By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--October 24, 2014
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"Canadians can feel very confident…there is no threat leveled against Canada.” "From all the evidence we have, neither of the two Canadians nor any of the others are in Canada nor have they been in Canada for a while. We don’t really know where they are," Martin said of the two Canadians on U.S. Attorney-General John Ashcroft’s 2004 Summer of Terror list. “If Martin doesn’t know the whereabouts of the pair on Ashcroft’s most wanted list, he certainly knew the precise whereabouts of one Ahmed Khadr. Khadr the so-called "humanitarian aid worker" was first arrested in Pakistan for allegedly being involved in a plot to blow up the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad. While he languished in a Pakistan jail, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien intervened, putting pressure on then Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to have him set free. Khadr, 57, was killed last October in a skirmish with the Pakistani army near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. “When Chretien was setting Khadr free, Paul Martin, then Canada’s Finance Minister, said nothing. "When Khadr’s son, Karim, returned to Canada with his mother and sister last April 9, Martin said plenty. Karim’s brother, Abdurahman, back in Toronto after having been released from Guantanamo Bay, admitted on the public record that his family is an "al-Qaeda" family with close ties to Osama bin Laden. "They are Canadian citizens and have a right to remain in Canada," said Martin in response to complaints from average Canadians, who wanted the government to strip the Khadrs of their Canadian citizenship. “The Khadr family members are not the only Canadian citizens rescued by Prime ministers or mobilized by Canadian citizenship papers. 'There’s the late and unlamented Kuwait-Canadian Abdulrahman Jabarah, who Saudi authorities said was part of an al-Qaeda cell responsible for suicide truck bombings in Riyadh that left 29 dead. His brother, Mohammed Mansour Jabarah plotted al-Qaeda suicide attacks in Manila and Singapore. “Martin is the not very different successor to Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who declared: "There are no terrorists in Canada." “Word from the Canadian Security and Intelligence (CSIS) states otherwise. “According to CSIS, there has been a rising trend in terrorist support activities in Canada. As the 1999 Special Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence (the Kelly Committee) stated, Canada is "primarily a venue of opportunity to support, plan or mount attacks elsewhere and as a conduit to the United States." "In his testimony to the Congressional Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims on Jan. 26, 2000, Steven Emerson, widely recognized as America’s foremost independent expert on Islamic terrorism, presented this piece of information courtesy of Ward Elcock, the Director of CSIS: `With perhaps the singular exception of the United States, there are more international terrorist groups active (in Canada) than in any country in the world,’" said Linda Frum in the National Post. “Smug, anti-American, Canadian politicians who claim "there are no terrorists in Canada" are fooling no one but the masses. “Chretien and Martin come from the Liberal Party, the party that watered the Canadian Armed Forces all the way down to marginal. They are in no position to forget that Uncle Sam is not only their country’s number one trading partner, but number one defense partner, too. "Meanwhile, Abderraouf Jdey, the Tunisian-born Canadian who has appeared in an al-Qaeda martyrdom video and Amer El-Maati, the Egyptian-Canadian believed to have trained in Afghan terror camps on John Ashcroft’s list of seven, are only the two Canadian terrorists Ashcroft happens to know about. "There are no terrorists in Canada" only if you happen to be Jean Chretien or Paul Martin.”And before Canada can even bury War Memorial Honour Guard Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, we have Canada’s current liberal heir apparent Justin Trudeau blaming Harper’s ego for driving Canada’s combat mission in Iraq. “TORONTO – Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says it was Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “ego” that led him to send six CF-18s to participate in airstrikes in Iraq, rather than a concern for Canada’s long-term interests. (Huffington Post, Oct. 20, 2014)
“Two weeks ago, the Conservative government decided the CF-18s would join the international coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as well as two surveillance aircrafts and one in-air refueler. Trudeau refused to back the government’s combat mission in Parliament, saying Harper had not made the case for war in Iraq and that, as a result, Canada should only engage in non-combat roles such as training of Iraqi and Kurdish fighters, medical support, logistical support or expanded humanitarian and refugee support. “At the time of his announcement, however, Trudeau overshadowed his own speech by telling an on-stage interviewer: “Why aren’t we talking more about the kind of humanitarian aid that Canada can and must be engaged in, rather than trying to whip out our CF-18s and show them how big they are?” “In an interview with The Huffington Post Canada Monday to promote his new book “Common Ground,” Trudeau suggested he doesn’t regret his controversial comment. “People in the room appreciated it,” he said. “Talking about openness and transparency, he acknowledged several passages in the book could also be used against him, such as his admission his former roommate was years later convicted of child pornography. He also paints a picture of himself as a smart but undisciplined student and someone who, on a few occasions, demonstrated a sense of entitlement.”Sounds a lot like the president of the country next door to some. “Trudeau explained he is a “fairly outspoken” person. “When I get passionate or worked up about an issue I say things that the Conservatives and opponents and critics like to pounce on,” he said. (Huffington Post)
“Trudeau said he is very confident the Liberal party took exactly the right position on ISIL. “As the months unfold I am certain that Canadians will realize that the Prime Minister did not think about Canada’s long-term interest or even what Canada has best to offer in the fight against ISIL when he made his decision, and it was more about ego.” “He said the drawback of trying to do politics by being “authentic” and “being yourself” is that opponents will always take “any small comment and magnify it and amplify it,” and “you start second-guessing yourself.”Too bad part of Trudeau’s being “authentic” and “being yourself” includes his hanging out at Mosques. Meanwhile, countless jihadists were let into Canada during 12 straight years of Liberal governments, but it is destined to all be Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s fault.
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