XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, mtl.general
From: campbell@neotext.ca
On Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:50:18 -0400, Barry Bruyea wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:20:27 GMT, Dhu on Gate
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:33:28 -0700, politicosage wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone see such a law? How the hell are police or the Harper government
>>> defending their detention and arrests of people like the following one:
>>> ___________________________________
>>>
>>> Mounties charge Alberta teenager with attempting to travel for terrorism
>>>
>>>
>>> EDMONTON - Court documents allege an Alberta teen charged with
terror-related
>>> offences wanted to travel overseas to fight with Islamic State militants.
>>>
>>> The 17-year-old boy was taken into custody Thursday in Beaumont, a bedroom
>>> community south of Edmonton.
>>>
>>> RCMP have laid two charges: one of attempting to leave the country to
>>> participate in a terrorist group and another of attempting to leave the
country
>>> to commit a terrorist activity, "namely murder."
>>>
>>> Court documents say the alleged offences involve the Islamic State in Iraq
and
>>> the Levant and are to have taken place on or about March 8 at or near
Beaumont,
>>> Edmonton, Calgary "and elsewhere."
>>>
>>> The teen cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
>>>
>>> He was denied bail Thursday by a justice of the peace, who cited safety and
>>> protection of the public.
>>>
>>> The teen is to appear in youth court April 9.
>>>
>>> RCMP spokesman Sgt. Harold Pfleiderer said the force's Integrated National
>>> Security Enforcement Team handled the arrest. The team was established
last
>>> year to streamline the collection, sharing and analysis of intelligence on
>>> potential threats to national security.
>>>
>>> He would not provide more details about the investigation.
>>>
>>> "While it may be difficult for parents to come forward to the police, it is
>>> important for families and communities to contact police as soon as they
>>> suspect that an individual is being radicalized," said Pfleiderer.
>>>
>>> Several Canadian young people have already travelled to the Middle East to
>>> fight for the Islamic State. Ottawa's national security report said at the
>>> start of 2014 that more than 130 individuals were abroad and suspected of
>>> terror-related activities.
>>>
>>> In September, the Canadian Somali Congress of Western Canada wrote to Prime
>>> Minister Stephen Harper warning that young people in Alberta were being
>>> recruited to join ISIL.
>>>
>>> Jeremy Laurin, press secretary for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney,
said
>>> the case is a reminder of why the government's proposed anti-terror
legislation
>>> is needed.
>>>
>>> Bill C-51, introduced in January, would give police broader powers and
allow
>>> them to detain terror suspects and give new powers to Canada's spy agency.
>>>
>>> Opposition parties have criticized the bill for being too broad and vague
and
>>> point out that there are already some powers in place that Canada's
security
>>> agencies aren't using.
>>
>>It's the same legal mechanisms that allow them to prosecute Canadian
pedophiles
>>operating abroad, and it amounts to a kind of extraterritoriality or double
>>jeopardy where Canadians are subject to both Canadian and any host country's
laws.
>>
>>Notably we did not have such laws during the Spannish Civil War.
>>
>>Dhu
>
> Seeing as getting killed seems to be not all that uncommon for the
> people 'emigrating' to ISIS occupied territory, why all the fuss about
> them leaving Canada? Seems to be an ideal solution.
Somebody's kid being brutalized for worthless political ends on the other
side of the planet doesn't seem like such a good thing to me. These silly
little twits show up and the first thing is they need some blood on 'em
so they can't go "home", then their given a slave or three before they
strap on the C4....
Dhu
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