On Saturday Canadian Police arrested 17 men for plotting to bomb sites in Ontario. Few details are known, government lawyers didn't present reasons for their charges but are expected to do so Tuesday.
It seems the 17 men (5 of which are under 18 years old, 10 are between 19 and 25, and one is 30 and one is 43 years-old) had acquired 3 tons of fertalizer (ammonium nitrate) which is 3 times what was used to blow up the Murrah building in OKlahoma City. They had no known affliliation with al Qaeda but some reports say they were inspired by them. While all the targets were in Canada, they did have contact with two Americans in Georgia who have been arrested.
The Toronto Star reported that in 2004 the intelligence agency began monitoring Internet exchanges, some of which were encrypted. More details to come and I'm really curious to hear how they were caught. It would be good to know what techniques actually achieve results.
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