By now, you must have heard about Canada’s terror raid over the weekend, in which they netted seventeen individuals, and, among other things, “three tons of ammonium nitrate that authorities reported Saturday had been acquired by a group of Muslims apparently inspired by Al Qaeda.” (Fox News) You'll remember amonium nitrate from Oklahoma City...

But what wasn’t quite so obvious, quite so clear in the story, was the fact that some experts are now saying this may just be the beginning of the threats infiltrating Canada. If you read the Fox story on the raid, you discover that the lawyer representing some of those arrested reveals an interesting tidbit or two about some of the suspects:

Ahmad Ghany, 21, is “a health sciences graduate of McMaster University who was born in Canada...”

Shareef Abdelhaleen, 30, is “an unmarried computer programmer of Egyptian descent, Galati said. He emigrated from Egypt at age 10 with his father, who is an engineer on contract with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., a private firm that provides services to nuclear utilities in Canada and other countries."

And two others "Mohammed Dirie, 22, and Yasim Abdi Mohamed, 24, already are in an Ontario prison serving two-year terms for possession of illegal weapons.”

Hmm….McMaster University. Now why is McMaster familiar? Oh, I know - isn’t that where Adnan El Shukrijumah trained as a nuclear technician? Why, yes, it is….

Our buddy Adnan, by the way, is probably just misunderstood. I’m sure those meetings with South American gangs (with ties in Mexico and the U.S.) were just social gatherings. What’s that? The FBI puts Adnan in the top five of people they’d like to have a nice sit-down with? They call him “the next Atta?” Can’t be. He’s a nice guy – his parents say so. OK, so he’s been on the radar for a while – pure coincidence.

Well, surely even if he is one of the top Al Qaeda nutjobs, there can’t be any relationship between a highly respected Canadian University and terrorism, right?

Take a look at the McMaster website, and you’ll start to get that creepy, hair-standing-up feeling on the back of your neck. Or you'll start looking for the tinfoil.

For starters, maybe it’s my suspicious and cynical nature, but any University that bills itself as "the only North American host site of a United Nations University" worries me.
Not that the U.N. is weak on the issue of terrorism, or anything.

And McMaster boasts “The Center for Peace Studies.” Hmmmmm. How much tinfoil do you need for a Moonbat-proof suit?

According to the McMaster site, “Peace Studies is concerned with war and peace, violence and nonviolence, conflict and conflict transformation. Peace researchers also study concepts of justice and the ways in which people organize and wage conflict to achieve what they perceive as just ends. By focusing attention on problems of conflict, particularly of a violent nature, researchers attempt to improve our methods of analyzing and dealing with these problems. Peace studies is an interdisciplinary field, encompassing subject areas from the Faculties of Science and Social Sciences as well as Humanities.”
Egads. Moonbat U. Here’s the course list for 2005-2006.

OK, so maybe, like one of my co-workers says, I’m just far too Machiavellian. Peace studies doesn’t necessarily make a problem. They’re studying 9/11, too – in a balanced manner. The research study info says so.…

And so what if they have a nuclear reactor, where Saudis with terrorist ties are trained as nuclear technicians – why should we be concerned?

The McMaster Nuclear Reactor (MNR) began operating in 1959 as the first
university based research reactor in the British Commonwealth. Today our users range from students, academics, and small businesses to international industry leaders. McMaster decided to keep its reactor open because its unique combination of facilities, skills and people fills a real need to match student learning with research and industry.

Did you know McMaster also has a

• Cyclotron
• Accelerator
• Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) Detector
• Wide Angle Neutron
• Scattering Facilities?

No, I didn’t know that – and I’m entirely sure I didn’t want to.

OK, so maybe there are slightly shady individuals at McMaster. Come on, Yale has a Taliban…. Maybe having terror ties is just what it takes to keep up with the University Joneses… And it may not just be the students - there are allegations of questionable faculty leanings, too.

Keep an eye on this story that experts are saying is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to terrorists in Canada….home of 4,000 miles of largely unsecured border.

Yep, keep an eye out, and keep stocked on tinfoil.


So do you still think we don’t need a wall? Or two?


Oh, and if you haven't been spooked enough today, British authorities are reportedly now saying it's possible that there is a "death vest" somewhere in London - a small pack designed to be worn under the clothing in order to spread chemical agents...