Canada Has Been Targeted
A Saudi Arabian terrorist faction affiliated with al-Qaida has urged Muslim militants to attack oil facilities all over the world, including Canada, Mexico and Venezuela, to stop the flow of oil to the United States, according to an article by the group posted on the Internet.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula said in its monthly magazine posted on an Islamic Web site that "cutting oil supplies to the United States, or at least curtailing it, would contribute to the ending of the American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan." The group said it was making the statements as part of Osama bin Laden's declared policy.
The above quote is from a story in
The International Herald Tribune.
A Canadian point of view is better expressed in a
CTV News story where legislation passed after 9/11 is about to expire and new legislation to renew Canadian security is in jeopardy of not being passed.
Prime Minister Harper said today's threat should remind us of why the government "is trying to renew the provisions of the anti-terrorism act designed to protect the safety and security of Canadians."
"This was passed originally with bipartisan support," Harper said Wednesday during question period.
"I would urge all members not to play partisan politics with national security. You know, I understand the leader of the Liberal party may have a difficulty supporting our measures, but at least he maybe can rally the strength of leadership to support his own legislation," he said.
Former CSIS director Reid Morden told CTV's Mike Duffy Live that he believes the prime minister is taking a "responsible" position on the terror provisions.
He said he believes it's a matter of when, not if, Canada will come under attack by terrorists, and "partly as a result of our own activist foreign policy ... and particularly our very aggressive role in Afghanistan."
"The fact that something hasn't happened, I think, is simply a testament that the security forces that we have, primarily the RCMP and CSIS, are indeed doing their job."
