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COVER STORY

Who turned the lights out?

by Judi McLeod

August 25, 2003

Did Osama bin Laden turn the lights off in Ontario and in the entire Northeastern seaboard of the United States of America?

While politicians in Ontario were still pointing fingers of blame at each other, Al Qaida was claiming responsibility for North America’s largest blackout.

"Al Qaida’s Abu Hafs Brigade has claimed responsibility for the blackout last week in the Northeast and Midwest United States," reported World Tribune.com. "A communiqué by the Abu Hafs Brigades made reference to Operation Quick Lightning in the Land of the Tyrant of this Generation."

"It was published as `the third communiqué by the "Brigades",’ World Tribune.com reported. "In the first, they accepted responsibility for the downing of an airplane in Kenya. The second accepted responsibility for the Jakarta bombing of the Marriott Hotel on August 5, 2003.

"The new communiqué says that in compliance with the orders of Osama bin Laden to strike at the American economy, the Brigades struck two important electricity supply targets on the East Coast, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute. The Brigades say that they cannot reveal how they did it, because they will probably have to use the same method again soon. The communiqué also claimed that the operation was meant as a present for the Iraqi people."

Farfetched conspiracy theories?

Eco activists have been clamouring for years that our energy supply is fast running out, and strongest amid their message of doom are their bleatings about sustainable development.

Terrorism turning out the lights is not too far a stretch with documented proof of the existence of a cult which can include among its boasts, their activists as payroll employees in many North American public utility buildings.

The infamous Solar Temple suicide cult has a presence in many French-speaking countries such as France, Switzerland, Belgium, and in the Province of Quebec. Between 1995 to 1997, many murders and suicides were associated with the cult, accounting for 74 deaths in total.

According to Perspectives, a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) publication, Solar Temple members believe in an imminent ecological apocalypse.

In 1996,"Natural Resources Minister Guy Chevrette acknowledged he’s worried the Solar Temple cult may have influence in Hydro-Quebec.

"Chevrette said he has asked the public utility to investigate allegations by a former employee that he was fired because he wouldn’t swear allegiance to his boss in a cult ceremony.

"`I don’t have any reason to believe there is a huge Solar Temple network at Hydro-Quebec," Chevrette said.

"The Order of the Solar Temple was started in Canada by a homeopathic physician named Luc Jouret. Dr. Jouret received his funding from Ontario Hydro, a company (formerly) controlled by (United Nations guru) Maurice Strong," says Perspective.

Mr. Strong is, among other things, the power behind the throne in the United Nations, the shadowy architect of the Kyoto protocol, and most recently, a soon-to-be senior advisor to Canadian Prime-Minister-In-Waiting Paul Martin.

Jouret is known as a charismatic speaker who recruited bright people from prominent social and business circles. The homeopathic physician has also written papers on mind control and chemical experiments carried out by governments.

According to Brian Tokar in Z Magazine, "Hydro-Quebec suffered an additional political embarrassment when some 15 executives and former executives of the utility were tied to the Solar Temple cult after the mysterious mass killing of its members in Switzerland.

In a 1999 article, Reuters talked about the remaining live members of the cult. While there are only an estimated 30 in Quebec, there are said to be about 160 members at large in Europe and the rest of the world.

"Yes, there are Solar Temple members remaining in Quebec. There may be about 30 of them left," Officer Pierre Robichaud, of the Surete du Quebec provincial police said.

"They say they are inactive, but, unfortunately, we cannot say without doubt that, yes, they are inactive," Robichaud told Reuters in an interview.

Canadian police are limited by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and cannot investigate religious groups that are registered as such with the government. They can only investigate individuals and Luc Jouret is long since missing.

"We do not and we cannot investigate the Solar Temple or its members. We have no proof and no information leading us to believe they committed, or are about to commit, criminal activities," Robichaud said.

Meanwhile, if Eco/cult activism turned out the lights on August 14, 2003, what’s to stop it from happening again?

Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com


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