“The FBI on Tuesday posted an excerpt of the video on its own website, www.fbi.gov, and asked for public help in identifying the man. His accent indicates he could be from the US or Canada, the FBI said. Canadian intelligence officials have also analyzed the video. They say the man’s accent suggests he could be the son of immigrants and that English could be his second language. Voice recognition software, they say, failed to come up with a match to any known terrorism suspects.” They will not face the fact that anyone who reads the Qur’an and studies the life of Muhammad could be motivated to engage in jihad activity, as was Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar (about whom see here; the links are dead but there are a lot of quotes), who tried to kill Infidels on his own, without ever having contact with any jihad groups. Yes, yes, not everyone who reads the Qur’an will embark upon jihad, but nothing is being done to mitigate its power to incite believers to violence, because that would be “Islamophobic.”
“ISIS Imitators Discussed Attacks on U.S. Targets in Canada,” by Richard Esposito, NBC News, October 9, 2014:
Intelligence officials tell NBC News that Canadian authorities have heard would-be terrorists discussing potential ISIS-inspired “knife and gun” attacks against U.S. and Canadian targets inside Canada.
While intelligence officials say some of the discussions raise the possibility of attacks on U.S. citizens and other U.S. and Western targets in Canada, they have not picked up talk of anyone crossing the border into the U.S. to stage attacks. They also stressed that the possible attacks were at the “aspirational” stage.
Intelligence officials say that Canadian authorities are monitoring “hundreds of people” in Canada who have either gone to Syria to link up with ISIS and other Islamist groups and returned, or who have tried and failed to make the trip. The unknowns, those inspired by ISIS but as yet on no radar, add to the worry, helping to make this what U.S. and Canadian officials have said is the most dangerous time since 9/11 for a domestic terror attack.
Both U.S. and Canadian officials fear the beheading of an innocent person in a public place, or the slashing of citizens on a crowded street until police arrive to shoot and “martyr” the terrorists.
In a statement, the press secretary for Canada’s Minister of Public Safety told NBC News, “While I cannot comment on operational matters of national security, I can say that security agencies are constantly evaluating the terrorist threat and taking action to protect Canadians.”…
The FBI on Tuesday posted an excerpt of the video on its own website, www.fbi.gov, and asked for public help in identifying the man. His accent indicates he could be from the US or Canada, the FBI said.
Canadian intelligence officials have also analyzed the video. They say the man’s accent suggests he could be the son of immigrants and that English could be his second language. Voice recognition software, they say, failed to come up with a match to any known terrorism suspects.
They also say that while the man’s face is mostly covered by his mask, enough is visible that a close relative would be able to recognize him.
Both U.S. and Canadian officials have received dozens of tips about the man ‘s identity. None have panned out so far.