, with sizeable populations from regions where suicide bombing is used by extremist elements (e.g. Middle East, Sri Lanka)," the report says. "It seems logical that members of these ethnic/religious groups would bring their conflicts and tactics with them to Canada," the RCMP writes in Suicide Bombings -- Canadian Perspective. The brief was distributed on March 18 by the RCMP Criminal Intelligence Directorate. A copy was obtained by the National Post under the Access to Information Act. The report notes suicide terrorism is practised in Lebanon, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Algeria -- countries that are among the leading sources of migrants to Canada. Although al-Qaeda and Palestinians use suicide terror, the "most prolific suicide bombers" are the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a Sri Lankan terrorist group also known as the LTTE or Tamil Tigers, it says. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has repeatedly asked Cabinet to outlaw the Tamil Tigers under Canada's Anti-Terrorism Act, but the Liberal government has refused to do so, leading to accusations Ottawa is soft on terrorists. Thousands of Tamil guerrillas have migrated to Canada, bringing with them such LTTE tactics they used in the jungles of Sri Lanka as extortion and intimidation, as well as weaponry, notably AK-47s and explosives. The Post revealed in June, 2000, that up to 8,000 members of what police call "Tamil terrorist factions" were living in the Toronto area and that they had "extensive paramilitary training." The migration of terrorists out of conflict zones such as Afghanistan, and the formation of international terror networks, has brought suicide terrorism to the Western world, the RCMP says. "The suicide bomb is the poor man's cruise missile: it is a cheap, guided bomb that explodes at the target," the RCMP report says, adding the Sept. 11 attacks showed it could be done in North America. "To date there has been no suicide bombings or attempts in Canada," the RCMP report says. But it notes that conventional terrorist bombings have long been used, although they have "primarily targeted property." Sikh extremists in Vancouver blew up an Air-India flight in 1985 killing 329 people, while the left-wing Squamish Five bombed hydro-electric facilities in British Columbia and what they thought was the factory of a cruise missile subcontractor in Toronto, it says. The report concludes optimistically, saying most migrants from war-zones want to leave behind the violence of their homelands. Under the heading "Ways to Avoid Suicide Bombing" the report says Canada's democratic society makes such violent methods unnecessary. "Canada has a long history of dealing with conflict in non-violent ways. In a society where access to the means of political influence are relatively open and there is little oppression of minorities, dissidents are largely prepared to work within legitimate avenues to achieve political objectives." Not mentioned in the report, however, are instances where migrants to Canada have helped carry out suicide bombings in other countries, particularly Tamil Tigers front organizations in Toronto, which raise money that has financed suicide attacks in Sri Lanka. Ahmed Khadr, an Egyptian-Canadian aid worker close to Osama bin Laden, is suspected of involvement in the 1995 truck bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad. Abdulrahman Jabarah, a Kuwait-Canadian, was recently shot dead in Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities said he was part of an al-Qaeda cell responsible for suicide truck bombings in Riyadh that left 29 dead. His brother Mohammed Mansour Jabarah plotted al-Qaeda suicide attacks in Manila and Singapore. A year before the 9/11 attacks, Jane's Intelligence Review warned that suicide terrorism was spreading globally and would likely "affect Western Europe and North America in the future." sbell@nationalpost.com © Copyright 2003 National Post

To: marcos who wrote (2812)	7/31/2003 12:55:06 AM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37571

Israel should abandon 'road map,'Asper(National Post ) says. Canada has role to play Hmmmmmmmmm,,,,, Michael Higgins and Heather Sokoloff National Post Wednesday, July 30, 2003 Israel should stop co-operating with the Middle East "road map" to peace because of Palestinian non-compliance and violence, Israel Asper, chairman of CanWest Global Communications, said last night. Speaking to a Toronto audience gathered for a memorial evening to Zionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky, Mr. Asper said he believed the road map would fail and the region would return to a full-fledged war. "Is this a road map to peace? A road map to Heaven? Or a road map to Hell? Is it a trap or a treadmill to nowhere?" Mr. Asper said to an audience of about 200 at the Beth Avram Yoseph Synagogue in Thornhill. "U.S. Christian leader Pat Robertson has called it insanity and the end of Israel. Its supporters call it a panacea for peace. "It may be none of these, but only because it will likely fail in its first phase and there will be a return to the full-fledged war that it has temporarily interrupted.... "One is tempted to conclude that the road map is a snare and delusion, just as was Oslo. If that is correct, then the war will continue until there is a clear victor and a vanquished." The tribute was held on the 63rd anniversary of Jabotinsky's death. The Zionist leader founded the Jewish Legion to fight alongside the British to free Palestine from Ottoman rule during the First World War. Among those in the audience were Tina Molinari, local Conservative MPP, and Meir Roman, the Consul-General of Israel. Mr. Asper said there could be no Palestinian state unless there was a policy change by Palestinians and Arabs toward Israel and Jews. However, there was no evidence of that. The Arab world was dedicated to destroying Israel and the creation of a Palestinian nation would be just "another sovereign terror state," such as Iran, Iraq, Syria and Libya. He said the road map started from the premise of "regime change," but Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian chairman -- "the master terrorist" -- was still in control of most of the security forces, was funding the al-Aqsa terrorist organization and continued to praise "homicide bombers." He described Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Prime Minister, as a token replacement, a known Holocaust denier and a man with links to terrorism. Mr. Asper said instead of a ceasefire, as demanded by the road map, Mr. Abbas had only been able to produce a "hudna" -- a temporary halt. "A ceasefire with these organizations isn't worth the wind it is blown into, as history has shown." He said terrorist activity was still on-going with an average of 12 attacks a day against Israel in the first month of the road map. "Hudna is being used to give fighters a summer vacation while they rest, re-arm, recruit and recover from the devastating blows that have been inflicted on them by Israel. "Israel is now entitled to call a halt to its obligations under the road map, based on Palestinian non-compliance -- and it should do exactly that. "But, of course, it is not compatible with what President [George W.] Bush wants, heading into an election year. So, perhaps Israel will have to continue playing the game until President Bush finally realizes that he has been snookered and is able to throw up his hands and say, 'Well, we did our best; we tried, but the two sides are irreconcilable and they must obviously go at it until someone wins and someone loses.' " Mr. Asper said Canada had a vital role to play in Israeli-Palestinian matters and called for a review of its foreign policy. "Nowhere can we be more effective in dealing with the position of Canada vis-à-vis Israel as at the UN, where our voting record is unacceptable," he said. Canadian Jewish groups have claimed that the Liberal government's support for Israel has often not been reflected in the way Ottawa orders its delegates to vote during numerous United Nations debates. The groups were outraged in October, 2000, when Canada used its seat on the UN Security Council to endorse a resolution that condemned Israel's "excessive use of force" against the Palestinians, but barely mentioned Palestinian violence. One recurring resolution that Canada has consistently supported states Israeli jurisdiction in Jerusalem is "illegal and therefore null and void." Mr. Asper called for Canada to demand that the UN treat Israel as a full-fledged member, "not a pariah nation." © Copyright 2003 National Post Copyright © 2003 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest Global Communications Corp. All rights reserved. Optimized for browser versions 4.0 and higher. heh heh heh