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| The path to terror in Canada |
| 2006-09-03 |
| Three months after the RCMP began arresting 18 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada, an investigation by the National Post has uncovered a web of links to Pakistan. Today, in the first of four parts, the role of a Pakistani training camp is revealed. BALAKOT, Pakistan - A worn footpath climbs from the Kaghan Valley highway into the lush mountains above the River Kunar, on Kashmir's western frontier. The locals all know where it leads. An hour's walk up the steep trail there is a training camp built by Islamic militants called Madrassa Syed Ahmed Shaheed -- a long barracks building and a few guard posts to keep outsiders away. Young Muslim volunteers from Pakistan and beyond have long trekked here to Balakot to train for jihad, and one of them was allegedly a Canadian named Jahmaal James. A National Post reporter was able to locate the Balakot training camp and hike to its periphery, where an outbuilding could be seen, possibly a guard post. Locals cautioned against visiting the "mujahedeen" camp, saying it was guarded by armed men who detained intruders as spies. "Those people are mental," one man said. An accused member of the Toronto extremist group that the RCMP says plotted al-Qaeda-inspired terror attacks in southern Ontario, Mr. James allegedly visited Balakot for training during a recent four-month trip to Pakistan. What the 23-year-old did during his stay in the land of jihad is the subject of an ongoing counterterrorism probe involving police and intelligence services in several countries. |
| Posted by:john |
| #10 The magazine includes an editorial by Mr. Saeed that condemns the Pakistani government for reforms he complains are turning the country into "a modern Western state." Oh, the humanity! On second thought, yes, the humanity! "Egyptians have made their country modern," he writes. "Now there [sic] country is working as the base for the advancement of Jewish interests. Its streets give a Western look and these territories are under undeclared occupation of Christian world." Tell that to the tourists at Luxor and Sharm al-Sheikh. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-03 23:49 |
| #9 Jamaat-ul-Fuqra |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-09-03 14:29 |
| #8 "there's There, I fixed it for you! |
| Posted by: Texas Redneck 2006-09-03 13:40 |
| #7 Does anyone notice how all trails lead to Pakland ??? We have been appeasing these dumbshits too long. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-09-03 12:43 |
| #6 Things weren't coming out of Raphael's keyboard as he intended them, as I recall, so he's taking a bit of a break. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-09-03 12:03 |
| #5 Haven't heard from Raphael, our Canukistan multiculti promoter for a while. Wonder why? |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-09-03 08:46 |
| #4 "Armed camp" becomes "armed area/enclave" becomes "Armed State-within-a-State". Canada becomes another Lebanon or North Korea, wid locals pretending to both themselves + outsiders they are not controlled by somebody else. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-09-03 02:17 |
| #3 there's probably a few training camps here in the states. Scary to think about it. |
| Posted by: Jan 2006-09-03 01:40 |
| #2 "Those people are mental," Money quote |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-09-03 00:31 |
| #1 Canada? That's juz a bit north of the US, huh |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-09-03 00:30 |