Thursday, March 23, 2006

Canada's Very Own: Jihadists

Yes Canada has its own version of the pestilence that has spread inexorably throughout the world. Nice us. As yet but a springboard from which to launch into other areas of the world more deserving of that deadly attention from fanatic Islamists. So we are harbouring at our gentle bosom people utterly convinced that the world is ripe for a complete revolution.

Allah, not the benign, compassionate and fair presence which pricks the conscience of devout and kind Muslims, content to live within a world which has ample room for other faiths and customs, but the implacable Allah of the Infidel-hating, revenge-seeking jihadists, exhorts his warriors to craft his bloody revolution. The response from the bitterly disaffected, the vital, corrupted youth has been overwhelming in its singleness of purpose.

New York and Washington can testify to that, as can Indonesia, Spain and Great Britain, among others. Home-grown jihadists, ready, eager and willing to do the bidding of their version of the Prophets' (may they rest in peace) message, in honour of their jealous god who will have no others worshipped above him. The message is familiar, the messengers are not, nor is their handiwork.

So Canada had/has the infamous Khadr family whose arrogance of entitlement knew/knows no bounds. From their safe haven in Canada they raised funds for al Qaeda, operated training camps for jihadists abroad and spread their hate and their fearful purpose. Lest we forget, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien even prevailed upon Pakistan's former Prime Minister to free the Kadhr patriarch from a prison in Pakistan where he was being held on suspicion of involvement in terrorism.

Even the Khadr women made no secret of their loathing for the lifestyles and customs they abhor within secular Canada, but return to Canada they did, for what other country would offer them the tender care that Canada does? This is the family that enjoyed a comfortable friendship with Osama bin Laden and his family. Kindred spirits. Equally dedicated to the glorious task of elevating Islam to world domination. Their interpretation of Islam, be it noted.

Yes, there are a score of others held on Security Certificates, none against whom the federal government has a tighter body of evidence than on Momin Khawaja, arrested in 2004 in a quiet, leafy suburb of Ottawa, and currently awaiting trial on federal terrorism charges. This lovely young man was arrested by the RCMP at no other more unlikely venue than his contract workplace, Foreign Affairs; how apt. His traceable connections to like young radical hatred-mongers and carnage-seekers in Great Britain currently on trial there brought him to his current status.

But the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree. His father, Mahboob, another contract worker whose talents placed him in Saudi Arabia, claims the police misinterpreted telephone conversations that he himself had with his son. Concerning the most innocent of business plans, the development and sales of customized cellphone jammers for sale to Saudi telecom agencies.

Given the testimony coming out of the British trials citing e-mail messages of total incrimination and telephone conversations in which murderous intent is laid out, this pallid explanation of the truth wouldn't be absorbed by the village idiot. Father Khawaja's own web site describes his palpable hatred for Jews, a trait his willing son was quick to adopt as his own, happy to contemplate blowing up synagogues with his dedicated death-crew.

From ammonium nitrate bombs to radioisotrope bombs; from upscale shopping centres in London to crowded trains and buses; to electrical grids and natural gas systems, all were fodder for the imaginations of this group of eager jihadists. They prepared well, attending terrorist training camps in Pakistan, learning to craft explosive devices, to use ricin.

Canada, safe haven for wannabe world-class fanatics. Death messengers.

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