Canadian Jihad

Planned Toronto terror attack exposed in courtEvidence shows; attack was to be bigger than London bombings

By de Andréa
March 31, 2008

The "shocking and sensational" inner workings of a homegrown terror cell were unveiled recently in a Brampton court in Toronto Canada – and included the plotting of an attack "much greater" in scale than the London 2005 bombings that killed 52 people.

Canada, now with a population standing at 1.9 % Muslim and expected to grow to over 2 % by this fall, is fast approaching the UK with 2.7 % of their population being Muslim

As long as the Muslim population is less than 1 % of any given country they will be deceptively regarded for the most part as a peace-loving minority while they begin their stealthy incremental infiltration into every aspect of the host country’s culture educational system and government. Islamic Cultural Jihad begins…

At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize openly to other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs: This part of “Cultural Jihad” is already well underway in the United States.

In a document made public for the first time, the Crown painted a broad picture of the evidence in the trial of a youth who pleaded not guilty to belonging to a terrorist group. According to the document, the so-called Toronto 18 were attempting to secure a safe house to store weapons and practice military drills, and embarking on a mission to destroy the West – one they would be willing to die for.

Details of the alleged plot, which also included storming Parliament Hill and beheading politicians, emerged in a factum filed by the Crown that described the case against the accused as "shocking and sensational."

The document contains transcripts of wiretaps and videotapes that include one conversation in which one of the accused speaks of the group's ambitions.

"They're probably expecting what happened in London or something," he said. “... Some bombing in a subway kills 10 people and everybody gets deported. We're not doing that. ... So our thing is, it's much, much greater on a scale ... you do it once and you make sure they can never recover again."

In arguing for a publication ban, the Crown said the evidence of these violent schemes and aspirations are so disturbing they could prejudice the future trials of the 14 adults who are also charged with belonging to this group. The accused were among 18 adults and youths arrested in a massive police sweep in late 2006 for allegedly belonging to an Al Qaeda inspired cell. Charges against three youths have been stayed. Of the adults, 10 remain in jail and four are out on bail. Out on bail? People this is not a crime, this is an act of war…

Until recently all evidence in these cases was covered by other publication bans. The expected evidence remains to be either admitted or rejected during the youth's trial.While some of the allegations have already surfaced in public reports, a great deal in the factum had never been published.

Some of that evidence includes:
Videos of terrorist indoctrination, in which the accused are exhorted to wage battle in the new empire and establish the religion of Allah and “to get rid of the oppressors whether we get arrested, or whether we get killed."

Another was the construction of a "radio frequency remote-control detonator" that needed to be improved because its range was nine meters.

The accused attended two training camps. One was a 12-day camp near the town of Washago, Ont., where they practiced military-style exercises in camouflage gear and undertook firearms training with a 9-mm firearm. The second was a two-day camp at the Rockwood Conservation Area, where they donned camouflage clothing and made a propaganda-style video of their military drills.

According to the Crown's factum, the terrorists first popped onto the radar of police in August 2005, when two of the adults were stopped at the Canada-U.S. border in a rented vehicle while attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition into the country.

Based on weapons history and intercepted telephone conversations the duo had while in jail, police expanded their investigation. They homed in on a few individuals and contacted Mubin Shaikh to act as an under cover police agent.

Shaikh, a well-known member of the city's Muslim community, was told to attend a banquet hall on Nov. 27 and make contact with two of the adults. It was there that Shaikh met the youth now on trial.

Topics of discussions between Shaikh and the adults included the worldwide oppression of Muslims and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, accompanied by an adult making a "shooting gesture." While there, Shaikh hugged one of the men and felt what he believed to be a firearm. Before leaving, an adult showed Shaikh a magazine with bullets, which he referred to as "hollow points, cop killers," according to the Crown's factum.A few days later, Shaikh and an adult drove to a park, where he laid out his plans to attack various targets, including the Parliament buildings. He said he needed to assemble a group and planned to organize an outdoor training camp. Because Shaikh had military experience, he agreed to be an instructor at the training camp.

In late December, 13 men and youths drove to a rural wooded area about 150 kilometers north of the city, where they participated in military marches, obstacle course runs, and firearms training. Shaikh used a 9-mm gun brought by an adult to teach the others basic gun safety.

On the way back to Toronto they discussed Operation Badr, a plot to storm Parliament Hill, take politicians hostage and demand the removal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan and the release of Muslim prisoners in federal institutions. If their demands weren't met, they'd "kill everybody," said an adult, who also reminded the others that the prime minister wasn't "Paul Loser" or "Paul Martin" – as they suggested – but was in fact "the other guy, Harper."

Syed said an adult said the purpose of the camp was to "train" and to prepare for jihad. Again, an adult led a discussion circle inside a tent discussing so-called military strategies. One of the men asked Syed if he could teach others how to use firearms and grenades and whether he had access to such weapons. He also promised to show Syed recorded lectures given by Osama bin Laden.

On June 2, about 400 police officers conducted a series of arrests that garnered international headlines. On that day 17 men and youths were arrested. An 18th suspect was arrested in September of 2007.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Not far behind Canada is the U.S. with 1.4 % of the population being Muslim and expected to reach 1.6% by the end of the year. This story is typical of many such cases that are investigated every month in the U.S. and Canada most are never reported unless leaked or released long after the fact as this one.

It really is surprising to me with all the terrorist training camps masquerading as Mosques across the fruited plain that we have been able to stop most of these attempts of violent militant Jihad in America. Especially when these cases are treated As a crime instead of what it is, an act of war

The burning question is, how long, considering the exploding Muslim population in the U.S., can we continue to be charmed by the politically correct multicultural propaganda, and avoid another 9/11 attack or worse. As they say…A matter of time…

de Andréa