CAST 1103H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Operation Yellow Ribbon, Air India Flight 182, Osama Bin Laden
14 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Attack on Parliament Hill
• October 22nd, 2014. Parliament and National War memorial were targeted
• Killed Nathan Cirillo
• Michael Zehaf-Bibeau - Quebecois mother and Syrian father
o homeless and struggling with cocaine addiction
o Michael was mentally unbalanced
• Historical Context
o FLQ bombings in 1960s
o Air India bombing 1985
o Plotted bombing in Montreal - later bombing in LA
o Omar Khadr captured in Afghanistan, 15 year old Canadian, held for 10 years in
Cuba
• Consequences of global actions come with great risk
o the people who complete these acts are not psychopaths, which makes people
more fearful. they are stable, well-adjusted individuals capable
of inflicting serious harm
o Terrorist related deaths
▪ year 2000 - 3000 deaths
▪ year 2014 - 32,685 deaths
9/11 Attacks
• Hijacking of 4 commercial aircrafts
• 2 crashed into the twin towers, 1 into the pentagon, 1 crashed in Pennsylvania
• Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack
Gander, Newfoundland
• Operation Yellow Ribbon
• 30 aircraft diverted to Gander, 6,500 people landed in Gander, diverted due to the 9/11
attacks
Bill C-36
• Very rush and very broad anti-terrorist act
• increased electronic surveillance
• any organization could be deemed illegal at any time - and membership in such groups is
a federal offense
• there was no need for full disclosure of charges
• Bill mirrored by the American Patriot Act
• The protection against terrorism was more important than personal freedom
Afghanistan and Iraq
• These countries provided protection to the Taliban led by Osama Bin Laden
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Document Summary
Attack on parliament hill: october 22nd, 2014. 9/11 attacks: hijacking of 4 commercial aircrafts, 2 crashed into the twin towers, 1 into the pentagon, 1 crashed in pennsylvania, al qaeda claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack. Gander, newfoundland: operation yellow ribbon, 30 aircraft diverted to gander, 6,500 people landed in gander, diverted due to the 9/11 attacks. Afghanistan and iraq: these countries provided protection to the taliban led by osama bin laden. Justification for the invasion of iraq after the invasion in afghanistan: no evidence of wmd"s was found and the whole pretense for the invasion was fabricated. Canadian civil liberties association: argument was that bill c-36 was never used for what it was intended for and there was evidence of abuse. Bill c-51: can make arrests if they believe a terrorist act may be carried out, monitored in canada and abroad.
