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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: IceFire on June 03, 2006, 03:43:36 pm

Title: RCMP Arrest 18 Terror Suspects near Toronto
Post by: IceFire on June 03, 2006, 03:43:36 pm
Big news story for us Canadians today.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/06/03/terror-suspects.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/03/canada.terror/index.html

Seems that a number of people have been rounded up (18) by the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) in a big anti-terrorist sweep near Toronto.  They had 3 tonnes of amonium nitrate which would definately be enough to do some major damage around the city.  Sort of shocking for this stuff to go down so close to home.  It reveals what some have been saying for a long time is true...and that is that Canada is not immune to these people.
Title: Re: RCMP Arrest 18 Terror Suspects near Toronto
Post by: Flipside on June 03, 2006, 03:49:53 pm
Nobody is alas. They don't really care about 'innocent' or 'guilty' any more, it's just turning into 'Kill Westerners!!1'
Title: Re: RCMP Arrest 18 Terror Suspects near Toronto
Post by: Rictor on June 03, 2006, 05:45:00 pm
Well well. Go Mounties.
Title: Re: RCMP Arrest 18 Terror Suspects near Toronto
Post by: Kosh on June 03, 2006, 06:24:23 pm
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It reveals what some have been saying for a long time is true...and that is that Canada is not immune to these people.

So they weren't going to try and smuggle that stuff across the border and blow up something in the US?
Title: Re: RCMP Arrest 18 Terror Suspects near Toronto
Post by: Flipside on June 03, 2006, 06:30:18 pm
Quote from: Kosh on June 03, 2006, 06:24:23 pm
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It reveals what some have been saying for a long time is true...and that is that Canada is not immune to these people.

So they weren't going to try and smuggle that stuff across the border and blow up something in the US?

I wondered that myself, but according to the arresting officers, the explosives were intended specifically for targets in Canada.
Title: Re: RCMP Arrest 18 Terror Suspects near Toronto
Post by: IceFire on June 03, 2006, 09:30:30 pm
Quote from: Kosh on June 03, 2006, 06:24:23 pm
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It reveals what some have been saying for a long time is true...and that is that Canada is not immune to these people.

So they weren't going to try and smuggle that stuff across the border and blow up something in the US?
They were alegedly plotting to target Bay Street...that is to say the economic hub of the country.  Its like Wall Street in New York.