Anti-western posts on forums lead to terror arrests

[Splum]

Hmm this sounds alot like some people on GFY lately doesnt it?

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=969048863474
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Last night's dramatic police raid and arrest of as many as a dozen men ? with more to come ? marks the culmination of Canada's largest ever terrorism investigation into an alleged homegrown cell.

The chain of events began two years ago, sparked by local teenagers roving through Internet sites, reading and espousing anti-Western sentiments and vowing to attack at home, in the name of oppressed Muslims here and abroad.

Their words were sometimes encrypted, the Internet sites where they communicated allegedly restricted by passwords, but Canadian spies back in 2004 were reading them. And as the youths' words turned into actions, they began watching them.

According to sources close to the investigation, the suspects are teenagers and men in their 20s who had a relatively typical Canadian upbringing, but ? allegedly spurred on by images of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and angered by what they saw as the mistreatment of Muslims at home ? became increasingly violent.

Police say they acquired weapons, picked targets and made detailed plans.

They travelled north to a "training camp" and made propaganda videos imitating jihadists who had battled in Afghanistan. At night, they washed up at a Tim Hortons nearby.

One was a math and chemistry whiz from Scarborough who grew up to become a 22-year-old husband and father.

It's unclear why the authorities decided to act on their suspicions yesterday. None of these allegations has been proven in court, where the suspects are expected to appear for the first time this morning.

Sources say the arrests involve a "homegrown" terrorism cell ? Western youths who have never set foot in Afghanistan but allegedly were radicalized here, and who are thought to be potentially as dangerous as the cells that once took orders from Osama bin Laden. Western governments, including Canada's, have repeatedly warned of this phenomenon and blamed recent attacks, such as last July's bombings in London, as the work of such groups.

The Canadian investigation involves a complicated web of connections, with alleged ties to two men from Georgia who came to Toronto in March 2005 to meet with "like-minded Islamic extremists," according to U.S. court documents.

[Manowar]

some dudes on trial here are getting evidence used from msn messenger convos where they joked about different places to hit


i guess the moral of the story is.... talk like a terrorist, get treated like one.

[Splum]

Originally Posted by Manowar

some dudes on trial here are getting evidence used from msn messenger convos where they joked about different places to hit
i guess the moral of the story is.... talk like a terrorist, get treated like one.

Sorry to hear that but my story has nothing to do with just talking on MSN, these people actually followed up on threats and acquired weapons and surveyed targets.

Real moral of the story: There is a thin line between talking and acting.

[polish_aristocrat]

Originally Posted by Manowar

some dudes on trial here are getting evidence used from msn messenger convos where they joked about different places to hit

fucked up

[mardigras]

Originally Posted by Manowar

some dudes on trial here are getting evidence used from msn messenger convos where they joked about different places to hit

Had they saved their logs or was someone intercepting their messages?

[Deputy Chief Command]

Originally Posted by Manowar

some dudes on trial here are getting evidence used from msn messenger convos where they joked about different places to hit


i guess the moral of the story is.... talk like a terrorist, get treated like one.

hmm, ?what story were you reading ?


them dudes were not joking , they had serious intentions to attact innocent people


wether those intentions were just that intentions is yet to be proven by court , BUT one thing is certain , we dont have to find out the HARD way wether those intentions were real or not ... hate all you want , reading that story makes me think those arrest were necesar ..

[Theo]

how so? im still around

[Splum]

The chain of events began two years ago, sparked by local teenagers roving through Internet sites, reading and espousing anti-Western sentiments and vowing to attack at home, in the name of oppressed Muslims here and abroad.

Hmm let me just check to make sure everyone is still here.... kandah? directfiesta? RelishXXX? kanalj?

[Linguist]

Originally Posted by Splum

The chain of events began two years ago, sparked by local teenagers roving through Internet sites, reading and espousing anti-Western sentiments and vowing to attack at home, in the name of oppressed Muslims here and abroad.

Hmm let me just check to make sure everyone is still here.... kandah? directfiesta? RelishXXX? kanalj?

There's a difference between GFY trolls and password protected sites designated for the sole purpose of fueling hate.
Mind you, they didn't get arrested 2 years ago. They got arrested when they began drawing out plans to go through with the attacks.

[Splum]

Originally Posted by Splum

Hmm let me just check to make sure everyone is still here.... kandah? directfiesta? RelishXXX? kanalj?

Woah I sure hope they didnt get caught.