I see McJoan wrote a front-page column on the State Departments Annual Report On Terrorism. A good critique of it, but I'm going to add one of my own - this report is a slap in the face to Canada:
According to your folks, which is documented here by one of our affiliates Maple Leaf Politics, Canada is a 'terrorist haven':
In its annual Country Report on Terrorism, the State Department expressed growing concern about the presence of "numerous" terror plotters in the country, and said political fallout from the Maher Arar case continues to hamper information-sharing between Canadian and U.S. intelligence agencies.
"Terrorists have capitalized on liberal Canadian immigration and asylum policies to enjoy safe haven, raise funds, arrange logistical support and plan terrorist attacks," the State Department said.
The U.S. noted "only one person" has been arrested under anti-terrorism legislation passed in Canada after terrorist attacks in the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001.
Interesting, maybe there is something called "reasonable cause" when you go investigate and arrest a person. How many people has the US actually convicted of terrorist actions?
But the big kick in the butt is that in the eyes of the United States, Iraq is not a haven for terrorists.
The State Department's harsh language on Canada contrasted with its statements in the report of Iraq, which it said was "not currently a terrorist safe haven" despite the continued attacks carried out by al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi and other groups in the country.
Huh? So Iraq is the model of efficiency when it comes to destroying terrorist havens? I guess this is more of that stellar conservative logic.
The Arar case involves the Ottawa engineer and Canadian citizen, who was suspected of terrorists ties. He was detained by US officials in New York and sent to Syria, oddly one of those countries that Washington has issues with. It was discovered that Arar was tortured while in Syrian custody. The US said that they receive information about Arar from the RCMP. Since then there has been restrictions put on information sharing between the two countries. Wonder why?
This is bull and further proof that the United States government is a big diluted bully. Sometimes they make it too easy to point out their crap.