Well, it seems there's a connection between this Jihadist organization, which operates in Pakistan despite having been banned following 9/11, and the recent arrest of 18 people in Toronto on evidence of a plot to commit a Jihad act or acts in Canada's largest city.
Story here.
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.
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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.
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Authorities believe Mr. James is part of a web of links that tie Pakistan to the alleged plan by Muslim extremists to storm Parliament Hill and set off truck bombs in downtown Toronto.
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At least four suspects associated with the Toronto group are believed to have attended, or attempted to attend, training camps in Pakistan. Another was a member of a hardline Pakistani religious sect that advocates global Islamic rule, and several others are of Pakistani origin.
It's worth a read. In fact, it's the first in a series of articles from the National Post on this matter.
Now, I had done that earlier post on Jamaat ud Dawa as I saw a similarity between it and another Jihad organization upon which I've posted in the past, Jamaat ul Fuqra, which operates not only in Pakistan but in the US and Canada as well.
Turns out my gut feelings about JuD's likely international Jihadist aims may have been spot-on after all. They may have exported their evil ideology and trained Jihadists to return to Canada. They may have indeed almost succeeded in causing Jihadist acts which would have likely taken many innocent lives... right here in Canada.
If the authorities hadn't been keeping an eye on those folks they suspected of being Jihadists, there may have ended up being what would be seen as Canada's 9/11.
I fear we've not heard the last about Jamaat ud Dawa. Indeed, I hadn't even heard of Al Qaeda until President Bush identified them in a speech following 9/11.
Food for serious thought.
The danger is here... and it will not subside. We must stand ready for anything.
And, as always, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! If disaster can be prevented, then it must be. Period.
I'd also assert that being politically incorrect and angering the left and the Islamists is way better than letting the Jihadists just go about their "business" as they please, killing any number of innocents... in the name of that imaginary "Allah".
