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| Canadian extremists more likely homegrown: 'secret' CSIS report |
| 2013-02-02 |
| Violent Canadian extremists are more likely to be citizens than immigrants, according to a “secret” study by the federal intelligence service. And these radicals tend to be relatively young and well-integrated members of society. These findings appear in “A Study of Radicalization: The Making of Islamist Extremists in Canada Today,” a 21-page study released to The Globe and Mail under the Access to Information Act. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service study is released as global concerns about terrorists from Canada are growing. The Prime Minister of Algeria this month said two unnamed Canadians were among the al-Qaeda-aligned guerrillas who took hostage oil workers from the West, before the four-day standoff ended in dozens of deaths. Canadian officials are on the ground in Algeria investigating the claims, but have reached no conclusions. In Ottawa, CSIS analysts are tasked with a putting together a big-picture view of the trends that lead to terrorism. The path to violent zealotry is ultimately a “idiosyncratic, individual process,” the study says. The precise reasons why people want to become terrorists defy explanation, but the CSIS analysis does offer some observations. |
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