Doing it right

Pictured above are some of the 400 odd Canadian law encorcement agents responsable for a remarkable counter-terrorism success today. As reported by BBC news:

Police in Canada have arrested and charged 12 men who they say were planning an "al-Qaeda-inspired" bombing campaign in and around Toronto.

Five other youths have also been charged, following an investigation involving more than 400 officers.

Police seized bomb-making materials in a series of raids in Toronto, including three tonnes of ammonium nitrate.

Officials said the group "posed a real and serious threat" with "the capacity and intent to carry out these attacks".

To put it in context, the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people was completed with only one ton of ammonium nitrate," said Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) assistant commissioner Mike McDonell.


I for one would like to sincerely thank these officers for their efforts in keeping Canada safe from this potentially very damaging attack (and in my hometown, no less!) I'd also like to point out that this efficacy was achieved without the erosion of civil liberties, declared "nessicary" South of the boarder. Kudos indeed.