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| Canuck jihadis' plot aimed at forcing Canadian withdrawl from Afghanistan | |
| 2006-06-07 | |
| Some of the 17 men and youths arrested in a suspected terrorist plot had planned to storm the nation's Parliament, take politicians hostage and behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper unless their demands for a withdrawal of Canadian troops from Afghanistan and release of Muslim prisoners were met, prosecutors allege. The accusations, delivered Tuesday to several of the defendants' attorneys in a one-page investigation summary, include no evidence to substantiate the charges, said the attorney for Steven Vikash Chand, 25. "There's an allegation, apparently, that my client personally indicated that he wanted to behead the prime minister of Canada," attorney Gary Batasar said of the synopsis, which he said he had received minutes before the proceedings.
In his comments before the judge, Batasar said the prosecution contended that the defendants planned to invade the Parliament building in Ottawa and take hostages to demand that Canadian forces leave Afghanistan, where about 2,300 of the troops serve under international mandate with the Kabul government's consent. The defendants, prosecutors say, also planned to demand the release of unspecified Muslim prisoners and to bomb Parliament and decapitate Harper and other political leaders if their demands were rejected. | |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 What odds they'll be expelled from the country, after? They'll join Karpinski on the speaking tour. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-06-07 22:14 |
| #7 Put 'em on a diet of sweetmeants, chittlins and head cheese. They'll love it. Oh, and throw in some Limburger cheese and sour wine to wash it down with. Good stuff for jihadis. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2006-06-07 22:13 |
| #6 Ten years isn't a bad start. What odds they'll be expelled from the country, after? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-07 21:47 |
| #5 The types of charges they will face probably won't include anything carrying a life sentence. On the upside, our new terrorism laws are pretty clear about conspiracy, training and equipping. All carry max 10 year sentances that must be served consecutively, not concurrently, unless a life sentence is included in the mix. Section 83.26 of the criminal code, for those so inclined: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/267115.html#rid-267148 |
| Posted by: Canukistanian 2006-06-07 16:18 |
| #4 The accusations, delivered Tuesday to several of the defendants' attorneys in a one-page investigation summary, include no evidence to substantiate the charges, said the attorney for Steven Vikash Chand, 25. And the LASlimes and Dog Trainer runs with the defense spin, too. Good thing the press is on our side. I'd hate to think how they'd act if they weren't. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-06-07 07:49 |
| #3 But didn't they previously say that it was because of our support in Iraq? I guess the sound of laughter caused them to rethink the reasons that they spent all that time planning their acts...after the fact... yeah, that's the ticket! |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-06-07 04:26 |
| #2 May their diets consist mostly of pork scraps and may they all have loooong, hard, rotating confinements in the cell of Jock the gay French Canadian lumberjack. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-07 04:07 |
| #1 The Canadian justice system is suffecently different than the of the US that most of will be unfimillar with it. I pretty sure there is no "life sentence" as we know it and terms are served concurently. These folks have some rights but not like a US defendant does. The press coverage will also be very limited by the court as well. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-07 03:45 |