Canadian police and intelligence agencies will announce later today they have thwarted a plot to carry out a major terrorist attack, arresting suspects in Ontario and Quebec, CBC News has learned.
Highly placed sources tell CBC News the alleged plotters have been under surveillance for more than a year in Quebec and southern Ontario.
Broad Strata Update: Muslim community leaders and imams gathering at Toronto RCMP airport detachment for briefing on terror plot arrests
Update: RCMP news release here.
Ontario RCMP: “This is the first time the #RCMP has laid charges related to an Al-Qaeda supported attack on Canadian soil.”
@StewartBellNP Toronto terror suspects are not Canadians, suspects were getting support from ‘al Qaeda elements in Iran’: RCMP
Because “Bush”: CDN reporter on terrorist plot “this was Iran.. not Iraq?”#via
— katewerk (@katewerk) April 22, 2013
Most recent from @JustinTrudeau:
RT @carolyn_bennett: Why being a camp counsellor is great training for becoming a PM m.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting… #cdnpoli#leadership
— Justin Trudeau, MP (@JustinTrudeau) April 22, 2013

Can I make a prediction: Canadian Tea Party members – all white males with Christian roots who generally vote for the Conservative Party, work hard, and loathe the CBC. Any bets on whether I’m correct?! 🙂
If they are not Native born strip them of citizenship and deport them. If they are Canadian born lock them up for the rest of their natural lives under the dangerous offender act.
Typical– Muslims plot to allegedly murder and maim and the official Muslims get the royal court treatment from the RCMP, god I am so sick of the pandering to the Islamists.
Robert, probably no Mennonites or Amish either.
No doubt King Shiny Pony will be contacting the suspects to see why kumbaya singing did not work.
This is EXCELLENT. I love that the RCMP have nailed these creeps -before- they work up the nerve to do anything.
Guess what this means? For all you guys out there who hate the Muslims, this means you’re wrong. Muslims are CO-OPERATING with the RCMP, and very effectively too.
It’s been a busy month for the Religion of Peace.
I’m very interested in knowing the root causes of their disaffection with western culture.
You are steeped in stupid.
Rose I couldn’t agree with you more. There is perhaps no area where the hypocrisy of the left is on greater display than when it comes to dealing with muzzies.
Opening the pool on how long it takes for a member of the Laurentian twitterverse to make a foolish statement. I give it 4 hrs. Paging Shiney ‘Root Causes’ Poney…..
Could they perhaps have held their meeting somewhere FAR, FAR away from the airport?!??!
“Muslim community leaders and imams gathering at Toronto RCMP airport detachment for briefing on terror plot arrests”
What an opportunity…what an opportunity!……is a plane waiting ?
Still… Gotta hand it to Bob Fife for managing to work the Conservative attack ads against Justine into the story. Slow clap…
Do the RCMP regularly have a pre-arrest announcement meeting with Catholic Cardinal Collins and assorted Catholic leaders when they are about to arrest someone associated with the Mafia? Just asking!
Good work for CSIS/RCMP/FBI et al. !!
Given our Cdn. sentencing provisions these guys will be out and back on the street while still young enough to plan another attack.
One of the problems with terrorists attacks is they feed off of each other.
Having two miscreants shut down an entire city has been observed by jihadis and potential jihadis all over the world.
It’s no coincidence the authorities decided to act and go public now.
That local muslim community members assisted in alerting the authorities is a good thing.
Mind you assisting the infidel against fellow muslims is a violation of Sharia law.
“What is it in Islam that leads to these plots and attacks?”
– The unasked questions are the most profound.
Interesting choice of words in RCMP statement ..heh
“to root out terrorist threats”,/i>
Pandering as usual to the Islamics. Beer to pretzels, everyone of these “leaders” are connected to some terrorist organization.
End Muslim colonization, as well as deport the fanatics.
Ok Blame Crash, 454guy, what’s your explanation tough guys? Mind reading?
DUH, Muslims at mosques all over Canada are cooperating with police. DUH, we would have got hit at least twice that we know of without that help. You two are mental if you think that’s not true.
A lot of the doctors in city hospitals across Canada are Muslim. They’re reading your x-rays, checking your blood tests, sewing you up after hockey. You should think about that the next time you get sick.
Does this alter the fact that there’s a whole bunch of violent a-holes in the world itching to blow up Canadians? No. Does it alter the fact that most of them are Muslims? No. What it does do is put the responsibility on YOU, as Canadians and as Christians, to pull the stick out of your @$$ and give credit where credit is due.
Some Muslim guys and gals in Toronto and Ottawa and Montreal put their necks out for you, big time. It took big brass balls, and they didn’t have to do it. So you should do the manly thing: shut up and show some appreciation.
Here endeth the lesson.
Looks like I was right! LOL
BREAKING: Two people accused of plotting attack on Via Rail train
Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser were arrested this morning in Toronto and Montreal. They are accused of plotting an Al-Qaeda-supported attack on a Via passenger train.
Kate, thanks for updating this post with the Tweet from the Shiny Twit but what we’re really waiting for is his apology to all Muslim Canadians for the RCMP’s clear Islamaphobia & Profiling which has unfairly pinned these false charges on two innocent citizens.
I wonder if the first fellow is the same one mentioned here. If so, just another underprivileged “youth” who was ostracized by society, eh?!
At 3:55 PM EST, just as the RCMP presser was winding up, Liberal Senator Hervieux-Payette tweeted:
#Harper wants to align Canada with the US, wants the same Republican policies, he will also get the same terrorists. #cdnpoli #security
She deleted the tweet almost immediately, here’s a screen capture:
http://i33.tinypic.com/2mnhbtw.jpg
Thus far the RCMP news conference suggests that the plot was to derail a VIA passenger train.
Apparently, the plotters, foreign nationals, were getting support from Al Qaeda elements in Iran.
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
So if they were planning on bombing a TRAIN, what the f— are they doing at the AIRPORT? Just askin…
Is Camp Counsellor anything like a Community Organizer ?
Mitra Kermani – if you keep posting this crap on blog, I’ll report you to CSIS myself.
The Phantom….it is not as simple as there are good people and bad people. Every religion has its extremist side, yet not every religion asserts superiority of supernatural being over the law of the land, not every religion organize youth camps where they learn making bombs. The Muslim parents may be great doctors, peaceful people, however their children with help of some imams can easily acquire hate for the humanity and express it in violent acts. The tolerance is a complicated business. Some social pressures are beneficial to the state of society.
As a Public Service and just to PO the Liberals/Ndp/Separatist NDP (IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING) RCMP National Terrorist Tip Line 1-800-420-5805. Memorize this number. And good work to our RCMP, CSIS, And all other Police services for a job well done.
I bet you CSIS knows already, Kate. They probably lurk here 24/7.
May I be the first one to say THANK YOU KATE!
Who the heck is Mitra Kermani?
It seems strange that the islamic people involved with this would pee in the center of their support within Canada…
I imagine the Radio Canada / CBC buildings are known within this group as being “no blow(up) zones” .
Lessons for Baby Turdoh.
There is a root cause for terrorism.
They are called terrorists.
That the vast majority of terrorists at this time have one single common factor is obvious to anyone who can say Alahu Akbar.
I think she’s one of those so called moderate savages that I keep hearing about, but never actually see.
reply @ 99
Note: Mitra Kermani is the ‘halal food in all stores’ gal…
Stop talking nonsense, like Canadians are all out to have hate for people of the Muslim persuasion.
Why get all defensive when it is obvious that there are in FACT a number of violently ideologically inspired individuals who make no bones about the fact that they would like to attack western society?
You arrive at conclusions, based on the evidence presented.
Denying the evidence merely makes you looked ideologically driven; rather than dealing with the FACTS as presented.
Are you personally, going to look bad, because some individuals behaved like idiots?
Well of course, this would only be true if indeed you are supporting their actions and motivation…
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
xiat said: “The Phantom….it is not as simple as there are good people and bad people.”
Yes. I agree. It is -also- not as simple as “those are all bad people”, which is a sentiment represented here at SDA occasionally. My comment is meant to nudge some thought into the “Muslim BAD!” crowd.
We’re always saying “I’ll give those guys some slack when they step up and help nail one of these bombers.” I say that all the time. Well, some of ’em just did. So we should give some credit to those Muslims who helped this investigation along. Attaboy.
Nor have I forgotten the bloody history of Islam. The Commies make them look like choirboys, but Muslims have done their best to be the worst they can be for a really long time.
That makes it all the more welcome when individuals overcome their religion and behave as civilized men. Double attaboy.
If you want people to straighten up and fly right, you have to give them encouragement.
See, I’m still the crusty Phantom b@st@rd I always am. ~:)
Derail VIA trains? I thought VIA was already doing a good job of that.
Ha! What else do deer in the headlights do? It was already a bad time to be Islamic this week and now this. The Chechen twins uncle called them losers and he loved America and this had nothing to do with Chechens because Chechens are a peaceful people. You believe that too I suppose?
99 It’s immaterial if I am a Bit-ch, the point is why are the RCMP giving supremacist’s status to Muslim Leaders??? Frankly their presence offends me, are all rape victims’ invited to RCMP press conferences when rapists are arrested?? What about the pedophiles, do they get to stand in the back ground and act all superior like??
Heh! Right on Ahmed!
Google her. Been here 28 yrs so that’s why her English is so poor.
“The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation adds: “Law enforcement officials say the terror suspects arrested today have no connection to the two brothers accused of last week’s Boston Marathon bombings.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/22/canada-has-reportedly-foiled-a-major-terrorist-attack/
No connection? so, they don’t share a common religion?
How difficult is it to stop something you’re not allowed to name?
One of the plots uncovered by the RCMP and other agencies was a planned bombing of a passenger train on the bridge that connects Canada and the United States at Niagara Falls, a police source says.
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/04/22/breaking-canada-us-bust-terrorist-plot-in-quebec/
Phantom you’re incredibly naive and gullible. Speaking of Muslim doctors in Canada, I’ve had a couple encounters with said. I was ignored and all conversation regarding my reason for being there was directed at my husband-it was like I was not even in the room-he asked my husband what my symptoms were! He even gave my prescription and accompanying instructions and diagnosis explanation to my husband. I said, excuse me, but I can speak for myself, yet I continued to be ignored and he then gave my prescription and explanation of the diagnosis to my husband without even acknowleging me or what I had just stated.
On another occasion, I was told I had to remove my shoes at a walk-in clinic where a Muslim doctor and other non-Muslim doctors were practicing-the patients assigned to the non-muslim doctors did not have to remove their shoes.
The now-censored photo of the Biosensor BioMEMS Bionanotechnology Lab team linked by Posted by: Robert W. (Vancouver) on April 22, 2013 4:05 PM but now 404 is accessible here:
http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.ca/2013/04/canada-muslims-fear-backlash-over.html#comment-872580193
actually that is a vital part of counterinsurgency – supporting and meeting with those in the group – in this case muslims – who are moderate and friendly to our side. that’s right out of patreaous’ (SP) guide on the topic.
they would/should if they were committing organized crime acts on in thename of the catholic church…
If they were part of a network outside of Canada they should be treated as unlawful comabtants under the geneva accord and thus can be punished summarily by firing squad if we as a country have the guts to do such a thing…
Looks like some new recruits for the CBC “At Issue” panel.
Wait just a cottonpickin minute here. These guys can’t be Muslims. Neither one of them is named Mohammed. Right? …… Right?