(01-21-2013, 04:46 AM)Alram Wrote: For years--going back to the 1980s Canada has been a haven for Sikh separatist terrorists. In case you are unfamiliar with the terrorist actions of the Sikh separatist or Khalistan movement, they are responsible for the bombing of Air-India flight 182 (which originated in Canada) in which 329 people were killed. They are responsible for the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. They are responsible for numerous murders and rapes of Hindus living in the Punjab. Their groups in Canada provide financial political and logistic support.
Fair point. Every free country is a "haven" for some group of terrorists or another. There is a reasonably large Sikh population in Canada, and they have free association rights. The US is the same, just for different groups. The various militant Irish groups certainly did their share of fundraising, organization and logistics via the US East Coast over the years.
However, in relation to Kandrathe's point: Why would Sikh nationalist-terrorists attack the United States? Via Canada or at all? As you point out, they have more obvious enemies. The question was about terrorism in the US via Canada, not about any terrorism originating in Canada, directed anywhere.
Quote:Apart from the Sikh separatists there are multiple other terrorist groups who operate in Canada. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has said that Canada is rife with international active terrorist organizations.
Call me cynical, but given that CSIS's entire reason for existence stops if they don't have domestic threats to worry about, I take their warnings with a grain of salt. This is not to say there are no threats, just that it is obviously in their interests to play them up, not down, no different than their US counterparts.
-Jester