'Three Times More Devastating Than Oklahoma City'

This article goes to those who think that since it's been almost five years since 9/11 that we're totally out of danger.

Or that bad people don't come from Canada.

Charged are Fahim Ahmad, 21, of Toronto; Zakaria Amara, 20, of Mississauga; Asad Ansari, 21, of Mississauga; Shareef Abdelhaleen, 30, of Mississauga; Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, of Mississauga; Mohammed Dirie, 22, of Kingston;

Yasim Abdi Mohamed, 24, of Kingston; Jahmaal James, 23, of Toronto; Amin Mohamed Durrani, 19, of Toronto; Steven Vikash Chand (alias Abdul Shakur), 25, of Toronto; Ahmad Mustafa Ghany, 21, of Mississauga; and Saad Khalid, 19, of Mississauga.

What in the hell would prompt them to attack Canada, I wonder? Talk about biting off your nose to spite your face...

I figured this was a bunch planning to run the border to the US. I am anxious to hear what their agenda was, or what they were mad about. It makes about as much sense as targeting al-Jazeera reporters...

I figured this was a bunch planning to run the border to the US.

How would they have gotten three tons of ANYTHING across the border without detection?! I mean, the Border Patrol is sad and sorry, but it is neither that sad nor that sorry.

I am anxious to hear what their agenda was, or what they were mad about.

Later in the article it says they must have been targeting Canadian sites, since they seemed to know how big a bomb they'd need. Like a sturdy government building or a national landmark.

Maybe they're trying to take down the Hellstorm computer in the CN Tower.

Oh, the Canadian border is a joke. They showed on spot the other day on some news show that is just a rural intersection with a sign and a little phone building where you are supposed to stop and call in if you have anything to declare, etc. There's no one sitting there watching, no one to notice. Supposedly there are a lot of places like that.

They showed on spot the other day on some news show that is just a rural intersection with a sign and a little phone building where you are supposed to stop and call in if you have anything to declare, etc.

Well, they wouldn't have gotten far into our country by the time the Mounties showed up to show them what's what! After they called in their cargo, that is.

All I know is that trying to cross at Niagara Falls is a pain in the ass.

I suppose it wouldn't be PC to mention that they all have Middle Eastern names now would it? Maybe they're pissed off because folks in Canada don't take the terrorist threat seriously?

Maybe they're pissed off because folks in Canada don't take the terrorist threat seriously?

From that article and others, I think Canadians are more surprised and disappointed that upset. The opinions I read are mostly:

...but we're such a loving and embracing country, how could they want to hurt us?

From a follow-up article in the Globe and Mail:
Alvin Chand, brother of Toronto suspect Steven Vikash Chand, scoffed at the charges outside the courthouse. (bold mine)

"He's not a terrorist, come on, he's a Canadian citizen" Mr. Chand said of his brother. "The people that were arrested are good people. They go to the mosque. They go to school, go to college."

Aly Hindy, an imam at the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in nearby Scarborough, said the centre's mosque had been monitored by security agencies for years. He said Muslims were once again being falsely accused.

"It's not terrorism. It could be some criminal activity with a few guys, that's all," said Mr. Hindy.

"We are the ones always accused."

I love that hard-hitting journalism: interview the family members. Which family member in his right mind would give up his own brother to the media jury? "Oh, yes, he'd been talking about jihad for months now... I wondered where he was going that morning with the sawed-off shotgun... those strangled kittens on the back porch were getting to be a bit of a nuisance..."

3 times the power of OK City with 6 times the people?  Someone snipped them arabs!

At least Canada does not need to know. A boon for them, and a shame.

At least Canada does not need to know.

I got this out of the Toronto paper... are you implying the media would try to keep it quiet?

He said Muslims were once again being falsely accused.

Yeah, exactly. It was probably Buddhist extremists that blew up, ummm, everthing that's been blown up in the past 20 years or so.

got this out of the Toronto paper... are you implying the media would try to keep it quiet?

No. I am stating that they do not need to know 9-11.

I am stating that they do not need to know 9-11.

O I C now. I agree that I certainly wish no ill will towards Canada. 9/11 is not a lesson that should be shared.

Yeah, exactly. It was probably Buddhist extremists that blew up, ummm, everthing that's been blown up in the past 20 years or so.

The central message of Buddhism is not "every man for himself".

The revelations continue:

From Voice of America Online:

Heavy security was in place as 15 of the 17 suspects in a plot to bomb Canada's parliament and murder Prime Minister Steven Harper were brought to court on Tuesday.

Dramatic allegations of plots to bomb Canada's parliament and behead its prime minister were leveled against a group of alleged terrorists when they made their appearance in a Canadian courtroom Tuesday.

Security was heavy as 15 of the 17 suspects arrested in a police raid Friday were brought to a Brampton, Ontario courtroom where they faced a number of terror-related charges. Prosecutors accuse the men of attempting to buy three tons of chemicals used to make explosives and blow up Canadian landmarks, storm parliament, take politicians hostage and demand Canadian forces leave Afghanistan.

According to prosecutors, if the demands were not met, the plotters were determined to execute the politicians. One of the suspects, Steven Chand, 25, boasted he would kill Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper.

Chand's lawyer, Gary Batasar, told reporters his client personally wanted to behead the Prime Minister of Canada.

Despite the surprising admission, Batasar accused Canadian and American politicians and the media of stirring up a climate of fear.

The media is just trying to get these facts out, not stir up a "climate of fear". Did the media speculate one of these guys wanted to behead PM Stephen Harper? Nope, dude's own lawyer put that out there!

What this alleged terrorist plot confirms for me that Islam's true enemy is civilization. All western civilization must make way for Islam, and Allah will smite anyone who stands in its way. Even a society as accommodating as Canada was in the Muslim extremist crosshairs.

It's not about Canada, or America, It's about they want to totally destroy all western civilization.

They are savages and until we get it right and deal with them harshly, and I do mean harsh, we are doomed to have this fight go one for decades.

It's not about Canada, or America, It's about they want to totally destroy all western civilization.

This is what the left and the euro-weenies just don't understand. They want a world wide islamic state. They will accept nothing less.

This is what the left and the euro-weenies just don't understand.

It was the mantra of the 2004 Presidential election: meet bombs with hugs. Understanding them will allow us to move past our differences. And yet they would still want to kill us.

It's obvious that Canada, about as accommodating a country as you can get, welcoming to no end, and encouraging immigration while maintaining your ethnic identity, would be the last place that Muslim extremists would want to overthrow and cause general havoc. They're so nice, those Canadians, so welcoming. How could they want to destroy such a nice and understanding country?

Because they want to remake our society in their image. Lawlessness, murder, rape, inequality, subjugation of religion, race, and gender.

Yeah, nice guys those jihadists.