We don't need these 'refugees' in Canada...
Only the NDP, and perhaps the Liberals, will really want these immigrants, no???
Over the past several weeks, the Canadian press has reported that at least six detainees currently held at Guantanamo are interested in seeking refugee status north of America's border. But the Canadian government should be wary of accepting them. Canadian officials should carefully evaluate their cases, including the unclassified files the U.S. government has released for each of them. Three of the six detainees have especially troubling ties to al Qaeda. And there is no question that one of them is an exceptionally dangerous threat.
Consider the case of a Mauritanian named Mohamedou Slahi, who spent only a few months of his pre-Guantanamo life in Canada. During his hearings at Guantanamo, Slahi expressed an interest in returning to Canada. It would be surprising, however, if the Obama administration set him free. There is little doubt that Slahi was an important al Qaeda recruiter, who operated in the West for the better part of a decade.
Among Slahi's most notorious recruits were four of the September 11 conspirators, all of whom were members of the infamous Hamburg cell. According to the U.S. government's unclassified files and the 9-11 Commission's report, Slahi arranged for Ramzi Binalshibh, al Qaeda's point man for the September 11 operation, and three of his cohorts to travel from Germany to Afghanistan so that they could train in al Qaeda's camps and swear allegiance to Osama bin Laden. Binalshibh's three friends were Mohammed Atta, Marwan al Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah--the suicide pilots of American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, and United Airlines Flight 93, respectively.
Along with Binalshibh, Shehhi and Jarrah met with Slahi in late 1999. They followed Slahi's instructions on how to get to Afghanistan for training and who to meet with along the way. Atta followed Slahi's instructions as well, and all four the future hijackers left for Afghanistan in November of 1999.
The rest is, unfortunately, history.
posted by GayandRight @ 9:22 AM
2 Comments:
I am concerned that the Canadian government would even consider these people as refugees (today's NP).I don't understand why the Obama administration would want former al Qaeda operatives within 50 miles of their border. If they didn't already hate Western society, 6 years in Guantanamo would ensure that they did. What possible benefit does Canada gain from admitting these people?
Surely this is a joke. Even genuine small-c conservatives who have constantly been disregarded by this Conservative government can’t believe that Harper and Kenney have reallocate so far to the extreme left that they are now even contemplating facilitating terrorists’ access to Canada by using Ministerial Permits for Uyghrs terrorists. These terrorists have been captured fighting Canadian and American soldiers in Afghanistan.Why does Harper hate our Canadian troops? Surely Harper who has made a big deal attempting to convince us conservatives that he is “tough on crime” isn’t now about to facilitate terrorism in Canada. Do these two not realize that the first responsibility of a leader is to protect citizens against all foreign threats? Why are these to leaders ignoring their responsibilities to Canadians, and the advice of their conservative base, by lunching so far to the left that they are willing to authorize the entrance of terrorists into our country where they can once again practice their terrorist acts; this time on our Canadian women and children, rather than on Canadian soldiers? There are legitimate reasons why no other country will accept these terrorists; because their leaders recognize their responsibility to protect their citizens from terrorism. Harper and Kenney must keep these Chinese terrorists as well as Khadr out of Canada!
---machiavelli
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