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| Canucks have joined Iraqi insurgency |
| 2005-10-23 |
| A number of radicals from Canada -- fewer than 10 -- have slipped across borders to join the fighting in Iraq, CSIS director Jim Judd said during a break at an annual gathering of intelligence experts in Montreal yesterday. "We know of others who may be planning to," he added. "I don't think there's anything we can do legally to prevent this." Judd, who said CSIS had informed the U.S. government, made the comments at a conference of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies. Contacted by Sun Media last night, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office directed inquiries to Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan even though CBC-TV had reported that Prime Minister Paul Martin's first reaction was one of anger when informed of Judd's comments. Alex Swann, a spokesman for McLellan played down the comments by the spy agency boss, saying Judd alluded to the participation of Canadian radicals in the Iraqi insurgency when he appeared before a special Senate committee reviewing terrorism last March 7. Judds remarks prompted an immediate response from Conservative foreign affairs critic Stockwell Day, who said the Martin government "must do everything possible to condemn and discourage" such activity. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 I thought Canadians didn't know how to handle weapons anymore? I thought the liberal-multiculti experiment of the past 40 years had rendered all of Canada limp. |
| Posted by: The Bleeding Panzerschreck 2005-10-23 22:07 |
| #4 I'm guessing that Mahmoud and Ali were angry and disaffected by the increasing Americanization of the NHL and the strike year pushed them over the edge. |
| Posted by: John in Tokyo 2005-10-23 19:54 |
| #3 ...know of others who may be planning to... 'scuse me but don't you think expidited visa services are in order? |
| Posted by: dorf 2005-10-23 11:26 |
| #2 Let me see...if you KNOW who they are. And, if you KNOW when they leave the country (passport and plane ticket) Could you kindly tell the US? I suspect we could have a welcoming committee available to greet them. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2005-10-23 08:24 |
| #1 Sees to be schisam between CSIS and Martin. "must do everything possible to condemn and discourage" such activity. Whose activity(pretty sure I know)CSIS or the terr wannabes. |
| Posted by: raptor 2005-10-23 02:26 |