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News Item : Islamic Jihad coming to Canada : Secret Report

Canada's intelligence service has warned police that members of one of
the deadliest terrorist groups in the Middle East may try to
infiltrate Canada to set up a support base, a newly released report
reveals.

The report says the discovery of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
fundraising network in Florida "raises the possibility of PIJ elements
crossing the border to develop a similar infrastructure in Canada." It
also claims Iran and Syria have provided money, training and safe
haven to the radical Palestinian group, responsible for a wave of
suicide bombings in Israel.

Marked "For Police and Security Officials' Use Only," the Canadian
Security Intelligence Service document was released to the National
Post under Access to Information. The report is dated May, 2003, three
months after the Post reported that Islamic Jihad had tried to obtain
a fraudulent visa so its treasurer, Muhammed Tasir Hassan Al-Khatib,
could come to Canada.

The Islamic Jihad has long collected and laundered money in Canada to
finance Palestinian violence.

However, the report suggests there are concerns that, under pressure
in the United States, the group might go the next step and try to
build a network north of the border.

The PIJ would hardly be the first terror group to do so.

An estimated 50 terror outfits already have a presence in the country,
which they use as a hideout and a base for fundraising, propaganda and
planning attacks.

Islamic Jihad agreed to a ceasefire last summer but has since resumed
attacks against Israelis. On Monday, an Israeli F-16 fighter jet fired
missiles at the home of a senior leader of the organization but missed
its target.

The CSIS report described Islamic Jihad as a Gaza-based Muslim
fundamentalist organization that has been killing Israeli civilians
and security forces since September, 1986.

"PIJ attacks have included, but are not limited to, assaults with
knives, axes, grenades, car bombs, and, particularly after 1994, the
use of suicide bombers," the CSIS report says.

Islamic Jihad directs its violence at Israelis, but has also conducted
an attack in Egypt and threatened to target South Korea over the
country's participation in the Iraq war. It also said it would kill
Norwegian observers monitoring the failed Oslo peace accords.

During a recent visit to Canada, Amr Moussa, Secretary-General of the
Arab League, denied that Middle Eastern countries were providing any
support whatsoever to Palestinian terrorist groups.

But the CSIS report shows that while the Islamic Jihad hard-core
membership consists of no more than 200 fighters in the West Bank and
Gaza Strip, it depends on an international support structure for
money, weapons and training.

One of the group's founders, Fathi Shaqaqi, admitted the PIJ "received
Iranian funds and that money and equipment had been transferred to the
occupied territories to finance terror operations and to support the
families of PIJ activists."

The group also gets "limited logistical support from Syria," CSIS
said. "In 1997, it was assessed that Syria provided various terrorist
organizations, including the PIJ, with safe haven in Lebanon's Bekaa
Valley."

In addition, Islamic Jihad built a North American support network
that, until recently, was based in Florida, where university professor
Ramadan Shallah ran a front organization called the World and Islamic
Studies Institute (WISE).

Sami al-Arian, another Florida professor involved in WISE, was
arrested this year. Court documents filed by U.S. investigators at the
time alleged that an unnamed Canadian-based Islamic Jihad operative
moved thousands of dollars from accounts here to fund the PIJ.

The Islamic Jihad is one of 31 terrorist groups outlawed by Cabinet
order. Critics argue the Liberal government is not doing enough to
stop terrorists from using Canada as base for supporting worldwide
violence.

Some former intelligence officials want Ottawa set up a foreign
intelligence service like the CIA. Last Friday, Ward Elcock, the CSIS
Director, revealed that CSIS was already heavily involved in covert
foreign spy missions, which he said had become "an integral part of
the service's operations."

MY TAKE : get all these camels loving desert savages of arabs and
mozlems off the canadian soil and we would have solve half of our
problems.
Second step: We need to restrict our immigration policies asofar as
the number of immigrants and restrict to an acceptable minimun the
numbers of arabs and mozlems we let in this country . THESE PEOPLE
ARE SAVAGES !!! AND CANNOT BE CIVILZED ... THEY ARE NOT PART OF OUR
CIVILIZATION !! THE COME FROM LOWER CIVILIZATION WITH LOWER STANDARDS
... TO SAY THE LEAST
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