I wonder if Tim Naumetz plans to revisit his Harper=Bush hit piece of May 22;
The SUV surfaced two weeks ago behind the armoured limousine, and a lead car, that ferries Harper about town. The motorcade takes Harper even from his Langevin Building office across Wellington Street to his Centre Block space on Parliament Hill.
The drivers are armed RCMP officers, but the addition of the SUV makes the entire motorcade look like a Secret Service operation.
Bush has had black SUVs in his motorcade for several years.
The 320-horsepower V8 Chevrolet Tahoe now embedded in Harper’s parade is made in the U.S. GM Canada truck plants assemble Silverado pickups.
As has been said of the SUVs in Bush’s procession, the new black wheels add an air of intimidation to Harper’s motorcade.
“It looks like something Darth Vader would be driving,” says Martin. “We’ve got this gas-guzzling behemoth touring around with the prime minister. It looks tough, it looks quasi-military. Is that the kind of image the prime minister wants to project?”
Well, all things considered….
(With a report from Jane Taber) …
Look who says: “she was not surprised by the weekend arrests.” One guess: Clue… “Assge … Yer Guns”. Right….
Excerpt:
RCMP foiled at least a dozen plots in past two years, documents reveal
Posted by GMMAC
On 06/07/2006 1:16:03 PM PDT · 23 replies · 339+ views
Globe and Mail – Toronto, Canada ^ | Wednesday, June7, 2006 | JEFF SALLOT AND BRIAN LAGHI
THE TERROR RAIDS RCMP foiled at least a dozen plotsin past two years, documents reveal JEFF SALLOT AND BRIAN LAGHI With a report from Jane Taber Globe and Mail Wednesday, June7, 2006 OTTAWA — The RCMP has quietly broken up at least a dozen terrorist groups in the past two years, according to documents obtained by The Globe and Mail. “We have completed 12 disruptions of national-level terrorist groups across the country,” the Mounties say in briefing notes prepared for Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day. Disruptive tactics — sometimes as simple as letting targets know they are under close….
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645137/posts
Briton wanted over Canada bomb plot arrested at Manchester airport
By Daniel McGrory, Andrew Norfolk and Michael Evans
A BRITON said to be a key figure in an alleged plot to bomb public buildings in Canada, including the Parliament, was arrested by counter-terrorist police as he stepped off a plane at Manchester airport.
The 21-year-old man had arrived from Canada, where security services claimed that he had been living alongside some of the 17 terror suspects arrested in Toronto at the weekend in one of the biggest operations in North America. Hours later police in West Yorkshire arrested a 16-year-old youth after documents and mobile phone records seized in Canada revealed a British link to the alleged gang of Muslim militants operating from their homes in the Toronto suburbs. …
The Canadians are expected to start extradition proceedings. ….
The suspect was born in Pakistan but is believed to have British citizenship and lived at a number of addresses in Dewsbury, the home town of Mohammad Sidique Khan, the leader of the July 7 suicide bombers. He is understood to have spent much of this year living in Toronto. …
The sources said that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had uncovered the British connection to the alleged plot and put out an immediate alert when they discovered that one of the main suspects was leaving the country. …
http://www.paulding.net/bin/url.cgi/13306.9
Amen , Amen . and Amen
Instead of Darth Vader black, how about the colors of the Rogue Squadron. 🙂
They would never get near the prime minister. They should take away their Canadian citezenship and deport them. I knew this was coming after we went to active battle in the Middle East.
Just found this blog and will be returning. Not sure if you have had an inside view so here goes without too much detail… We (yes I said we) drive the Tahoe (we also have a Suburban) because it makes an ideal rear security vehicle. Great visibility and yes it is intimidating. Easy to get in and out of. Useful to carry equipment and much more effective than a car were there to be an incident. The choice is strictly operational and we are very pleased with the performance of the Tahoe and Suburban behind the limo in the motorcade.