I miss the "good old days" when Canada and Canadians were standing for peace.
I do as well.
My cousin was stationed in Greece during that crisis and he said as a peacekeeper it could be rough but both sides respected the Canadian soldiers and he is proud of his time served there as a Canadian.
That's a really difficult question Nu, because we (the 'west') have either directly or by approval of our friends actions, contributed to this disaster. If we look back to the beginning at one time there was only one group. Then we interfered and there was another and another and it grew from one country to another. Now there is ISIS and in reality they are not one group, they are made up of many and even within themselves they disagree.
At the moment my only 'possible' solution (if it even many work at this point) is arm other people to the teeth and give them all the intel they need. Let them fight for themselves. Those who cannot fight, get them out and provide food and shelter and safety for them, whatever the cost may be. I think that at some point ISIS and other groups will do what history has always shown, they will fight amongst themselves and implode. But this is not and never will be an instant solution. I think we're dealing with a span of 10-15 or more years.
Oh, almost forgot. At some point we are going to have to sit down and talk to the leaders. Talk and negotiate. We have to put those feelers out now and wait for the time they need us to help create peace.
Why then Art did he attend a Mosque in Vancouver? Wy was he trying to get to Syria? You better read up before drawing any conclusions! I doubt he was going to Syria to deliver humanitarian aid. The next thing Art is you will be saying there is no global warming!
Ottawa shooter read posts by ISIS convert calling for ‘jihad in Canada’
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau read jihadists Twitter posts
Before he shot a reservist at the national war memorial and stormed the Parliament Buildings, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau had been reading the online posts of a Canadian jihadist who recently urged his followers to “carry out attacks on Canada,” according to sources.
As investigators try to identify what motivated the 32-year-old gunman, his online profile has turned up a link to Abu Khalid Al Kanadi, a Muslim convert and Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham member who has been urging attacks in Canada.
TwitterA photo posted on Twitter of suspect Michael Zehaf Bibeau.
The two were not necessarily communicating directly with one other, but Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau was reading the repeated online incitement that Al-Kanadi posted on Twitter — until his account was suspended on Wednesday.
“Canada to send 10 aircraft and 600 soldiers joining the crusade against the Muslims,” Al Kanadi, who had worked in Alberta before departing for Syria, wrote on Oct. 7. “TRUE CDN MUSLIMS Fulfill your duty of jihad in Canada.”
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson told reporters on Thursday that Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau, whom he said may have been a dual Libyan-Canadian citizen, had lived in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver before arriving in the capital three weeks ago.
“We have learned through the current investigation that this individual has been in Ottawa since at least Oct. 2nd, 2014, that he was in town to deal with a passport issue but that he was hoping to leave for Syria,” the commissioner said.
His passport application was held up after the RCMP was contacted to carry out background checks on the small time criminal, who had convictions for drugs and violence. “The RCMP did not possess information at that time that would reveal any national security-related criminality,” Comm. Paulson said.
Police had only “uncorroborated information” that he was associated with “an individual who is known to us.” Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau was not one of the 90 “high risk travelers” under RCMP investigation. “According to some accounts, he was an individual who may have held extremist beliefs.”
Using a car he bought Tuesday, Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau drove to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the next morning and fatally shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. He then drove to the Parliament Buildings, where he was killed by security staff after running into Centre Block with a shotgun.
FacebookCpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed while guarding the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
The commissioner said police had found no information linking Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau to Martin Rouleau, who on Monday ran down two Canadian Forces members with his car in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., before he was shot dead by police.
Mr. Rouleau was a follower of ISIS and had been arrested while attempting to leave for Turkey, possibly to join the terrorist group. Both men were recent Muslim converts and followers of online ISIS propaganda. “The investigation is ongoing and will rapidly determine if Zehaf-Bibeau received any support in the planning of his attack,” said Comm. Paulson.
Meanwhile, citing U.S. law enforcement sources, CNN reported that Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau had ties to several Canadian jihadists, including Hasibullah Yusufzai, a Burnaby, B.C., man charged with terrorism for joining armed Islamists in Syria. Burnaby’s Masjid al-Salaam, the mosque attended by both Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau and Mr. Yusufzai, has called a press conference for Friday morning.
The link to Al-Kanadi may offer clues for investigators about Mr. Zehaf-Bibeau’s mindset. An ardent extremist, Al-Kanadi has claimed in online posts that he converted to Islam in 2010. He recently wrote that it would be acceptable to kill his own family members because they are not Muslims.
“God willing sharia [Islamic law] will eventually be applied in the West … in Canada,” he wrote. “Islam will dominate the world.” He has also defended ISIS beheadings, condemned democracy, and said ISIS will fly its flag over the White House.
"Why then Art did he attend a Mosque in Vancouver?"
For the same reason a guy becomes a hang around at an HA clubhouse. He wants to belong. They don't want him but because he was there, the media will run with it.
Some guy who is a drug addict and mentally unstable, believes devils are following him, suddenly decides he wants to be part of a group and then commits a horrible act. To you it becomes a TERRORIST conspiracy!!!!!!
"Why is it then... these types seem to gravitate to the Muslim religion?"
???
Check your recent Canadian history.
What was the religion of the "crazy"guy who gunned down those female students at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal?
What was the religion of the "crazy" gunman who entered the provincial legislature in Quebec several years ago?
What was the religion of the "crazy" gunman who killed those RCMP officers in BC a few years ago?
What was the religion of the "crazy" guy who killed a passenger in a bus in Manitoba?
What was the religion of Luka Rocco Magnotta who decapitated the Chinese student?
One's religion has little to do with one's mental health. To state otherwise suggests discrimination and racism..
