Yeah.. All-FU#*@NG-MIGHTY!!! I wish there was a way to remove this garbage
from here.
"Trevor Payne" wrote in message
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> Julien Chaupitre wrote in message
> news:9NaYb.24572$t31.17665@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> > Yeah, of course the US is going to say this... For once that they are
not
> at
> > fault, the US is ready to say that other countries behaved badly...
> >
> > F$%k this! Canada, please do not bend under the pressure of your so
> selfish
> > and foolish neighbor and ally!
>
> You mean rich and powerful, right?
>
>
> >
> >
> > "Trevor Payne" wrote in message
> > news:c0rcks$4tp$1@news.eusc.inter.net...
> > > Canada "hospitable" to global terrorists and criminals, says U.S.
report
> > >
> > > JIM BRONSKILL
> > > Canadian Press
> > >
> > > Sunday, February 15, 2004
> > >
> > > OTTAWA (CP) - Canada has been branded a "favored destination for
> > terrorists
> > > and international criminals" by the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
> > >
> > > Generous constitutional freedoms, weak law enforcement and lightly
> > patrolled
> > > borders have made the country an inviting place for dangerous
extremists
> > to
> > > set up shop, says a new report by the Library of Congress in
Washington.
> > > "Canada has played a significant role as a base for both transnational
> > > criminal activity and terrorist activity," the report says.
> > >
> > > The report, titled Nations Hospitable to Organized Crime and
Terrorism,
> > was
> > > completed in October by the congressional library's federal research
> > > division under an arrangement with the Central Intelligence, Crime and
> > > Narcotics Center.
> > >
> > > The center, staffed by members of various U.S. intelligence agencies,
> > > analyses information about illicit drug trafficking.
> > >
> > > The authors drew on government studies, police and intelligence
reports,
> > > media stories, academic articles and "personal communications with
> > regional
> > > experts."
> > >
> > > The report notes the recent co-operation between Canadian and U.S.
> > officials
> > > in fighting terrorism. It also acknowledges Canadian steps to toughen
> > > anti-terrorism and immigration laws, but casts doubt on whether they
go
> > far
> > > enough, saying Canada's "liberal democratic identity" may limit
adoption
> > of
> > > sterner measures.
> > >
> > > The Canadian government has expended great effort to try to dispel a
> > nagging
> > > image of the country - particularly in the eyes of some hawkish
> > Americans -
> > > as a terrorist haven.
> > >
> > > The congressional library report could undermine that effort since the
> > > document is intended for politicians, aides, lawyers, and other movers
> and
> > > shakers on Capitol Hill.
> > >
> > > Representatives of the Canadian government and public interest groups
> > > quickly took issue with the report.
> > >
> > > "While we may have areas that we must continue to work on, every
country
> > has
> > > areas that it must work on in the fight against terrorism," said Alex
> > > Swann, a spokesman for Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan.
> > >
> > > "The issues that we have to deal with are pretty common ones
globally."
> > >
> > > Janet Dench of the Canadian Council for Refugees questioned the
quality
> of
> > > the report's research, calling it one-sided and "laughably
amateurish."
> > >
> > > She said its themes are "chilling" and "virtually totalitarian" given
> the
> > > study's association of broad civil liberties with the cultivation of
> > > terrorism.
> > >
> > > Numerous other countries, including leading industrialized nations
like
> > > Britain, France and Germany, are also critiqued in the 234-page
report,
> > > along with the likes of Algeria, Indonesia and Russia.
> > >
> > > But only a handful of jurisdictions in the Western Hemisphere -
Canada,
> > > Colombia, Mexico and the notorious tri-border region of Argentina,
> Brazil
> > > and Paraguay - are the focus of attention.
> > >
> > > The report claims that terrorists and crime syndicates are
increasingly
> > > using Canada as an operational base and transit country en route to
the
> > > United States.
> > >
> > > "A generous social-welfare system, lax immigration laws, infrequent
> > > prosecutions, light sentencing, and long borders and coastlines offer
> many
> > > points and methods of entry that facilitate movement to and from
various
> > > countries, particularly to the United States," the report says.
> > >
> > > "These factors combine to make Canada a favored destination for
> terrorists
> > > and international crime groups."
> > >
> > > The report highlights the case of Ahmed Ressam, the Algerian-born
> > Montrealer
> > > caught trying to slip across the border in 1999 to bomb Los Angeles
> > > International Airport. While planning the attack, Ressam supplemented
> his
> > > welfare payments by stealing cash and credit cards.
> > >
> > > The authors note that until recently there has been no widespread
> concern
> > > Canada could be the victim of a terrorist attack.
> > >
> > > "Sensitivity to civil liberties combined with this low threat
perception
> > has
> > > made both the adoption and enforcement of tougher immigration laws and
> > > strong counter-terrorism measures more difficult."
> > >
> > > Roch Tasse of the Ottawa-based International Civil Liberties
Monitoring
> > > Group said U.S. policies seem entirely geared toward policing,
> protection
> > > and wariness of newcomers.
> > >
> > > "We should have a very serious second look before we succumb to U.S.
> > > pressure to harmonize in their direction," Tasse said.
> > >
> > > "Short of becoming a police state, we can hardly respond to what they
> > would
> > > expect of us."
> > >
> > > Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States,
> > Canada
> > > brought in new anti-terrorism laws, tightened screening of immigrants
> and
> > > refugees and worked out an extensive border-control agreement with its
> > > neighbour.
> > >
> > > "However, enforcement will be the key," the report says. Success of
the
> > laws
> > > "will depend in large part on whether a new balance between civil
> > liberties
> > > and security concerns will yield effective prevention."
> > >
> > > For instance, the report contends the new immigration law would not
have
> > > prevented Ressam from using Canada as a planning base.
> > >
> > > Most of the criminal means by which terrorists raise funds, such as
> fraud,
> > > theft and counterfeiting, still would not disqualify a person from
> > remaining
> > > in Canada, the authors argue.
> > >
> > > The report even takes issue with the name of the 2002 law - the
> > Immigration
> > > and Refugee Protection Act - saying it "serves as an indication of the
> > > prevailing concern for or priority placed upon civil liberties in
> Canada."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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