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Posted: **Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:54 pm**

<a href="http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=391">kurtnimmo.com/?p=391</a> Sunday June 04th 2006, 1:03 pm On its face, the story of the “al-Qaeda inspired homegrown terrorist group” supposedly caught “plotting to bomb ‘hard’ government targets rather than ’soft’ civilian ones such as shopping malls or nightclubs” in Canada, as characterized by the Calgary Sun, is highly suspect, to say the least. It should be considered suspect because the organization heading up the investigation of “12 adults and five youths, all of whom are charged with participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, including training and recruitment” is the notorious CSIS, or Canadian Security Intelligence Service (Service Canadien du Renseignement de Sécurité), officially created by an Act of Parliament in 1984. A simple Google search reveals a shady CSIS past, including a calculated effort to tell lies about Canada’s involvement in the CIA’s “rendition” (i.e., torture) flights (see Riad Saloojee, Public inquiry needed for Arar: Is Canada subcontracting torture?) and the slimy act of the CSIS teaming up with the Canada Post Security Inspector to snoop on unionized postal workers, including illegally intercepting the mail and stealing Crown keys to get into apartments and mail boxes (see New Book Shows CSIS, Canada Post Spied On Postal Workers, an April 22, 2002, bulletin released by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers). It is also suspect that CSIS deputy director Jack Hooper “told the Senate defense and security committee [on May 29, 2006] that a lack of resources has meant 90% of the estimated 20,000 immigrants from the region have entered Canada in the last five years without proper screening,” according to CNews. “Hooper said home-grown terrorists are fast becoming the greatest threat to Canada’s national security. Second and third-generation Canadians are becoming radicalized here ‘including white Anglo-Saxon Protestant converts’ and are eluding authorities because they blend in with mainstream society.” A few days later, Hooper’s warning played itself out like well oiled clockwork, approximately at the same time alleged Islamic radicals were caught building a chemical bomb in London. Jasper Gerard, writing for the Sunday Times, provides us with a glimpse of what is behind this effort, quite transparent if you have done your homework. “Historians will surely look back on the folly: that a frighteningly tiny number of intelligence officers frantically try to infiltrate cells of Islamic terrorists that spring up in London, Yorkshire, who knows where?” In other words, snoop and subvert operations, once again resulting in gunfire by trigger-happy cops in East London, wounding a suspect (who was lucky he was not executed, a fate suffered by Jean Charles de Menezes inside the Stockwell Tube station), are woefully understaffed and anemically funded, a whimsical notion at best as most intelligence agencies operate without oversight. In fact, as I noted in a post earlier today, these “frighteningly tiny number of intelligence officers” are quite adept at infiltrating “cells of Islamic terrorists” who go on to blow up, by way of pointless suicide bombing, trains and a double-decker bus outside of the legendary Tavistock Institute, an all-war, all-the-time propaganda operation set-up by the likes of the British royal family, the Rockefellers, and the Rothschilds. Canada’s version of a neocon leader, PM Stephen Harper, wasted little time squeezing as much mileage as possible out of the supposed foiled terror attack in Ontario, and thus sending the message to all Canadians (and the Straussian neocons to the south) that police state militarization is on track in Canada. “Surrounded by tanks, army trucks and anti-aircraft guns, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told 225 new Canadian Forces recruits and their families Saturday that Canadians cannot escape a dangerous world by turning a blind eye to it,” reports the National Post, a neocon tabloid that suffered a black eye after it ran the discredited Iran zonar story a couple weeks ago. “Speaking at Ottawa’s Canadian War Museum to new recruits from Ontario and Quebec one a day after the arrest of 17 alleged terrorists in southern Ontario Harper said the government will continue its efforts to ensure national security.” One must admit the Canadian variety of neocon has the same knack for exploiting probable intelligence ops as their southern brethren. Canada, Britain, Australia, swaths of Europe—all are quickly lining up behind the “clash of civilizations” agenda with its attendant police state program for domestic implementation. In Canada, the slimy CSIS, following in the footsteps of East Germany’s Stasi, will enter homes and open mail, thus taking a cue from the neocons here in America as they vacuum incalculable petabytes of personal data with the eager help of multinational telecom corporations and snoop on the usually enfeebled opposition, down to insignificant antiwar hippies handing out peanut butter sandwiches outside of Halliburton’s offices in Texas, obviously an act of treason. It now appears, rather frighteningly, that these burgeoning intel orgs, apparently merging into one huge intel monolith, or possibly a less formal collaboration, are ramping up to finger all Muslims in their respective countries, attributing unspeakable crimes to them through state sponsored false flag terrorism, and eventually tracing this massive conspiracy back to the nations figuring prominently on the Straussian neocon and Israeli Likudite hit list, beginning with Iran, in short order, and eventually expanding outward to encompass Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

Posted: **Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:02 am**

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Posted: **Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:41 pm**

Monday June 05th 2006, 7:59 am Not only did the “terrorists” in Canada not have a target for their so-called fertilizer bomb, the fertilizer was delivered by the RCMP as part of a sting operation (i.e., the suspects were framed), according to the Toronto Star. “Sources say investigators who had learned of the group’s alleged plan to build a bomb were controlling the sale and transport of the massive amount of fertilizer, a key component in creating explosives. Once the deal was done, the RCMP-led anti-terrorism task force moved in for the arrests…. At a news conference yesterday morning, the RCMP displayed a sample of ammonium nitrate and a crude cell phone detonator they say was seized in the massive police sweep when the 17 were taken into custody. However, they made no mention of the police force’s involvement in the sale.” Of course not. Because the entire affair is little more than a dog and pony show designed to convince Canadians local Muslims pose a threat to the country. Meanwhile, some Canadians have responded in the desired manner. “The vandalizing of a Toronto mosque on the weekend could be part of a reaction against Islam after police arrested 17 Muslim men and youth in southern Ontario amid accusations of an al-Qaeda-inspired bombing plot, an imam says,” reports CBC News, making sure to link “al-Qaeda” to the suspects, who are of course guilty until proven innocent. Naturally, the corporate media and “experts” on such matters are clueless. “A Canadian terrorism expert said the type of fertilizer ordered by the group—34-0-0—is the highest grade and the best for making explosives,” reports the neocon National Post, not bothering to mention the fact Canadian police arranged the delivery of the fertilizer. “This would indicate that they had done their homework,” Tom Quiggin, a senior fellow at the Centre of Excellence for National Security in Singapore, told the discredited newspaper, basically a neocon propaganda tool. In fact, it appears the RCMP “had done their homework,” not the patsies. In order to demonize the suspects, or rather patsies, the National Post and other newspapers in Canada have gone out of their way to establish, at best tenuously, an “al-Qaeda” connection. “Fahim Ahmad, 21, and Zakaria Amara, 20, are being described as the key figures among the 12 adults and five juveniles charged over the weekend with terrorism-related offences…. Both had been followers of Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, a senior member of the Al-Rahman Islamic Centre in Mississauga and the oldest of the 17 accused.” Jamal, according to the National Post, quoting Aly Hindy, imam at the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, “was upset at the way some in Toronto’s Muslim community have distanced themselves from the Khadrs, the Toronto family that once lived in Osama bin Laden’s compound in Afghanistan.” In 2004, the Khadr family was at the center of an effort to amend Canada’s Citizenship Act after they supposedly admitted “patriarchal links to Osama bin Laden,” as CTV put it. “It’s very regrettable that the Conservatives would exploit the fear of terrorism to identify an individual or two individuals and somehow suggest their citizenship should be revoked,” Peter Kormos of the NDP said at the time. “It’s very dangerous to use a single instance like that to set a precedent or paint a broad sweep.” But then, of course, the “conservatives” (neocons) in Canada and the United States are all about “broad sweeps” and obviously sting operations, if they forward the agenda. Meanwhile, so-called “counter-terrorism officials” have admitted “that lethal chemical devices they feared had been stored at an east London house raided on Friday may never have existed,” the Guardian reports. “Confidence among officials appeared to be waning as searches at the address continued to yield no evidence of a plot for an attack with cyanide or other chemicals. A man was shot during the raid, adding to pressure on the authorities for answers about the accuracy of the intelligence that led them to send 250 officers to storm the man’s family home at dawn.” But then the idea here is not “a duty of care to the general public,” as officials claim, but rather to create irrational hysteria and animosity toward Muslims. It does not matter a chemical attack never occurred, or the police are unable to find chemicals or deadly substances, because simply mentioning “cyanide or other chemicals” and the same sentence with “terrorists” is enough to provoke a stampede, almost the same as an actual attack occurring. It worked famously in the lead-up to the neocon invasion of Iraq. How many people still believe Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, even though there is absolutely no evidence of this? How many people, thanks to misrepresentation and outright lies parroted by the corporate media, cannot tell the difference between Saddam is Osama? How many people believe the United States invaded and occupied Iraq in response to nine eleven? Millions. And now millions believe there are Muslim terrorists in our midst, even though the latest incidents are farcical and obvious set-ups engineered to ramp up the paranoia and fear in preparation for the next phase of the “long war” against Muslim society and culture. The Straussian neocons, firmly entrenched in the Pentagon and foreign policy establishment, are only peripherally interested in consensus, although a bit more paranoia, fear, and anger—the latter resulting in vandalism at the International Muslims Organization of Toronto—is helpful in creating the appropriate domestic conditions for the commencement of criminal mass murder in Iran.

Posted: **Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:35 pm**

even the mainstream isn't buying it: <a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1149460818253&call_pageid=1149329604487">Toronto Star</a> Police put on a `good spectacle' Snipers, leg irons, selected evidence, police brass — all calculated to sway the public, lawyers and security experts say Jun. 5, 2006. 08:16 AM LINDA DIEBEL STAFF REPORTER "A good spectacle ... theatrical atmosphere ... like 24 ... an awards show." Reviews for a Mirvish production, right? Maybe a Hollywood blockbuster or fast-paced new action series on Fox? Wrong. It's how several lawyers and security experts describe the sombre, indeed frightening, events which transpired in the GTA over the past weekend. At a news conference Saturday, a dozen of the highest-ranking police officers in the province gathered to announce that an alleged terrorist cell had been shut down before it could explode a truck bomb three times more powerful than the device used in Oklahoma City. They were circumspect about Operation O-Sage, arguing time constraints in the preparation of evidence as well as police procedure. The anti-terrorism task force was careful about the wording of its news release, saying that the group "took steps to acquire" the three tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a popular fertilizer used to make bombs. As well, they laid out selected evidence for the photographers and TV crews, showing only "sample" bags of ammonium nitrate. Meanwhile, under massive police security which included sharpshooters on nearby roofs and tactical squad officers with submachine-guns, suspects were brought in leg irons to the provincial courthouse in Brampton. There, in Room 101, Justice of the Peace John Farnum postponed bail hearings until tomorrow morning. For the experts contacted by the Star, these events were as much about creating an image for the public as about charging the individuals. And it's an image, they argue, that could hurt the right of the accused — 12 men and five youths — to a fair trial. Being on message — "on script" as the spin doctors put it — is a concept more easily associated with politicians than police chiefs. But for a veteran of the criminal justice system like Toronto lawyer Walter Fox, it's the obvious lens through which to judge events. The principal audience, in his view, is the Canadian public. "Police think they have to present a show of force to advance the public's understanding that these guys are dangerous," said Fox. "Does it prejudice the mind of the public? I think so. "As a criminal lawyer, I am well aware that police and the prosecution are never stronger than at the moment when they've brought their suspects into court for the first time. I've also learned that the stronger the police seem to be at this point, the more suspicious I become that they don't have a complete case." Overall, Fox tends to believe that the checks and balances of the justice system will probably win out. David Jacobs, a Toronto lawyer with extensive experience in international human rights law, is less sure. "The fanfare around the arrests creates such a theatrical atmosphere one wonders if it is necessary for the enforcement of justice.... It raises the emotional level without necessarily shedding any light," he said. In Brampton Saturday, lawyer Anser Farooq, who represents five of the accused, clearly saw the image of snipers on the roof and police armed to the teeth as negative to his clients. "This is ridiculous," he told the Star. "They've got soldiers here with guns. This is going to completely change the atmosphere." Inside, lawyer Rocco Galati, representing two suspects, complained to Farnum about the leg irons and armed officers in the courtroom, adding: "I do not feel safe with an automatic weapon facing in my direction." Police evidence was carefully chosen for the news conference, held at the Toronto Congress Centre by the RCMP-led National Security Enforcement Team. The chief speaker was RCMP Assistant Commissioner Mike McDonell, and lined up behind him were chiefs of police from Toronto, York, Durham and Peel regions, as well as representatives from the Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. "When I saw all that brass lined up with every cop in southern Ontario and Canada telling us what a wonderful job they had done, I thought it was like an awards show," said Fox. "Everybody will tell you it's standard but they are all working to influence the public." He had questions, as did Jacobs, about exactly how three tonnes of ammonium nitrate were "acquired" by the suspects. The Star has learned that when investigators monitoring the men found out about the alleged purchase of the fertilizer, they intervened before delivery, switching the potentially deadly material with a harmless substance. Jacobs advised vigilance in seeing what comes out in court about how far police went. He said that the courts have been drawing a line past which law enforcement officers can't go without being seen as having induced the commission of a criminal offence. He found it interesting that police referred to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing where 168 people died in an explosion at a federal building. He said that if, for example, police arranged for delivery of the ammonium nitrate, it would shed a different light on proceedings. "In Oklahoma City, there was no suggestion police were involved," said Jacobs, adding that there are a number of important unanswered questions in the investigation. Jacobs also criticized police for linking the suspects to Al Qaeda, the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks, without providing evidence. Police said that cell members were "inspired" by Al Qaeda. Fox chuckled at the way evidence was presented, notably the use of similar bags of ammonium nitrate, not the actual evidence. Watching it on TV, he said, he had the sense of reading an old crime pulp magazine from the '50s, with lines like: "At a location similar to the one pictured above, the following events took place ..." "Was there a police infiltrator?" asked Fox. "Did a spouse talk to police or did someone arrested on more minor charges give information to police? We don't know what kind of a police operation it was. Everybody thinks that it's like on TV, but everything is far more complicated." Michael Edmunds, administrator of the U of T's McLuhan Program in Culture & Technology, argues the public is already so influenced by television that people are receptive to the kind of message sent out by police on the weekend. Unconsciously, receptive audiences for police actions are created by such TV shows as the Fox hit 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland as counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer. Viewers sympathize with Bauer, no matter what he has to do, because they want him to get the bad guys and protect the free world. Edmunds argued that certain memes — or unspoken beliefs in any culture — are constantly being reinforced. Here, he said, the message was that police know what they are doing and they are protecting us. "It's all global theatre, as Marshall McLuhan used to say. We assume the police want to help us and we assume it's good." The interesting aspect of the weekend for him was yesterday's front-page play of the story in the New York Times. "Now we know what the police did was good," he said. "It's vindication when our brothers and sisters in the United States see it, too." And perhaps therein lies another audience for the images of the weekend: the American public, or more precisely, official Washington, both the White House and Capitol Hill. The Times story pointed out that Bush administration officials were kept abreast of the police investigation and arrests, adding that Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day spoke early Saturday with his U.S. counterpart, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. The Oklahoma City reference would surely resonate with Americans. The 1995 tragedy — the first domestic terrorist action in recent history — shocked a nation. It was exceedingly difficult for Americans to come to grips with the fact that domestic terrorists were involved, and not foreigners. The trial of Timothy McVeigh, who was executed for the crime, was held under massive security, a preview perhaps of what Canadians can expect in the trial of the O-Sage 17. "They are putting on a good spectacle, a show," U.S. security expert John Pike said in a telephone interview from Virginia yesterday about the Canadian police show of force. "We are used to that here." Pike said the kind of massive security force employed in U.S. trials, while clearly reinforced in the aftermath of 9/11, is not a product simply of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on 9/11. "There has been an inexorable militarization of the police in the United States since the 1980s," he said, citing a gradual weakening of human rights groups that began a decade earlier. "But there has been a substantial ratcheting up of security since 9/11." Problem is, said Pike, that police and prosecutors "make a big deal of what they've got, but as trials progress, we've repeatedly seen that the prosecution's case falls apart because they simply don't have the evidence." According to Pike, the key to the Canadian case will be the three tonnes of ammonium nitrate with which the 17 suspects supposedly plotted to set off a bomb in southern Ontario.

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