Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
4/22/2013
The terrorists were plotting an attack on a passenger train from New York to Toronto.
Canadian officials will hold a press conference this afternoon after officials said they were able to thwart a major terrorist attack. The alleged plotters have been under surveillance for more than a year in Quebec and southern Ontario.
The alleged conspiracy was “an al-Qaeda-supported” plot.
Reuters reported:
Canadian police and intelligence agencies will announce multiple arrests on Monday after an operation to thwart a “major terrorist attack,” the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported, citing unidentified “highly placed” sources.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement that they would provide details about a “national security criminal investigation” at a news conference at 3:30 p.m. ET
The statement, which gave no details of arrests, said security forces had conducted joint operations in Toronto and in Montreal, Canada’s two biggest cities…
The article continues at The Gateway Pundit.
Update: Canadian Authorities Say They’ve Foiled Major al-Qaeda Linked Terrorist Plot
…Police said the men are not Canadian citizens, but wouldn’t say where they are from. They face charges of conspiring to carry out an attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group.
Police later added that the suspects received assistance from al-Qaeda figures in Iran, but said there is no indication the alleged plot was state-sponsored. They say the al-Qaeda support was in the form of “direction and guidance.”
Reuters sources reportedly added: “U.S. security and law enforcement sources [said] the suspects had sought to attack the railroad between Toronto and New York City.”…
Update 2: DEVELOPING…PLOT TO BOMB TORONTO-NYC TRAIN AT NIAGARA FALLS…AL-QAEDA CONNECTIONS… tonight’s headline at The Blaze.
