Well we were below the radar for a good little while there; the last time that Canada was mentioned in an Al Qaeda missive, was back when Osama Bin Ladin was still hosting his version of monster chiller theatre on a regular basis.
Since then he’s delegated the You Tube Terrorist stuff off to his second and third bananas, and Canada has been pretty well ignored for the most part since that time.
That all changed on Valentine’s Day when word came out that Al Qaeda was suggesting that all those nations that provide energy supplies to the United States should be attacked.
Since then he’s delegated the You Tube Terrorist stuff off to his second and third bananas, and Canada has been pretty well ignored for the most part since that time.
That all changed on Valentine’s Day when word came out that Al Qaeda was suggesting that all those nations that provide energy supplies to the United States should be attacked.
Canada seems to be of high interest to the cell based out of Saudi Arabia, which listed Canada in their target list posted their thoughts on an Islamic militant site the Voice of Jihad. The posting was discovered by an American non profit group called Search for International Terrorist Entities, which monitors world websites looking for hints of terrorist activity.
Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the US, followed by Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Considering the current state of enmity between the US and Venezuela we can assume that they will get a pass from any Al Qaeda action in the foreseeable future, the enemy of my enemy is my friend theory no doubt to be discussed at Al Qaeda central, wherever that is these days.
And thus probably we would make a rather large target considering our importance to the US marketplace. There doesn’t seem to be any great sense of panic in both Ottawa and Alberta for that matter, just a sense of getting on with the job while keeping an eye on anything suspicious over the next little while.
Considering the current state of the Middle East one would think that Al Qaeda might be a tad pre-occupied these days, what with battles raging in Iraq and Afghanistan and revolutions to foment in Saudi Arabia and other leading Middle East countries. How they could find the time and resources to dedicate to Canada is something that we'll leave up to the folks at CSIS and the RCMP to work on.
Perhaps it will all be a matter of more bluster from a group that seems to like to see themselves on TV a lot, but in a troubled world showing up on the Al Qaeda radar screen again is something that Canadians will at least remain wary of for the next while.
Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the US, followed by Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Considering the current state of enmity between the US and Venezuela we can assume that they will get a pass from any Al Qaeda action in the foreseeable future, the enemy of my enemy is my friend theory no doubt to be discussed at Al Qaeda central, wherever that is these days.
And thus probably we would make a rather large target considering our importance to the US marketplace. There doesn’t seem to be any great sense of panic in both Ottawa and Alberta for that matter, just a sense of getting on with the job while keeping an eye on anything suspicious over the next little while.
Considering the current state of the Middle East one would think that Al Qaeda might be a tad pre-occupied these days, what with battles raging in Iraq and Afghanistan and revolutions to foment in Saudi Arabia and other leading Middle East countries. How they could find the time and resources to dedicate to Canada is something that we'll leave up to the folks at CSIS and the RCMP to work on.
Perhaps it will all be a matter of more bluster from a group that seems to like to see themselves on TV a lot, but in a troubled world showing up on the Al Qaeda radar screen again is something that Canadians will at least remain wary of for the next while.
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