Al-Qaeda Still Enemy Number One, Canadian Report On Terrorism Says -- National Post
TORONTO — Almost 12 years after the 9/11 attacks, al-Qaeda and its affiliates remain Canada’s leading terrorist threat, according to the first annual public report on terrorism.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews was scheduled to release the “2013 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada” today at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto.
The report says “global violent extremists,” particularly al-Qaeda and its network of affiliated groups, which operate in regions such as Africa and Syria, are the top concern.
“Evolving conflicts abroad continue to shape the nature of the terrorist threat to Canada, and we will continue to monitor these threats and explain their impacts to Canadians,” Mr. Toews was quoted as saying in a statement.
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My Comment: Even Canada is not immune to the influence of Al Qaeda.