17 terrorists nabbed in Canada
were holding three tons of explosives
Canadian police and intelligence agents say they foiled a “series of terrorist attacks” by a group that had obtained three tons of explosive fertilizer — more than the amount used in the Oklahoma City bombings — to attack targets in Ontario.Twelve men — described as “mainly Canadian citizens” — and five juveniles were arrested in a series of raids Friday night at locations in the outlying suburbs of Toronto in enclaves for immigrant groups in Canada. The men, all with Arabic names, were mostly in their 20s.
Police say they seized weapons, walkie-talkies, and a large quantity of ammonium nitrate, the same chemical used to make a fertilizer bomb that destroyed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, killing 168 persons.
Police refused to identify the targets of the alleged bomb plot or discuss details of the plan. Reports in the Canadian press said the investigators moved because the bombing was evident, and targets included large public buildings. Authorities said it was the biggest sweep conducted under Canada’s anti-terrorism laws, passed after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Update: Canadian terrorists linked to more in 6 countries
Well before police tactical teams began their sweeps around Toronto on Friday, at least 18 related arrests had already taken place in Canada, the United States, Britain, Bosnia, Denmark, Sweden, and Bangladesh.
The six-month RCMP investigation, called Project OSage, is one of several overlapping probes that include an FBI case called Operation Northern Exposure and a British probe known as Operation Mazhar.
Wow! This looks big. Allah notes that the source, Canada’ s National Post has screwed up before. Goldstein is concerned that someone’s civil rights might have been trampled on in the process.
I couldn’t resist this either
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