'No indication' Canadian terror suspects were planning attack
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today there was no indication that 17 terror suspects arrested in Canada were planning an attack in the US.
“We certainly don’t believe that there’s any link to the US, but obviously we will follow up,” Rice said, noting that the investigation was continuing.
She described co-operation between the US and Canada on counterterrorism as excellent.
“I think we will get whatever information we need,” she said. “But it’s obviously a great success for the Canadians. They’re to be congratulated for it.”
Canadian officials said they foiled a homegrown terrorist attack by arresting the suspects, who were apparently inspired by the al Qaida terror group. The suspects obtained three times the amount of an explosive ingredient used in the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, officials said.
The FBI said the Canadian suspects may have had “limited contact” with two men recently arrested on terrorism charges in Georgia. About 400 regional police and federal agents participated in the arrests on Friday and early Saturday.
