What natural right does a man with this kind of record have to enter Canada? “Terrorist returns: Peter MacKay urges Ottawa to consider revoking citizenship,” from the National Post, with thanks to Martin:
TORONTO – One of Canada’s most notorious terrorist leaders has returned home to Montreal after serving four years in a French prison for his role in an international jihadist network.
Fateh Kamel, a 44-year-old Algerian-Canadian who headed a Montreal-based extremist cell, arrived in Montreal on Jan. 29 aboard an Air France flight, sources told the National Post.
A charismatic shopkeeper who led a double life as the international terrorist operative “Moustapha,” Kamel was dubbed the “Islamist Carlos” because of his remarkable exploits around the world.
“I am GIA,” he once said in a conversation intercepted by Italian counter-terrorism investigators. GIA is the French acronym for the Algerian Armed Islamic Group. “Killing is easy for me.”…
Captured in Jordan in 1999, Kamel was tried in Paris in 2001 and convicted for his involvement with terrorist groups. Although sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment, he was released early for good behaviour. He has a Canadian wife and son.
Peter MacKay, the Conservative Party’s deputy leader and public safety critic, urged the government to consider revoking Kamel’s Canadian citizenship. Canada has used such tactics against Nazi war criminals.
“By all means we should be examining revocation, and certainly there is cause for the Canadian government, for our officials, to examine whether he was truthful at the time of his entry into this country,” Mr. MacKay said.
“I have a real problem with us just saying we’ll let bygones be bygones. I don’t think most Canadians have much comfort level knowing that this convicted terrorist is now back in our country.”
Peter MacKay for PM!