Well and good that Canadian intelligence and law-enforcement officials have probably thwarted one of the most vicious terrorist plots since 9/11, but I can't help but notice that there are still Canadians who don't "get" what almost happened in their country.
TORONTO, Ontario (CNN)--Prosecutors allege that one of the terrorism suspects arrested in Canada last week wanted "to behead the prime minister," a defense lawyer said Tuesday.An eight-page synopsis of the allegations against the 17 men and boys was given to defense lawyers Tuesday.
"The allegations are that my client is alleged to have been part of a plot to blow up parliament buildings in Canada, storm the CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corp.], take over the CBC, as well as, among other things, behead the prime minister," said Gary Batasar, lawyer for defendant Steven Vikash Chand, 25.
Batasar and other defense lawyers complained Tuesday in court that they have not been allowed to meet privately with their clients, who they say are under constant watch by armed guards. He called the tight security unnecessary and unprecedented.
"This is not Guantanamo, this is Toronto, Canada," Batasar said.
But no, in Toronto, the spear-points of an army potentially larger, more dangerous and more merciless than any we have ever known or faced are mere "criminals" with due-process rights, lawyers, and the presumption (apparently) of innocence. And what if the Canadian officials who tracked them and ultimately foiled their plot didn't follow the absolute letter of the Canadian law? What then? Will they be FREED? Let out on bail?
I just wonder what Canada would do about these guys if they believed (as they should) that they--whether they like it or not-- are engaged in a war with Islamofascism just as we are, just as the entire Judeo-Christian Western World is? D'ya think they'd still consider these vermin "accused criminals," or d'ya think they'd see them as the SOLDIERS they are?
What's it going to take? Will a group like this have to be successful for the Canadians (or the Americans for that matter) to wake up to reality? Can you imagine what that would have looked like? Can you imagine the CBC anchors being beheaded live on the air, at their anchor desk, in front of the nation? In what alternate universe would the citizenry witnessing such an atrocity consider it merely a "crime?" How loudly do the perpetrators have to scream that their allegiance to Islam and their "duty" to smite the "infidel" supercedes all else in their miserable lives before the Canadians (or we) will believe them?
All I can say is, thank God the Canadian investigators in charge of stopping these monsters had their eyes on the ball. Too bad most people--here as well as there--aren't watching the game.
Posted by insomnomaniac at June 6, 2006 10:09 PM | TrackBack