Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Canada police arrest 17 suspected of planning major terror attack / Jurist PaperChase, 3 June 2006

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Holly Manges Jones
"Canadian security authorities said Saturday that a major terrorist attack on Canadian targets had been thwarted by the arrests of twelve men and five youths [RCMP press release] in Ontario Friday. A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) [official website] told a news conference [prepared text] that the suspects, charged under the terrorism provisions of Section 83 [text] of the Canadian Criminal Code, were part of a terrorist cell that had intended to bomb targets in southern Ontario and Toronto, including the headquarters of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) [official website]. "