Just when I was thinking of selling my T-34

[kandrathe]

You with me?

As long as it's their war and not ours. Even with the best diplomacy they cannot extricate Kurdistan from Turkey, Iran, and Iraq without either decades (maybe a century) of careful negotiation, or bloodshed.

In theory. And in practice?

It is a problem, and not just for Canada. Take Ahmed Ressam, or Abdelghani Meskini, or Mokhtar Haouari, or Haydar Abu Doha, or Fateh Kamel, or Said Atmani. There are only a few individuals who carry out the terrorist operations (tip of the spear), but they are backed by a larger organization (which can be white market, gray and black) carrying out "fund raising" and illegal activities (smuggling, forgery, thefts) in support of the logistics of future operations.

That is a network that spans at least to Algeria, Canada, US, Britain, France, Bulgaria, and Spain. That is a network that was uncovered. What we don't know is the number of networks that remain hidden.