Hide the children! The Americans are coming!
From the National Post (via LGF)
The Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security had a noble mission when it was set up three years ago: to engage the country's ethnic communities in Canada's fight against terrorism. Some now call it the "circus."
It sounds like they should sell tickets to this thing - or at least put it on the tv:
The first speaker, Ahmed Motiar, started off by sharing his curious theories of the 9/11 attacks, claiming that “Muslims were not involved and seven of the alleged 19 hijackers are alive and well!”
Then Cheryfa Jamal (see above) complained about a Canadian military exercise she said was held outside her children’s Islamic school. (Hubby is one of the 18 men belonging to a terrorist group that was allegedly plotting truck bombings in downtown Toronto.)
“You’re asking us here to have a dialogue, to bring our communities together, yet this is the kind of actions that we’re facing every day,” she said.
“My children came home upset. They thought the Americans had landed.”
“Good lord,” sighed another participant, before the meeting digressed into a shouting match between rival Muslim factions. (see what I mean about the tv deal? Call Jerry Springer!)
Those canny Canadians. Imagine using Hollywood Action Movie Tactics to catch terrorists! I guess, that means they used bad scripts and lots of hot scantily clad babes?
A speaker accused the RCMP of instigating last summer's terrorist plot by planting an informant inside the cell.
Another complained that police had used "Hollywood action movie" tactics to arrest the Toronto terror suspects. "The humiliating way which has been used in arresting them, it really hurts the community. It annoys us and it make Muslims feel we are unfairly targeted."
The lone voice crying out in the wilderness:
A rare voice of support came from Munir Pervaiz of the Muslim Canadian Congress, who told the officials they need not apologize for what they do to protect Canadians. "You should be very aggressive, very assertive."
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