Monday, April 08, 2013

ISLAMIC RADICALS FROM LONDON ONTARIO CANADA KILLED IN ALGERIA


KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

WELL CANADA HAS HOMEGROWN RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS TO.JUST 2 HOURS FROM WERE I LIVE IN LONDON ONTARIO CANADA.2 ISLAMIC CONVERTS FROM ORTHADOXY TO ISLAM HAVE KILLED AND TOOK HOSTAGES IN A OIL REFINERY IN ALGERIA AND 2 OF THE CANADIAN RADICAL SHARIA LOVERS ARE KILLED.THERE SAYING THEY WERE RADICALIZED OVER THE INTERNET.BUT I HAVE MY DOUBTS.THERE ARE MOSQUES AND OTHER PLACES IN LONDON WERE THESE ISLAMIC RADICALS WERE TAUGHT AND WENT TO.ITS MOSQUES MOSTLY WERE THESE RADICALS GET RADICALIZED.

LONDON IS ONLY AN HOUR OR LESS FROM TORONTO.SO THESE RADICALS FROM LONDON COULD HAVE WENT TO TORONTO MOSQUES ALSO.WITH 47,000 MUSLIMS LIVING IN THE TORONTO AREA AND 250,000 MUSLIMS LIVING IN THE ONTARIO CANADA AREA-ALL KINDS OF CHANCES TO BE RADICALIZED.
According to Canada's 2001 census, there were 579,740 Muslims in Canada, just under 2% of the population.[1] In 2006, the Muslim population was estimated to be 0.8 million or about 2.6%. In 2010, the Pew Research Center estimates there were about 940,000 Muslims in Canada.[2] 5% of all the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) population is Muslim, making GTA the highest concentration of Muslims in any city in North America.[3]
The majority of Canadian Muslims — and not coincidentally a large proportion of the country's immigrants — live in the province of Ontario, with the largest groups settled in and around the Greater Toronto Area. According to the 2001 Census, there were 254,110 Muslims living in Greater Toronto.[6] 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Canada 

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Number of Muslims in Canada predicted to triple over next 20 years: study

Charles Lewis | 11/01/31 | Last Updated: 11/02/02 5:22 PM ET
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The number of Muslims in Canada is predicted to triple over the next 20 years, sparking a debate among moderate Muslim-Canadians about whether the country is ready to deal with the community’s more extremist members.The current number of Muslims — 940,000 — comprises 2.8% of the Canadian population. A recent report from the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life said they will increase both in number and proportion of the country — 2.7 million, or 6.6% of the Canadian population, by 2030. By comparison, Muslims are expected to make up 1.7% of the U.S. population by that time.
The vast majority of Muslims coming to Canada want the same things every immigrant wants, said Tarek Fatah, a commentator on Muslim affairs and founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress. They are looking for economic security, better education and freedom from oppression.“But what is different from other immigrant groups is there is a subgroup among Muslims, I call Islamists, who come here with the intention of destroying the social fabric of the country,” said Mr. Fatah. “That is very unusual for an immigrant group and will be more of a problem in the future.”Canadian society, especially the country’s education system, is not yet prepared to deal with a portion of young Muslims who do not subscribe to Canadian ideals of pluralism, he noted.
http://life.nationalpost.com/2011/01/31/number-of-muslims-in-canada-predicted-to-triple-over-next-20-years-study/

Ontario mosque leaders reject links to extremism

Canadian suspects in Algerian attack unknown to London, Ont., mosque leaders

Muslim leaders in London, Ont., say they "unequivocally condemn violent extremism of any kind" following the identification of two young Canadians from the city as participants in a deadly attack in Algeria earlier this year.Chair of the London Muslim Mosque, Rob Osman, said at a news conference Tuesday that “the Association of London Muslims has and will continue to unequivocally condemn violent extremism of any kind, as this is the opposite to the core teachings of Islam.”CBC News has learned that two al-Qaeda-linked militants, Xristos Katsiroubas, 22, and Ali Medlej, 24, came from a comfortable middle-class neighbourhood in London and were former high school friends, who may have attended the mosque.
Xristos Katsiroubas, left, and Ali Medlej have been identified as the young Canadian militants involved in the attack at the Algerian gas plant.
Xristos Katsiroubas, left, and Ali Medlej have been identified as the young Canadian militants involved in the attack at the Algerian gas plant. CBC
The attack on an Algerian gas plant left more than three dozen refinery workers dead, the final 10 of whom were reportedly tied to gas plant piping and killed in a massive bomb blast.Munir El-Kassem, imam of the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario, also spoke at the news conference, and said that “we as Muslims are as concerned as everybody else.”El-Kassem said the families of the two suspects were not known to him or his colleagues.“We condemn these things together, not only as a Muslim community but as members of the community at large,” El-Kassem said. “Faith and terrorism is an oxymoron. They do not exist together."
El-Kassem expressed concern that reports in the media and reaction by the larger community could prompt a backlash against Muslim youth. “Members of our community deserve to continue to live peacefully and away from anxiety and concern,” he said. “We have to work together to combat global phenomena that are affecting all of us.”He urged people not to be influenced by anti-Islam websites that are prominent on the internet.El-Kassem said "our doors are open to anyone. We do not worship behind closed doors."
Osman said the Muslim community in London has worked to combat the radicalization of youth, and had recently hosted a fair on public security that brought in the RCMP, CSIS, Department of Justice and Canada Border Services Agency to “bridge gaps between our community and youth."

RCMP asked about suspect in June

CBC News has learned that two RCMP investigators were asking questions last June about at least one of the Canadians later involved in the Algeria gas plant attack.A member of the Muslim Youth Association in London said police showed members pictures of Ali Medlej and several other men.Ahman Elturk said police were asking if anyone knew them. Elturk said he had seen Medlej once before.Regarding the questions about Medlej, RCMP spokesman Lawrence Trottier told CBC News: "We do not confirm or deny investigations."

Pair moved to Edmonton in 2007

CBC News has learned that in 2007, Medlej and Katsiroubas left London for Western Canada in search of work.A former friend of Katsiroubas said the teen seemed lost and adrift before he left home to go West.
“I felt he had no motivation or no goal in life. [I] tried to tell him to, you know, Xris, you really need to get a job, you need to at least go through school or something.”CBC News spoke to a landlady who rented a condo in south Edmonton to Katsiroubas and Medlej from mid-February to May 2007 before evicting them for causing damage.
Medlej and Katsiroubas were evicted in 2007 from their condo in Edmonton after causing damage such as this.
Medlej and Katsiroubas were evicted in 2007 from their condo in Edmonton after causing damage such as this. Courtesy of landlady
The landlady, whose identity is being withheld, said that the pair responded to an online ad about the apartment."I guess you could say Ali [Medlej] was a smooth talker. He was definitely the leader. Xris [Katsiroubas] was quiet. Ali was insistent that we rent them a place because they were in a bind. I kind of felt like helping them," she said. "They had moved to Alberta and couldn't stay with their cousin. They were sleeping on a couch or something and they really needed a place."But the pair couldn’t keep jobs and were soon reduced to stealing groceries.They were evicted from their condo after trashing it, breaking windows and smashing holes in the walls and doors.In April another tenant complained that the patio glass in their ground-floor apartment was shattered."They claimed they didn't do it. That they were attacked. They filed a complaint with police," the landlady said."I served them an eviction notice because there were damages at the place. There were holes punched in the walls."It's funny. I was just talking about them yesterday. They were very memorable."Court records show the two teens and a third friend from London were caught stealing a buggy of groceries from a store on March 25, 2007. They pleaded guilty to minor theft charges and were fined and given time to pay.Last month, the former friend of Katsiroubas learned he and Medlej had been killed in the in the Algeria attack linked to al-Qaeda.“They wanted to find a purpose or some kind … something to do, something to believe in, something to strive for. I guess that maybe terrorists or maybe other ideas got to them before we as Canadians were able to offer something better.”How these teens went from unemployed in Edmonton to a deadly hostage-taking in Algeria still isn't known.

Third former London student linked to two men killed in Algeria terror attack

Patrick Maloney, QMI Agency
First posted: | Updated:
LONDON, Ont. -- A third former London high school student has been linked in media reports to the two London men killed in a January terror attack in Algeria.CBC identified the third man as Aaron Yoon.
School records show Yoon attended South Collegiate at the same time as Xristos Katsiroubas and Ali Medlej, who were killed at a gas plant in Algeria earlier this year. All three men enrolled in the high school in 2005-06. Yoon graduated that year from the south-end school.He reportedly travelled overseas with Medlej, and the details around his status are murky. He’s still alive, family members say, but they dispute indications he’s behind bars in a North African prison.Beyond that, though, a relative would say little late Tuesday.“We’ll be able to talk at another time but not at this time,” the man said. “As of now we’re not going to speak about this.”He said it was “fairly accurate” to report the family believes Yoon is free to travel abroad and has not been arrested.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/02/third-former-london-student-linked-to-two-men-killed-in-algeria-terror-attack



Timeline of Algeria gas plant terror attack
January 16: Al-Qaida-linked militants seize a sprawling natural gas plant in the desert near the town of In Amenas, Algeria. Some hostages are strapped with explosive-laden vests and the militants plant explosives throughout the complex.
January 17: Algerian special forces start an operation to dislodge the militants that lasts for three days.
January 19: 37 hostages and 29 Islamist militants are killed after Algerian forces storm the plant. The dead hostages include Japanese, Filipinos, Britons and Americans.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal announces two Canadians are among those who took hostages. Others were from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Mali, Niger, and Mauritania. Ottawa dispatches a team of investigators to check the claims.
January 22: Foreign Affairs officials in Ottawa summon the Algerian ambassador to their headquarters to demand an official explanation of the claims implicating Canadian fighters.
March 23: RCMP confirm what the Algerian prime minister announced earlier — two Canadian terror suspects were killed in the attack. Police refuse to release their identity, citing "operational reasons."
April 1: The two Canadians are identified as Xristos Katsiroubas and Ali Medlej of London, Ont.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2013/04/02/20703321.html?cid=rssnewscanada 

At least three dead and dozens held hostage after Islamist militants conduct Mali revenge attack on BP gas field in Algeria as Panetta brands actions 'terrorist attack'

  • At least three dead and dozens captured on bus near the town of Ain Amenas, Algeria close to Libyan border
  • At least 41 others held hostage, including at least seven Americans
  • Attack was retribution for Algeria's support of France's opposition in neighboring Mali, reports claimed
  • Rebels are 'holding victims in gas plant and threatening to blow it up'
  • Al-Qaeda group claims raid was revenge for France's attacks on Mali rebels
By Simon Tomlinson, David Williams, Tim Shipman and Beth Stebner
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At least three people have been killed and dozens taken hostage in a deadly attack on a natural gas facility in Algeria Wednesday in a strike that appears to have been carried out by an al-Qaeda-linked militant group.According to reports by the AP and Reuters, 41people have been taken hostage from the complex deep in the Sahara, including citizens from America, Britain, France, Norway, and Japan.The attack is thought to be a new offensive against France’s military intervention in the neighboring north African country of Mali. The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, has branded the incident a ‘terrorist attack.’The Associated Press reports that seven Americans are among the hostages, and said that one of those killed was a French national, the other was British. The nationality of the third person killed was unknown, according to Reuters.
Reports from the area remain largely unclear, and many details about Wednesday’s attack are still evolving, and there are conflicting reports over the number of people killed, their nationalities, and the number of hostages.The incident occurred at the upper northeastern corner of Algeria close to the Libyan border and was reportedly carried out by militant group Katibat Moulathamine, or the Masked Brigade.One member phoned a Mauritanian news outlet to say that one of its affiliates had carried out the operation at the Ain Amenas gas field, and that France should end its intervention in Mali to ensure the safety of the hostages.BP, the Norwegian company Statoil and the Algerian state oil company Sonatrach, operate the gas field. A Japanese company, JGC Corp, provides services for the facility as well.In Rome, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared that the U.S. 'will take all necessary and proper steps' to deal with the attack in Algeria. He would not detail what such steps might be but condemned the action as 'terrorist attack' and likened it to al-Qaida activities in Pakistan, Afghnistan and in the United States on September 11, 2001.Algeria's top security official, Interior Minister Daho Ould Kabila, said that 'security forces have surrounded tharea and cornered the terrorists, who are in one wing of the complex's living quarters.He said one Briton and one Algerian were killed in the attack, while a Norwegian and two other Britons were among the six wounded.We reject all negotiations with the group, which is holding some 20 hostages from several nationalities,' Kabila said on national television, raising the specter of a possible armed assault to try to free the hostages.Those held captive could now be used as human bargaining chips in the escalating war in Mali.
There are also rumours that the hostage takers fought off a night-time attack made by Algerian troops who tried to rescue hostages, although there has been no confirmation of this.

'It is a very serious matter when Americans are taken hostage along with others. I want to assure the American people that the United States will take all necessary and proper steps that are required to deal with this situation.'
-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
A spokesman for the interior ministry in Algiers said: ‘Two people, including a British national, died in the attack. Six others have been wounded and others held hostage.’
All of the victims were on a bus in the south of the country near the town of Ain Amenas, which is in the south east of the former French colony, close to the Libyan border.A gang of terrorists brandishing machine guns, rocket launchers and grenades opened fire soon after dawn, halting the bus, and then moving into the In Amenas gas installation.The rebels are holding all the hostages inside the plant, which is now surrounded with mines, with the terrorists threatening to detonate them if security forces intervene, said an Algerian diplomatic source based in Paris.There were some reports last night that semtex explosives were strapped to some of the hostages.He confirmed that the facility was ‘in the hands of the terrorists’ who had demanded the release of 100 Islamists held in Algeria, and that everything was being done to capture them and to free the hostages.Hundreds of Algerians work at the plant and were taken in the attack, but the state news agency reported that they have gradually been released, unharmed and in small groups, by the late afternoon.Typically there would be fewer than 20 foreign staff members on site on a typical day, along with hundreds of Algerian employees.Many hostages were believed to have been on their way to Ain Amenas airport, from where there are regular flights to Gatwick airport.Gatwick-based company Jet Air is among those who have now suspended their flights from the UK to southern Algeria.The British worker and a French security guard are thought to have died in a fire fight after the Algerian Army deployed troops at the scene.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2263706/Algeria-attack-At-dead-Ain-Amenas-BP-gas-field-attack-carried-militant-group.html 

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