Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World

309 Pages·2007·1.87 MB·English

by  Stewart Bell

“This book may cause the earth to shake in certain political
circles—justifiably.”
Dr. Martin Rudner, Director of the Canadian
Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies,
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
“Every responsible citizen of Canada, the US, the UK and other
Western countries should read this book.”
Christopher Ondaatje,
Times Higher Education Supplement
“an arresting look at the reality of terrorism”
The Gazette (Montreal)
“Cold Terror is a chilling book. Drawing on 12 years of experi-
ence writing on terrorism, journalist Stewart Bell has compiled
an impressive case that Canada has become ‘an unofficial state
sponsor of terrorism.’… a bold and impressive effort to confront
a critical but neglected aspect of Canadian life.”
The Ottawa Citizen
“This book should alarm Canadians. It is a story of negligence,
complacency and corruption that should disabuse them of the
illusion that their country is a force for global peace.”
Winnipeg Free Press
“impressive reportage . . . [Bell] makes it too easy to become
enraged with our slack system and contemptible political
leadership.”
The Western Standard
“stunning and chilling”
The Edmonton Journal
“… an unvarnished look at how Canada became a haven for
terror groups … raises valid questions about why the country
failed to act, time and again, in identifying and expelling the
bad guys.”
The Vancouver Sun
“Back from deadly terror-fronts from Afghanistan to the West Bank,
Canada’s leading chronicler of terrorism makes this wrenching
discovery: more and more roads to terrorism start and finish in
Canada.”
David B. Harris,
Director, INSIGNIS International,
Terrorist Intelligence Program
“Cold Terror recounts a disturbing array of short-sighted policy
decisions, from CIDA funding Islamic charities that supported
terrorism to senior political leaders attending meetings of terror-
supporting domestic organizations...”
Canadian Jewish News
“... a bold and impressive effort to confront a critical but neglect-
ed aspect of Canadian life. If Canadians genuinely desire to be
compassionate and constructive world citizens, this is an issue,
and a book, they cannot afford to ignore.”
Avery Plow, Times-Colonist (Victoria)
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Also by the author
The Martyr’s Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist
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HOW CANADA NURTURES AND EXPORTS
TERRORISM AROUND THE WORLD
STEWART BELL
John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.
Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Stewart Bell
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bell, Stewart, 1965-
Cold terror : how Canada nurtures and exports terrorism around the world /
Stewart Bell.— 2nd ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-470-84056-6
1. Terrorists—Canada. 2. Terrorism—Canada—Prevention.
3. National security—Canada. 4. Terrorism I. Title.
HV6433.C3B44 2006 363.320971 C2006-905214-X
Production Credits
Cover design: Ian Koo
Interior text design: Adrian So
Printer: Tri-Graphic Printing Ltd.
Anniversary logo design: Richard J. Pacifico
Photographs courtesy of Stewart Bell unless otherwise noted.
Printed in Canada
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Foreword by Dr. Rohan Gunaratna xi
Introduction1
Prologue21
Chapter 1
Spillover 23
Chapter 2
The Snow Tigers 47
Chapter 3
Partisans of God 103
Chapter 4
Fateh the Algerian 147
Chapter 5
A Brief Encounter with a (Suspected) Canadian Terrorist 175
Chapter 6
The Al Kanadi Family Jihad 185
Chapter 7
White Meat 227
Conclusion
From Homeland to Homegrown 245
Notes 263
Author’s Note and Acknowledgments 277
Index 281