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National Post:
Alleged Canadian terror plot has worldwide links — TORONTO - A Canadian counter-terrorism investigation that led to the arrests of 17 people accused of plotting bombings in Ontario is linked to probes in a half-dozen countries, the National Post has learned.
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
17 Are Arrested in Plot to Bomb Sites in Ontario — OTTAWA, June 3 — Seventeen Canadian residents have been arrested and charged with plotting to destroy targets in Ontario with crude but powerful bombs and other terrorism-related offensives, the Canadian authorities announced Saturday.
Toronto Star:
Had to move quickly against suspects: RCMP — The RCMP said Saturday that after investigating the alleged homegrown terrorist cell for months, they had to move quickly Friday night to arrest 12 men and five youths before the group could launch a bomb attack on Canadian soil.
CNN:
Toronto terror plot foiled — Canada — FBI: Suspects may have had 'limited contact' with Georgia men — TORONTO, Ontario (CNN) — Canadian police said on Saturday they had halted a "real and serious" terror threat in and around Toronto. — Twelve men and five youths said to have been inspired …
Colin Freeze / Globe and Mail:
Terror suspects appear in court — Brampton, Ont. — Members of an alleged homegrown terror cell appeared in a Brampton courtroom Saturday to face chargers they plotted to attack Canadian targets in Southern Ontario. — In a series of raids Friday, police arrested 12 adults and five young offenders.
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Barbara O'Brien / Unclaimed Territory:
Greater Mysteries — The natives of the Right are whoopin' it up tonight over the news that the Canadians nabbed an alleged terrorist cell by monitoring their internet activity. — Naturally, rightie tribespersons are only marginally interested in the apprehension of possibly dangerous people.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Canadians Used Internet Monitoring To Stop Terror Attack — The Canadian intelligence service monitored Internet communications to identify and track the homegrown jihadists rounded up in last night's raids, according to the Toronto Star. The investigation began two years ago …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:Bombshell: National Post links Canadian plot to six other countries …
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Riehl World View
Allahpundit / Hot Air:Terror raid in Canada rolls up 17 jihadis
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National Post, Steve Janke, Counterterrorism Blog, Solomonia, The Agonist, JunkYardBlog and suzieviews.blogspot.com
Pajamas Media:Toronto Terrorist Ring Smashed: Possessed 3 Tons of Explosives
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TigerHawk, The Democratic Daily, Blogcritics.org, Dean's World, Ace of Spades HQ, Don Surber and Power Line
Barbara O'Brien / Unclaimed Territory:
Liberal Jesus — I want to thank Glenn for inviting me to blog at you while he's away. I also hope I am not imposing on this generosity by plunging in with a post on religion. I promise this will be a request for tolerance, not conversion. I am not a Christian, but I am religious …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Invoking Secrets Privilege Becomes a More Popular Legal Tactic by U.S. — WASHINGTON, June 3 — Facing a wave of litigation challenging its eavesdropping at home and its handling of terror suspects abroad, the Bush administration is increasingly turning to a legal tactic that swiftly torpedoes most lawsuits …
MSNBC:
N.Y., D.C. shortchanged on terror funding? — More cities sharing fewer antiterror dollars as feds retool funding criteria … NEW YORK - Officials in New York and Washington, the two cities targeted in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, were anything but happy after learning that Homeland Security …
Robert Kuttner / Boston Globe:
Estate tax debate a chance for Democrats to pounce — NEXT WEEK, the Republican leadership in the US Senate will attempt to ram through a permanent repeal of the estate tax. A companion bill has already passed the House. — Under the Bush administration, the estate tax has been cut …
David Leppard / Times of London:
British brigade of Islamists join Al-Qaeda foreign legion in Iraq — UP TO 150 Islamic radicals have travelled from Britain to Iraq to join up with a "British brigade" that has been established by Al-Qaeda leaders to fight coalition forces. — Senior security sources say leaders …
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Informed Comment
David Ovalle / Miami Herald:
Belief in spud silencer puts man in hot water — Police have arrested a man who they say mistakenly believed he could muffle the sound of a gunshot with a potato attached to the end of the barrel. — dovalle@MiamiHerald.com — Experts say using a spud as a silencer is urban myth — but that didn't deter Shane Thompson.
Asia Times:
PART 3: An exchange of narratives — There was a time in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, when Western intellectuals debated the meaning of the attacks that occurred on that day and the most appropriate way to counter them. There was a welter of voices, a cacophony of opinions.
Anthony H. Cordesman / Los Angeles Times:
Give the Defense Department an F — A report to Congress on the state of Iraq is inaccurate and misleading. Americans deserve the truth. — IF THE UNITED STATES is to win in Iraq, it needs an honest and objective picture of what is happening there. The media and outside experts …
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