In our cities. With bombs. In our cities. Not “so-called” terrorists, in our cities, with bombs. We did not make this up. Yadda.
And after the state-run CBC gets done with this story, which they gave short shrift to this morning in their coverage at the state-run multi-gazzillion-dollar people’s web site (in which they referred to the leftist though private enterprise Toronto Star for details), maybe they’ll stop calling it “the ‘so-called’ war on terror” on their state news programs.
Conservativegal already covered this off in her headlines this morning, but here’s the American-style CNN’s take on it:
Canada launches mass anti-terror sweep
Saturday, June 3, 2006; Posted: 8:03 a.m. EDT (12:03 GMT)
(CNN)—Federal and local authorities staged a major counterterrorism sweep in the Toronto area, arresting at least 10 people, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Saturday.Armed police surrounded the Durham Regional Police Station in Pickering, east of Toronto, as unmarked vehicles carrying the suspects headed into an underground garage.
The Globe and Mail newspaper in Toronto said the operation “appeared to be the most concerted such sweep in Canada since the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.”
The initial arrests were made on Friday, and more were expected through the night, police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Paradis told CNN.
The sweep was a joint operation involving most of the police forces in the Toronto area, she said.
Federal agencies including border and intelligence agents worked with the police under the auspices of the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, Paradis said.
She could not confirm a report that the arrests involved an explosives plot in the province of Ontario.
Such anti-terror operations in Canada are rare. It’s not clear if the sweep is related to a raid in east London Friday, one of the largest there since the London transit bombings in July. That raid was carried out with the help of police and Britain’s domestic spy agency, MI5.
UPDATE June 3 9:15 AM PDT
Statement by the Prime Minister on terrorism arrests made in Toronto
June 3, 2006
Ottawa, OntarioPrime Minister Stephen Harper issued the following statement in relation to the recent arrests made in Toronto, announced earlier today:
“This morning, Canadians awoke to the news that our law enforcement and national security agencies have arrested 17 individuals for terrorism related offences.
“These individuals were allegedly intent on committing acts of terrorism against their own country and their own people.
“As we have said on many occasions, Canada is not immune to the threat of terrorism. Through the work and cooperation of the RCMP, CSIS, local law enforcement and Toronto’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET), acts of violence by extremist groups may have been prevented.
“Today, Canada’s security and intelligence measures worked. Canada’s new Government will pursue its efforts to ensure the national security of all Canadians.”
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