Monday, April 22, 2013
And the Canadians have foiled a bombing plot
This one, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, had actual connections to al-Qaeda.
Another Monday, another terror plot: Who woulda thunk this Monday would yield a thwarted attack in Canada to bomb a Niagra Falls railway passage from Toronto to New York, links to Al Qaeda and all?The RCMP says they had the two arrestees under surveillance for more than a year and they were never near the point of being a danger to the public. Good thing their plans did not include raping a teenager otherwise the Mounties would never have caught them.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police held a press conference Monday afternoon announcing the arrest of 30-year-old Chiheb Esseghaier of Montreal and 35-year-old Raed Jaser of Toronto, the two men accused so far of attempting to carry out the attack. They're being charged with "conspiracy to carry out a terrorist attack and 'conspiring to murder persons unknown for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group,'" the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports.
The CBC broke the news of the busted bombing plan shortly after lunch Monday afternoon. Canadian law enforcement officials worked with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security to break up a planned attack. Reuters filled in some more details: the target was a railroad connecting Toronto and New York City. The Toronto Sun pushed that forward, reporting that the men were specifically looking to target the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge at Niagara Falls that connects the border between the two countries.
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