Bin Laden using Canada to plot US attacks Monday, June 19, 2000 NORTH AMERICA | Canadian intelligence officials say Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden may be using Canadian soil to plot terror attacks against the United States. Bin Laden, who is allegedly responsible for a pair of attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, may be using Canada's open society and proximity to the U.S. as a means to establish bases there to conduct operations against Washington, according to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. In its annual report, CSIS said, "One of the prime motivators of terrorism today is Islamic religious extremism. In the past few years, Sunni Islamic extremism, exemplified by terrorist financier Osama Bin Laden, has emerged as the preeminent international terrorist threat." In December, Canadian authorities captured Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian born man, as he tried to cross into the United States from western Canada with what US authorities said were bomb-making components. Other arrests of a number of his associates was an indication that extremists had intensified their activities in North America, according to the CSIS report. "While previously limited to support activity, efforts by Sunni extremists in Canada and the United States appear to have escalated to coordinating attacks on North American soil," the report said. In May, President Clinton accused Ressam of being financed by bin Laden, a charge Ressam's lawyers have denied. Canadian intelligence also believes that extremists were trying to manipulate immigrant communities in Canada. "Despite warnings by the Canadian government that it is deemed unacceptable, certain governments consider it in their best interests to monitor the activities of political opponents living in Canada and coerce expatriate nationals," said the report. Edward Luttwak, a terrorism expert for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told CNSNews.com that he believes Canada should better scrutinize their immigrants and other foreign visitors. "The question is, why not Mexico? The reason is that it's much easier to operate in Canada because there's very little effort made to keep track of what people are doing," he said. "There's much less scrutiny of the immigrant entries than there normally is in the United States," he said. "What Canada should do for itself is to be somewhat more vigilant at the immigration entrance. The US-Mexican border is fenced in parts and the border patrol makes an effort at least to cover that border seriously." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
