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Edmonton: Muslim migrant jihadi “checked thoroughly” in 2015 and deemed no threat

Oct 2, 2017 4:32 pm By Robert Spencer

They say he was “checked thoroughly,” but since they deny the motivating ideology of jihad terror attacks, how do they even know what to check for? They’re the blind leading the blind.

“Suspect facing terrorism charges in Edmonton attacks investigated in 2015,” by Dean Bennett, John Cotter, Rob Drinkwater and Chris Purdy, Canadian Press, October 1, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

EDMONTON — Mounties say the man accused of attacking a police officer and running down four pedestrians with a rental truck in a dramatic late-night downtown chase is a Somali refugee once investigated for espousing extremism.

RCMP assistant commissioner Marlin Degrand said the suspect, 30, was checked thoroughly in 2015 and deemed at that time to not pose a threat.

“There was insufficient evidence to pursue terrorism charges or a peace bond,” Degrand said Sunday. “The suspect was actually not deemed at that time to pose a threat to the security of Canada.”

Degrand said files on the suspect were kept and shared with other intelligence and police agencies after 2015, but said that was as much as the law would allow.

“We didn’t have sufficient evidence to warrant continued investigation of that individual following the 2015 (check),” he said.

Police did not name the suspect but CTV News has confirmed it’s Abdulahi Sharif. Police said he was arrested with an Islamic state flag in one of his vehicles.

Degrand initially said was the suspect was the process of making a refugee claim in Canada, but a spokesman with the federal Public Safety Department later clarified that he had already been found to be a refugee by the Immigration and Refugee Board.

He is facing a number of charges, including five counts of attempted murder, dangerous driving and participation in a terrorist activity….

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Filed Under: Canada, Featured, immigration, Jihad in the West, Vehicular jihad Tagged With: Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, Edmonton


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  1. Dum Spiro says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 4:44 pm

    Justin Trudeau must have found this individual’s diversity to be part of the strength of his new Canada. He would not ever revoke his citizenship, either.

    Canada should get new leadership ADAP…
    — Spero

    • Dum Spiro says

      Oct 2, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      ASAP too…
      — Spero

      • Dum Spiro says

        Oct 2, 2017 at 5:41 pm

        Sadly it looks like Justin Trudeau is bringing DIEversity to Canada.

        Maybe his accent with the word is only that…
        –Spero

    • mortimer says

      Oct 2, 2017 at 4:53 pm

      Trud-no called the motive ‘HATE’, but he did not call it ‘terrorism’ as he immediately did in the Quebec City massacre.

      I get it! Jihadis are not considered ‘TERRORISTS’. Jihad is Allah’s ‘JUSTICE’, rather than ‘TERRORISM’.

      The dirty kufaar HAVE IT COMING TO THEM. Trud-no is clueless.

      • John Forbes says

        Oct 3, 2017 at 6:54 pm

        Trudeau is now I believe a MUSLIM ! He has already stated & demonstrated his adherence to ISLAM by attending on many occasions prayers in Mosques !
        He has stated that he hates Christianity !
        His government supports M-103 & is seeking to introduce blasphemy laws !
        He supports the wearing of hibaya:s & Niqabs & he supports Islamic prayers in schools !
        He supports the separation of men/women in mosques & the exclusion of women who are menstuating !
        He has allowed ISLAMIC PRAYERS to be introduced in Schools !

        His Muslim Brotherhood are active in every Province in Canada & have now infiltrated every school board & city !

        SHARIA Introduction is coming to CANADA !!

        • John S. Obeda says

          Oct 3, 2017 at 8:39 pm

          Christians are NOT to worship with people who worship false gods. That is what the apostle Paul tells Christians. See 2 Corinthians 5.

        • carol says

          Oct 5, 2017 at 5:57 am

          He uses his “power stick” to very offensively and officiously peddle his definition of what it is “to be a Canadian”.
          Face the obvious truth – any North American, brought up in a privileged background such as his, who supports typical Islamic practices is mentally unbalanced and/or corrupt.

    • bob kelly says

      Oct 2, 2017 at 6:44 pm

      These so called police experts don t have a clue, they take a couple of 1/2 day courses and hold them selves out as experts . they say he was “checked thoroughly – this is the result of a “checked thoroughly process. these cops are lucky this muslim nut case did not pick the front yard of elementary school.
      RCMP assistant commissioner Marlin Degrand is this commissioner the same clown that didn t supply the Mounties on the east coast rifles .so 3 officers were shoot dead.and there is even more to the story that pointed to incompetence.

    • Dave777 says

      Oct 2, 2017 at 7:04 pm

      Or let Canadians not Muslim be refugees and move to the US. There is more wrong in Marxist Canada than criminal refugees.

    • PaulM says

      Oct 2, 2017 at 8:44 pm

      trudeau is such a gutless, spineless coward. He is so typical of the leftist, fascist, globalist elite. Sadly he is dragging Canada down the shit-hole that is Islam and the perversity that it is. I find it virtually impossible to have any sympathy for the majority of Canadians that put him in the driver’s seat. You reap what you sow. Sadly the costs will be innocent lives. Get these scumbags out of Canada.

    • paul says

      Oct 4, 2017 at 10:09 am

      Tru doo let him go. Under M-103 he has rights! No matter who he kills

  2. mortimer says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 4:49 pm

    SPECIAL CLUE FOR EDMONTON DETECTIVES: The Verse of the Sword Koran 9.5 …

    “Fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them: seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war).” (K.9:5)

  3. gravenimage says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 4:51 pm

    Edmonton: Muslim migrant jihadi “checked thoroughly” in 2015 and deemed no threat
    ………………..

    I’m sure the victims and their families feel better already! sarc/off

    • paul says

      Oct 4, 2017 at 10:11 am

      The check was simplistic, and involved him answering seven questions. No further check was required…
      In he comes.

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 4, 2017 at 10:11 pm

        Probably so, Paul.

      • carol says

        Oct 5, 2017 at 6:09 am

        He supports a rigid system that is hateful and destructive to others. Doesn’t that say enough?

  4. mortimer says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 5:02 pm

    ISIS uses jihad ‘virgins’ who have no record. They are less likely to be followed.

  5. Andy says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 5:05 pm

    Press For Truth

    About The Edmonton Terrorist Attack

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfj-08fWnZU&t=34s

    ISIS Attack In Edmonton Puts Canada On Global Stage Of War On Terror

  6. Robeaver says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 5:06 pm

    He was vetted. :
    He answered the one question v etting question:

    Are you a bad boy? Yes____. No. ____.
    If you answered no go right to the free housing and health care line.
    If you ansrewed yes, go back and change your answer, then proceed to free housing and health care line.
    If you are illiterate, ……………………….

  7. Voytek Gagalka says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 5:10 pm

    If they “checked” him “thoroughly” they shouldn’t fail to notice the big zebibah (prayer’s bump) on his forehead proving that he was VERY devout (pious) Mohammedan who follows to the last letter rules of Mohammed. That should be the trigger, the first sign. But if they deny ANY connection between Mohammed and mayhem his ideology created throughout the past centuries to this very day, only failure of such “thorough check” could be the result.

  8. Sarah says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 5:20 pm

    OK Trudeau, you treasonous, traitorous, dopey looking liar – here is how ‘thoroughly check’ and confirm whether or not, someone may be a risk when entering your nation.

    # Is the person a Muslim.
    #Is the person a Male.
    # Is the person a Female and either wearing a burqa or niqab or a hijab that is tightly wrapped and covers their ears and neck so that only, only their facial skin is showing.
    # Is the person aged between 12 and 70.
    # Does the person hail from Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Palestine, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Turkey, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Chechyna, Philipines, Niger, Tunisia, Libya, Ghana, Guinea, Eritrea, Uganda, Malawi (have I missed any??)

    OK. So. If anyone fits that description – then you hold them immediately and red flag them.

    From there – you dig deep,the way that you will do – and are very capable of doing when it comes to gathering intel for the military and national security – and hunt each one down, you need PROOF and it needs to be unshakeable proof and evidence that this person is not only who they say they are- but that they have never once had a connection anywhere towards anything dodgy.

    If you can’t get that information on one of them – you ban them – permanently. Canadian lives come first. Canadian safety comes first. Canadian prosperity comes first.

    You want to see their entire family tree. And the records of each family member. You want to see work histories. Education history. You want to see which mosques they frequented and who was the Imam in charge and what was that Imam spraying from the pulpit every Friday. You want to see who they hang out with, who is on their Facebook, what websites they frequent – you want to tear their lives open.

    You want to prove that they haven’t even had so much as a parking ticket- anywhere in the world, ever.

    If you can’t prove all those things – then you do not let them in. Direct them to the nearest UN Refugee Camp located closest to their homeland and boot them back out the door. Donate a few million per refugee you boot, to the UNHCR if you want be a do-gooder. It’ll ultimately save the Canadian people hundreds of millions in the long run, anyway.

    Unless you can show that these people are not only harmless – but are capable of integrating – then do not let them in. This will come as a shock to you, Trudeau – but you do not have to let them in. You do not have to let them stay. You do not have to give them ANYTHING.

    AND YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY AS THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA TO DECIDE OTHERWISE, WITHOUT THE EXPRESS APPROVAL OF ALL OF THE CANADIAN PEOPLE.

    Don’t forget that part.

    • Jem says

      Oct 3, 2017 at 12:54 am

      Yes!!! Couldn’t agree with you more.

    • old white guy says

      Oct 4, 2017 at 8:56 am

      all who follow islam are a problem no matter where they are from.

  9. Tom Davis says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    By a strange coincidence Wilson Choudhry, the leader of the British Pakistani Christian Association (which works to aid the victims of jihad), just missed getting caught in this attack.

    See https://www.britishpakistanichristians.org/blog/terrorism-incident-in-canadian-cit

  10. Jaladhi says

    Oct 2, 2017 at 6:14 pm

    Goes to show that every Muslim is a threat to humanity!

  11. Richard Courtemanche says

    Oct 3, 2017 at 10:34 pm

    There is a need to re-enforce anti-terrorism law. Too many people seem to be under the radar for cause only rather than being prosecuted before they act.

  12. Tom says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 3:46 pm

    Well this just goes to prove that NONE can be trusted EVEN those who have gone through a “thorough” security check and have been found to be clean by our security services. This shows that ANY one of them can, at any moment, turn to Jihad and kill Canadians.

    So WHY then Trudeau do you protect and appease these potential jihadists?

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