Attack Drags Canada Into Terror Era as Nation Reels

By artappraiser on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 1:42am |

Bloomberg News, Oct. 22, 2014

[....] “Canada will never be intimidated,” and will redouble efforts to combat terrorism, Harper said in a televised address to the nation last night [....]

So shocking were the day’s events to the Canadian psyche that organizers canceled a National Hockey League game between the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The parliamentary incursion set off a rolling shootout with security and police that started in parliament’s foyer and ended with a gunman, wearing a blue and white headscarf, lying dead near the parliament library entrance. A mobile phone video captured the chaos as authorities, guns drawn, moved in on one of the invaders and opened fire, more than a dozen shots reverberating loudly in the stately arches of the building. [....]

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After Shooting, Fear and Anxiety Take Over Ottawa
New York Times, Oct. 22, 2014

OTTAWA — The normally bustling streets near Canada’s Parliament were transformed on Wednesday as thousands of government workers were kept inside their buildings for hours while police and military officers in combat gear swept the area, fearful that shootings that morning had been part of a larger plot.

Anxious workers pressed their faces against the windows of nearby offices, trying to figure out what had happened in a city so peaceful that pedestrians can usually walk unimpeded into the Parliament building before being checked by guards.

“I never thought this would happen,” said one woman, who refused to give her name as she hurried along a main street after the police allowed people in her building to evacuate the area in the afternoon. “This is Canada.”

The killing of a young guard at the National War Memorial on Wednesday, by a gunman who later continued shooting inside the nearby Parliament building, was only the fifth murder this year in Ottawa [....]

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 1:47am

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Ottawa shooting: A day of chaos leaves soldier, gunman dead

Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave an evening address to say Canada would not be intimidated by Wednesday's "brutal and violent attack" in Ottawa, in which an armed attacker fatally wounded a Canadian Forces member at the National War Memorial before being shot dead in Parliament's Centre Block. Oct 22 read 8263 comments video

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by artappraiser on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 1:52am

This is something that is important.

I am sick of the Ebola scare, until it affects my children or grandchildren, but there is nothing else on the air, as they say.

In a week or so, the entire USA is going to be infiltrated by terrible people, at least that is what the pollsters tell me.

But damn!

There are traitors within our midst!

But Oh Canada!

This is a big deal.

Hell, terrorist(s) are attacking the government in Canada.

That is a big deal.

I still keep praying for 'help' on election day, and this mess does not spell H E L P.

Ad ebola to terrorism and this spells disaster for our elections.

That is all I got right now.

by Richard Day on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 1:58am

In a week or so, the entire USA is going to be infiltrated by terrible people, at least that is what the pollsters tell me.

Sixty million dollar GOTV is in full swing in all the competitive senate seats. This is a huge operation. There is no way this will show up in the poles. Florida is not part of it but there is still as big of one as there was in 2012 here in swing.

Canada is not used to this. I hope they don't over react to it like we always do here.

by trkingmomoe on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 2:34am

NBC news: Lawmakers Barricade Door As Shots Fired at Parliament in Ottawa:

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 2:48am

"Ottawa’s business district was locked down for most of the day and police wearing balaclavas and carrying assault rifles swarmed the streets looking for perpetrators."

"Ottawa’s lock down was as shocking to many residents as the actual events. Throughout the city’s compact center, police warned office workers to stay away from windows and shouted at journalists to take cover. The U.S. embassy, located a few blocks from the war memorial, was locked down, as were the offices of civil servants in the area. The Bank of Canada canceled a scheduled press conference."

So much for keeping calm and carrying on....

by EmmaZahn on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 7:45am

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