'Home-grown terrorists' living in Canada: CSIS

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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/29/csis-terrorthreat.html

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Canada's spy service is warning of an increasing threat from "home-grown terrorists" already living in communities across the country.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) deputy director of operations Jack Hooper made the comments Monday before a Senate defence committee.

He says young Canadians from immigrant backgrounds are becoming radicalized through the internet and are looking for targets at home, not abroad.

"They are virtually indistinguishable from other youth. They blend in very well to our society, they speak our language and they appear to be - to all intents and purposes - well-assimilated," he said.

... "I can tell you that all of the circumstances that led to the London transit bombings, to take one example, are resident here now in Canada," he said.

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1. 'Home-grown terrorists' living in Canada: CSIS

'Home-grown terrorists' living in Canada: CSIS
Last Updated Mon, 29 May 2006 20:15:19 EDT
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That is a good reason for Canadian troops to remain in Afghanistan, he said.

Hooper, who complained about cuts in funding, says it is difficult to properly screen immigrant applicants.

Of the roughly 20,000 from the Pakistani-Afghanistan region, Hooper said CSIS could only vet about "one-tenth."

The Senate committee is looking into Canada's mission in Afghanistan, which has recently been extended two years until 2009. About 2,300 soldiers are currently deployed in the country.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/29/csis-terrorthreat.html

Nice to have Civil Servants that just give facts and don't draw conclusions.

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2. "they speak our language "

no kidding they speak Canadian?

[HuffleClaw]

3. BULLSHIT

lying neocon bigot. this fear factor crap is not going to impress the public. neither is the blatant anti-immmigrant crap.

[Nostradammit]

4. "Radicalized through the internet"

This internet thing sounds dangerous, Marge.