Another indication to suggest that this is a jihad terror attack. Nothing conclusive yet, however. “UPDATING: Gunman killed at Parliament Hill, other suspects sought,” by Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen, October 22, 2014:
A gunman has been shot and killed inside Parliament Hill’s Centre Block and police are swarming over downtown Ottawa hunting for other possible suspects after several shootings rocked Ottawa on Wednesday morning — including one at the War Memorial that wounded a soldier and another near the Rideau Centre mall.
The War Memorial shooting occurred just before 10 a.m., and the shooter then apparently drove to the gates of Parliament Hill and ran inside the buildings. A witness also reported that another man headed east, potentially in the direction of the Rideau Centre.
Witnesses said 30 to 50 shots were fired inside the Centre Block.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the leaders of the other political parties are all believed to be safe. The prime minister was taken away from Parliament to a secure place, officials said. The Hill was immediately locked down….
Local schools and the U.S. Embassy, which is near Parliament Hill, were also locked down….
Other witnesses described seeing the gunman carjack a vehicle. Others gave differing descriptions of the car. Police quickly surrounded a Toyota Corolla, which was parked on Wellington Street in front of the Parliament gates.
The suspect was described as 5-9 to 5-10, overweight and wearing a dark jacket. At least one witness said he wore an “Arabic scarf.”…
jr says
muslims are the greatest threat to world peace
Champ says
Indeed!
Bro. Nick says
My personal understanding is that what is happening is that Satanic Ritual Blood Sacrifices are knowingly being made by the ‘fundamental followers’ of the false Satanic ‘moon-god Allah’ and his lying prophet Mohammed – led by IS / Hamas / Boko Haram / Al-Qaeda / Taliban / Al-Nusra / Al- Shabob / & others!
Their preference is that the murders result in large quantities of blood being spilled!
It must always be remembered that Satan hates “the LORD GOD”, and all mankind – and that he uses whomever he can to ‘snare’ with his “wiles”
(Eph 6:11-12 | 1 Peter 5:8 [KJV])
Me thinks that the whole world is becoming exponentially more rapidly becoming ‘as it was in the days of Noah and of Lot’ – righteous Judgment by “the LORD JEHOVAH” will come:
“And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.”
(Luke 17:26-29 [KJV])
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gts58 says
Good post! Islam is truly a curse, unless it is eradicated – there will never be peace on earth, not until every Mosque is razed, not until every Quran is burned, not until every trace of Islam is destroyed. Are we to believe the lying Muslim sympathizer POTUS in the White House who states Islam is a religion of peace? How dumb does he think we are?
jeanninne says
@gts58: “How dumb does he think we are?” Unfortunately dumb enough to vote for him twice. I didn’t vote for him either time……
JE says
Well Bush said Islam was a religion of peace too. A lot of non Muslims say it. Obama is just one dude.
jr says
amen
Wellington says
Got that right, jr. Not even a close call. Minus Muslims, terrorism would still exist but it would be a fraction of what it is today. Also, minus the wretched religion of Islam, the single greatest threat to liberty in the West would no longer exist either, though the totalitarian strains in modern leftism would still pose a considerable menace to true freedom.
Beagle says
Sounds more like Mumbai or Nairobi with each passing revelation. Now I’m hearing “shots at a mall”. Multiple gunmen means jihad almost certainly.
I just hope that as people lie bleeding out and before the situation is even under control, that the diversity of Canada won’t be a casualty. Celebrate diversity, unless it just shot you.
John C. Barile says
Zen Methodist Vegans, no doubt.
Boston Tea Party says
“I just hope that as people lie bleeding out and before the situation is even under control, that the diversity of Canada won’t be a casualty. Celebrate diversity,..”
You’re saying that sarcastically, but if this does turn out to be jihad, then that’s pretty much exactly what the mainstream media will be telling us. The reality of non-Muslims being murdered will be of much less concern to them than some imagined, hypothetical “Islamophobic backlash” that never actually occurs.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Beagle, I’m ashamed of you. ‘Celebrate diversity unless it shoots you’?
There should be no qualifiers where diversity is concerned. If a Muslime shoots you, or beheads babies/women/children, they’re doing it because they must. I mean: It’s their religion.
Now stop saying such things or you’ll be sentenced to 6 mo. in the electric chair.
John C. Barile says
For a lawyer, I surprised at you. You oughta know that six months in that chair would be Cruel and Unusual Punishment for ol’ Beag. For offenses against community cohesiveness six minutes would be long enough.
John C. Barile says
Ten, max.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Sorry John! I lost my head (see: my FB photo).
Jaladhi says
Will the Canadian government hide the fact that Muslims living in their country are attacking their parliament?? You bet!!
Just because Muslims live in the West that is supposed to change them from the path of their religion!! what moronic belief. Nothing changes Muslims – they continue their murderous ways no matter where they live – whether Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia or USA, Canada, UK, Europe or Australia!! They live in Quran permanently and that dictates their behavior!
BW022 says
I seriously doubt that the Canadian government will hide that. Canada was already bracing for attacks since the Justice Minister announced that they were tracking Canadians suspected of returning from overseas fighting.
They will likely catch the person within hours or days. Canada isn’t such as large place nor does its media refuse to ask obvious questions. The media will have their names, Twitter posts, friends, etc. When the Algerian terrorists were identified as Canadian… it took less than a week for the media to have their names. The RCMP will likely have pictures of him and of course have his name when arrested or killed. Canadians already want to know if either of these men were part of those said to have been fighting overseas.
The current Canadian government has already done a lot to push for security measures. This summer they passed a change to immigration laws which allows removal of Canadian citizenship of dual nationals convicted of certain crimes — specifically terrorism or human rights violations. Its law enforcement agencies already have powers many in the US couldn’t dream of.
There is no way the government is going to be able to hide who these people are, their religion, or ties to international terrorist — if it turns out so. Nor would they have any reason do to so. They might try the usual “Its not all Muslims” or “Its only a small minority” but they will still be under intense pressure to look at more serious security in parliament, immigrations/background checks, CSIS/RCMP investigation of radical Islamists, and protecting Canadians against the other 80+ folks said to be overseas fighting.
Emilie Green says
Ibrahim the Beekeeper Hooper was last seen bowing, ass in the air, in front of a black rock Kaaba replica in Washington DC, mumbling, “Please let them not be Muzzies. Not be Muzzies. Not be Muzzies.”
islamisdeath says
If , and I’m sure it will, this turns out to be an attack by the death cult zombies, and the media and the left wing govt. try to white wash it, then it can only mean that the left has declared war on Canada and taken the death cult zombies as allies.
How can anyone deny that islam has declared war on us? Cant wait to see what the talking heads try as a method of spinning this.
cornell says
Canada has a majority Conservative government.
Dave J says
If this turns out to be more Jihad, as most expect, could we please have an honest assessment of the threat going forward. Could we have an open discussion of why all mention of Jihad has been removed from our anti-terrorist training manuals and if it might be time to get real about where 99% of the violence is coming from?
Beagle says
The Left in Canada has already fixed blame on Harper and Canadian involvement in the military action against IS. Also: root causes, alienation, poverty, Islamophobia, and racism.
Oh, you said “honest assessment”. Nah, that’s not going to happen.
SpiritOf1683 says
The root cause is Islam, pure and simple.
Januk36 says
“root causes, alienation, poverty, Islamophobia, and racism.”
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Three causes are widespread but only one seems to trigger consistently of violence.
Please, don’t blame the shooters but the politicians who should have your safety and interest as a first priority.
Vote them out of office and see how quick they will start listening to the concerns of the public….
If you don’t – don’t complain.
Beagle says
To be clear, all of that was a joke about the Left’s idiocy.
If military involvement (the Left’s favorite “root cause”) created terrorism, the US would have suffered countless Serbian terror attacks since the 1990s. None, but our some of our Albanian ‘allies’ were plotting to attack Fort Dix.
Jihad is the root cause. That’s why there are hundreds of jihad groups fighting nearly everywhere, all with the same stated goals of Islamic supremacism, a caliphate, and global sharia.
Muslim alienation is intentional into zones of Muslim control and sharia law. Muslims isolate themselves as part of hijrah (immigration for conquest) doctrine.
Study after study shows jihadis are rarely poor, if the news stories are not enough. Recently the Guardian stated the average IS recruit’s family in the UK made 75,000 pounds.
“Islamophobia” is the opposite of stupid. Sometimes “Islamophobia” is the only thing which can keep someone from making a life-threatening or head-removing decision. Enough said about that.
Islam is not a race. The white jihadi converts are some of the most dangerous. Watch them closely, especially if they change their name to Mujahid, Shahid, or Sayf.
SpiritOf1683 says
Exactly. Poverty is put down as a root cause, but where are the Bolivian, Haitian or Zimbabwean terrorists? If it comes down to offending people by bombing them, where are the Serbian terrorists? We bombed them (wrongly) 23 or so years ago. That leaves Islam as the root cause. Islam is the cult of terrorism, misogyny, barbarity, backwardness and sadism. It is far and away the biggest threat to Western civilization, and has been for 14 centuries. Hilaire Belloc predicted the return of Islam as our enemy back in 1938 in his Great Heresies, and given the fact that Hitler was around then, it looked far-fetched, but it doesn’t look so far fetched today. Islam is thriving because the West is fearful and paralysed by political correctness. It has disarmed itself verbally as a result and can no longer called a spade a spade, and anyone who dares to ‘say it as it is’ is immediately branded a racist and a bigot. This is part and parcel of the West’s lemming-like tendencies of the last 50 years. Western civilization will fall just like the Romans because we are afraid of giving offence by telling the truth.
Sounder says
Mark my words, the discussion will change to gun control. That is all.
BW022 says
No. It won’t turn to gun control.
The conservative government isn’t big on gun control, they have a majority government, and Canadian politicians are pragmatic. They know full well that you can’t restrict weapons to the point at which something like this isn’t a possibility. Previous attempts to restrict firearms further (the long arm registry) failed horrible.
The government, the RCMP, CSIS, opposition groups, and many Canadians will be focusing the obvious way of dealing with this — better security at Parliament Hill itself, specific steps against those recognized as having returned from overseas fighting, etc.
R Cole says
War Memorial soldier – died.
Beagle says
RIP
Thoughts and prayers to his family.
It was not that long ago that ceremonial duty or walking down the street in uniform was considered safe duty, apart from serving in combat. No longer.
RichardL says
I predict that he did not die in vain. Harper is the only Western leader to see islam for what it is. If Canada finds a democratic way to handle the islamic menace this will be a turning point in civilisation’s war against islam. Harper will not protect islam but will try to protect innocent Muslims and may even win them over.
I pray for the family of the hero.
SpiritOf1683 says
Show me an innocent Muslim and I’ll show you a unicorn.
TH says
Innocent muslims: i.e. muslims who are not practicing or aware of what Islam actually teaches, but they are always in danger of being convinced by the jihadis about the real nature of the totalitarian ideology plus religion which is what Islam is. All muslims are candidates for jihad.
voegelinian says
Ah there you go, the Moderate Muslim by another name!
Silvia says
ROBERT, another terror attack in Jerusalem. One baby dead and 6-8 other wounded, some gravely.
ralph says
Time to declare “open season” on all Muslim’s with “no bag limit” and these barbarians will leave on their own or in “body bags”… Otherwise they(Muslim’s) will RUIN All Nations…
gts58 says
That is their goal – to make all nations succumb to Islam (Caliphate) and yet we have an Islamic/Muslim sympathizer POTUS trying to deceive us “Islam is a religion of Peace.” How dumb does he think we are?
R Cole says
If they want to go and join ISIS – then they have terrorist intent.
There are two soldiers dead – and at least one of the attackers – had their passports confiscated – by the Canadian police/ intelligence – because they wanted to fly over there to flight alongside ISIS.
There should be questions raised over whether they should not have allowed them to go.
You are effectively trapping a foreign force – in your country.
And in Canada – it has struck back.
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If they leave – and pop up on the next jihadist’s video – invalidate their passports. We can’t lock up all these people. And then they will radicalize people in prison – to think and do the same.
Passport or not – these people have already deserted.
Bezelel says
It will be interesting to hear what sort of violence they will call it. I’m sorry about the Memorial Guard. That is supposed to be an easy job. Will he get Memorial status or work place violence?
Lookmann says
One earlier report called it as a ‘police incident’ .
Jane says
Can you tell me if this date, 22 Oct , is significant to this shooting. I heard that it is the date of the death of Muhammad’s son.
Jane says
This has to do with the date in Oct, after the Battle of Tabuk, when the prophet Muhammad’s son died. It is significant in the muslim world.
SallyA says
Canadian press seems pretty clear there is Islamic terrorism going on, with analysis of the radicalized Islamic hatred of the West depicted also: http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/22/canada-under-attack-by-homegrown-terrorists
mariam rove says
OT:
Hi Robert: From BBC Farsi: a suicide bomber drove his/her car to a train station in Jerusalem injuring 9 poeple.m
mariam rove says
So sorry. I see that this has already been posted. M
Undaunted says
This is a swarm attack, about which I wrote here:
http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2014/06/i-kid-you-not-about-the-mom-and-pop-home-schoolers-being-considered-a-more-probable-threat-than-terrorists-in-the-neck-of.html
Be prepared for the press and other talking-heads to call it a siege. You need to be ready for more of these, and I’m not talking about readiness manifest by being poised to comment at various blogs with your rapier-like whit.
DogOnPorch says
Crazy day in Canada. At least there’s an eclipse this afternoon to change the pace…unless they blow-up the Moon or the Sun.
DogOnPorch says
Tomorrow afternoon, pardon.
Dave J says
Islam replies: We hate the moon, too.
gts58 says
There will be no peace on earth until Islam is no longer practiced, until every Mosque is torn down, until every Quran is burned. And we need a leader who understands the truly evil and destructive nature of Islam, not a Muslim sympathizer like Barack Obama who states “Islam is a religion of peace.”
Wellington says
Your comment reminded me of William Gladstone’s statement he made in Parliament well over a century ago while holding a copy of the Koran. He said of the Koran, “So long as there is this book there will never be peace in the world.” The four-time Prime Minister nailed it with this comment. Completely so.
Champ says
Bravo, gts58!
mariam rove says
Yes. he said it perfectly. I know it all too well I was a Muslim. Unless and until Islam is destroyed there will never be real peace on earth. M
voegelinian says
There will never be peace on earth; and Islam will never be destroyed. We can, however, do great things to manage the problem much better than we are doing so now. Funny how the JW Softies balk at total deportation for being “unrealistic”, but dream of a “destruction” of Islam.
SpiritOf1683 says
The former British Prime Minister William Gladstone called the Koran an ‘accursed book’ and told us “So long as there’s theis book, there will never be peace in the world”. We now know this much to our cost.
Mild Bill Hickok says
The photo that shows the Canadian parliament members hiding in a room with chairs blocking the door is indicative of their deranged mind set. I’ll bet they are debating a bill banning guns, BB guns,toy guns, pictures of guns…
Bull Shi'ite says
The subjets that were to be studied today were about to give more power to different Canadian agencies to combat terrorism and have them cooperate with the equivalent in Australian, U.S. and U.K. to share information about would-be djihadists…
zulu says
http://heavy.com/news/2014/10/michael-zehaf-bibeau-ottawa-parliament-shooting-terro-attack/
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (photo with rifle and Palestinian keffiyeh)
Mirren10 says
I know Robert must be cautious, but the moment I read about the soldier murdered at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, I immediately thought, ”jihad attack”, and that it wouldn’t stop there.
Henry says
There’ll be another attack like this before long, then another, and another, and perhaps something much more catastrophic down the line. At what point will action that seriously undertakes to address the problem commence? What’s it going to take?
Champ says
Great question, Henry …plus this issue is compounded by the fact that we’re fighting an evil enemy that hides behind not only the “religion of peace”, but in the shadows where they’re nearly impossible to find. We are at war with a new breed of enemy: an evil and insidious enemy: islam.
TR says
A Wise Man once said WANT WORLD PEACE RID THE WORLD OFmuslems NOW
Sam says
This looks like another work place violance from the get go. These crazy people have nothing to do with the religion of peace. What a poor muslim have to go thru in the western world!
Friend in Potentia says
That’s why I come to this site, to get news that goes unreported. The networks would never mention that a witness reported seeing an Arab-style scarf. I guess that would be racist?
Bull Shi'ite says
The witnesses reporting that the guy had long hair, a beard and looking arab were shown on the news: saw ’em this afternoon on tv.
R Cole says
Years ago – there was a Muslim group – who were jailed for plotting to attack the Canadian Parliament, take hostages and behead the Prime Minister.
Similar.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
I wonder if the goings on in Ottawa will weaken the resolve of Barack and John that the Persians will behave rationally once they become a nuclear power. One’s a certified Anti-American and the other is a war coward. Ottawa won’t even make ’em stop and consider that what they’re doing over there is insane.
Question of the day: what will the Persians do once they get their nukes?
abad says
As usual, so-called “moderate” Muslims in Canada have not spoken out against that freak who drove over the two men, nor this crime…..the silence is deafening.
gp says
Mosques in the West are Huge Trojan Horses. Every muslim is a Manchurian Candidate.
Champ says
Not all muslims are terrorists, but the *vast* majority of terrorists are muslim!