Canada Reveals (al Qaeda) 'Sleeper Cell' Contacts (With American A.Q. Cells)

Al Qaeda "sleeper cells" in Canada and the United States have communicated with each other as recently as this month, probably to plan terrorist attacks in the United States, Canadian intelligence experts said yesterday. The disclosure came in the wake of the arrest last week of a pizza delivery man in Ottawa who is suspected of being associated with the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden.

Canadian authorities decided to arrest Mohamed Harkat, 34, shortly after he made calls to suspected al Qaeda members in the United States, said Reid Morden, former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who has been in contact with the Canadian spy agency on the matter. Morden confirmed comments made earlier by Canadian officials speaking on condition of anonymity.

Canada's normally secretive spy agency alleged in a rare court filing that Harkat, 34, who was born in Algeria and has lived in Canada since 1995, is an associate of Abu Zubaida, one of Osama bin Laden's close associates. Zubaida, who was arrested in Pakistan in March and is in U.S. custody at an undisclosed location, identified Harkat to his interrogators, according to Canadian intelligence officials.

The Harkat case is the most recent example of a historically close intelligence relationship between the two countries that has become unprecedented in its intensity as Canada and the United States work to thwart a global terrorist network adept at crossing national borders.

How adept do you have to be to walk from Canada to the US? Nobody is paying any attention.

Interesting. We hear on the one hand that the socialist government of Canada does not want to cooperate with us, and then we find an article like this one that clearly shows they ARE cooperating. I'm beginning to think that either there is a deliberate misinformation campaign going on or that our media is totally incompetent. . . . . .yeah, I know.

Thanks for getting that on the lists!

kristinn thanks for posting this! Here is a lengthy but important document which should be read by all!

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Cops are cops. I think management in anti-terrorist organizations in all sorts of countries -- France, Germany, Russia included -- have a common professional interest in stopping these killers and that the officials in charge don't pay a lot of attention to the anti-American rantings of their political bosses.

Zubaida, who was arrested in Pakistan in March and is in U.S. custody at an undisclosed location, identified Harkat to his interrogators.........

Thank you "America" for getting Zubaida to squeal on Harkat etc etc.....

Merry New Year kristinn !! Stay Safe !

yeah, that's really an interesting observation.

Hmmmmm . . .

Perhaps there is something in context with the full story? I'll go back and give it another read.

Has anyone noticed that the terrorist cells are shown on the same map as published in USA Today election map of 2000?

...and that most of them are located in the blue(Dem) areas.

LINKS OF INTEREST:

CANADA.com: "HARKAT LINKED TO U.S. AL QAIDA CELL" by Ian MacLeod, The Ottawa Citizen (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agent says accused Ottawa terror suspect Mohamed Harkat recently communicated with suspected al Qaida sleeper cells in the United States.") (121902)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AL QAEDA SAID TO BE OPERATING IN CANADA" by Jerry Seper (121902)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "CANADA IS HOME TO AL QAEDA SLEEPER CELLS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TORONTO - An Algerian immigrant arrested in Ottawa has links to a senior member of the Al Qaeda terrorist network, Canadian intelligence authorities allege. Mohamed Harkat was awaiting orders to carry out a terrorist attack and his presence in Canada suggests other Al Qaeda associates are in the country, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service concluded in court documents released Monday. Canadian authorities are considering whether to deport Harkat.") (121702)

THE STAR.com: "'BIN LADEN CELLS IN CANADA'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "And for some years now, the intelligence agency has warned that with the possible exception of the United States, there are more international terrorist organizations active in Canada than anywhere in the world.") (121702)

NATIONAL POST.com: "CSIS LINKS OTTAWA MAN TO AL-QAEDA" (121702)

GOOGLE Search Term: "AHMED RESSAM"

WorldNetDaily.com: "'BLUNT' CALLS TO MUSLIMS PROMPT FBI VISIT American Protested Canada's Treatment of Man Convicted of Hate Crimes" by Art Moore (121702)

An Informative Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding an article on the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE Online: "TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN IN LATIN AMERICA?" by Larry Rohter, The New York Times (121602)

YAHOO! News (AP): "SWISS-BACKED ARAB BANK DENIES LINKS TO DRUG TRAFFICKING GANG" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "GENEVA - A Geneva-based Arab bank on Thursday denied any links to an international drug trafficking gang operating in South America, the Middle East and Europe. "Nothing has occurred that would suggest the slightest indication of use of the bank for illicit purposes," Kanz Bank said in a statement. Swiss prosecuting authorities, however, said the bank's Saudi president, Sayef Al-Shaalan, is wanted on suspicion of drug trafficking and financing of trafficking. Al-Shaalan already has been indicted in the United States for allegedly helping fly a two-ton cocaine shipment from Venezuela to France in 1999.") (121902)

NATIONAL POST.com: "LEADING TERROR SUSPECT TIED TO CANADIAN CELL Imad Mugniyah: Academic Fears Operations Could Be Launched 'In and From' Canada" by Stewart Bell (111202)

DAILY STAR.com.lb - Lebanese News: "CNN ACCUSES MUGHNIEH OF PLANNING NEW ATTACK" (110902)

An Interesting Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a CNN.com article: "SOUTH AMERICA'S 'TRI-BORDER' BACK ON TERRORISM RADAR" (110702)

"Cops are cops. I think management in anti-terrorist organizations in all sorts of countries -- France, Germany, Russia included -- have a common professional interest in stopping these killers and that the officials in charge don't pay a lot of attention to the anti-American rantings of their political bosses."

Agreed. Canada is a special situation, because they are compelled to ALWAYS behave so as to SHOW their independence.

At the core, they KNOW that in a really BIG problem (their own defense) they will be defended by America. Canada, however, is a proud nation.

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