LANDMINES FOUND IN CANADA

Landmines discovered in Ontario creek on long weekend
I'm not sure what to make of this, but it may well be the result of Canada's' open door policy to every radical element there is. Yesterday explosives in South Carolina near a Naval facility holding hundreds of tons of ordinance and nuclear materials were intercepted. It’s crossed my mind that the Jihadi are inching in for a major strike. IMHO, the next strike will be a full court press consisting of bombings of infrastructure such as bridges and rail ways, power supplies, communication nodes, electrical systems, in conjunction with suicide bombers. Takeover of commercial aircraft is still a high priority of the Jihadi because of its ability to shut down international travel. Dozens of physical attacks can cause high civilian causalities, and shut down the physical and financial systems. Cyber attacks will surely be included. bin Laden has been very plain that his method of bring down the west will be through financial and psychological means.

FROM CANADA FREE PRESS:
By Judi McLeod
Sunday, August 5, 2007
The big question about two live landmines found in a countryside culvert running under Inadale Drive between Strathroy and Mt. Brydges, Ontario yesterday is who put them there?
Appearing to be attached to timers, the landmines were likely of the type used to blow up tanks, according to Strathroy-Caradoc police.
Police yesterday swarmed a country creek where children cool off in heat waves like the one this week as Canadian Forces explosives experts detonated the landmines.
The creek would be a huge draw for children in the weatherman’s extreme heat alert on Ontario’s Simcoe Day long weekend.
“One mine was discovered by two teenaged girls Friday. They called police, and a second mine was found yesterday morning, only one metre away from the first.” (London Free Press, (London, Ontario) and Sun Media, August 5, 2007).
The Strathroy and Mt. Bridges communities are 20 kilometres west of London, Ont. and 30 kilometres from the former Military Camp Ipperwash (also Camp Ipperwash, a former Canadian Armed Forces training facility, now held by Stoney Point First Nation natives.
The only other military base in the area was CFB Clinton, about 40 kilometres away, shut down some 36 years ago, and CFB London, about 20 kilometres away and downsized some 15 years ago
Worried about the possibility of more mines hidden nearby, Strathroy police asked the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to conduct a sweep, which was completed by dusk yesterday.
Since the creek is a popular family gathering place, police suspect the mines were put there to deliberately maim and kill.
“The senseless loss of life or grievous bodily harm that could have taken place at this creek—it’s reprehensible,” Strathroy-Caradoc police Sgt. Mike Overdulve said.
There was no need for speculation on the potential for devastation from the two landmines after a military team detonated both from a safe distance.
The force of the blast ripped bark and limbs from a tree and sprayed water so high it could be seen by observers a kilometer away.
“I could feel the percussive force,” Overdulver said. “It was 100 times louder than any fireworks you ever heard.”
Seven centimeters thick and 25 centimetres in diameter, the mines appear to be the kind used to disable tanks in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq.
“We can’t definitely prove that, but that is the direction we are leaning,” Overdulve said.
After the detonation, the explosive experts found debris, “consistent with timers”, he said.
The first mine was found Friday by the nearby Denning family who were walking the creek so that their yellow lab, Jesse could cool off in the cold water.
While Inadale is a two-lane country road, many residents cross the culvert to commute to London.
“There’s quite a lot of traffic during the week,” said Lynn Denning, who commutes to work at London Health Sciences Centre.
“I’ve seen hand grenades and ammunition, but I never encountered anything like this,” Overdulve said.
Anyone who has recently been to the creek beneath Inadale Road between Strathroy and Mt. Brydges, or has seen anyone acting suspiciously near the creek, is asked to call Strathroy-Caradoc police at 519-245-1250.