Canadian "naval" warship steals herion on open Sea

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Wasting my tax dollars, supporting terrorism, breaking international law, creating new enemies. The only good thing is the comments section of the story because people are waking up.


Canadian warship makes drug bust on Arabian Sea
HMCS Toronto seizes more than 180 kg of heroin
The Canadian Press Posted: Oct 05, 2013 10:36 PM ET Last Updated: Oct 05, 2013 10:39 PM ET

A Canadian warship on patrol in the Arabian Sea made what the military is touting as an important drug seizure on Saturday.

HMCS Toronto intercepted and boarded a suspected smuggling vessel, seizing 154 bags of heroin weighing more than 180 kilograms, said a news release issued late Saturday.

HMCS Toronto departs Halifax for Arabian Sea
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The drugs were catalogued and then destroyed, the release said.

The seizure took place about 800 kilometres east of the Horn of Africa.

"I'm extremely proud of the work Toronto's team, and all those on whom we rely for support, have done to achieve this success," said Commander Matthew Bowen, Toronto's skipper.

"A positive outcome like this, seizing and disposing of illegal narcotics whose sale would have funded extremist groups, is a big win for Canada's counter-terrorism efforts."

The frigate has made a number of drug seizures while on patrol in the past few months, including seizing 500 kilograms of heroin last March and about 5950 kilograms of hashish in another boarding incident in May.

The frigate is on patrol in the region as part of an international effort to curb terrorism and deter piracy on the high seas.



http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-warship-makes-drug-bust-on-arabian-sea-1.1914314
 
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To be honest, sounds like they were doing what they have been mandated to do.. like it or not.
 
Black Rabbit, I guess you have to consider their relative positioning vertically, it is conceivable they were as close to, or closer to, Somalia than any other nation at that time. Whether or not this qualifies as Somalian waters I could only speculate.

Whether it is *technically* justifiable based on what boils down to little more than relatively insignificant geographic placement of the vessel in a particular area East of Africa, you still have to ask what authority the Canadian's have over any other nation or vessel in this area and why. It doesn't really seem like something that concerns Canadians whatsoever and while I understand that the crew on board may have been performing their job description it does not change the fact that the public should be asking why it is in the Canadian Navy's job description to perform drug busts in the Arabian Sea.
 
You're right d_m.

They're there as part of Operation Artemis (why they're using that operation name is beyond me, I always thought that op names were never reused? "Operation Artemis was a short-term European Union-led UN authorized military mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Ituri conflict.")

And this is the 3rd seizure during the operation.
 
This was posted in the drug busts thread the other day. Quite a bit of hash and heroin.
 
my3rdeye said:
The only good thing is the comments section of the story because people are waking up.
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Published on Sep 27, 2013
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The decision to kill comment sections on news websites will only result in the mainstream losing traffic to alternative sites which allow free expression and do not resort to censorship.

Watch the video above for the full breakdown of this audacious new attempt to stifle free speech by the mainstream media.
 
Interesting^. I estimate the comments section on Canadian media to be about 10-1 against drug prohibition. Thats for all drugs, when it comes to Cannabis you get the occasional old angry person spewing drug war lies from 40 years ago but support for legal pot is in almost every post now. I am glad to see no matter what drug it is most thinking adults realize the drug war is fultile and much worse than the drugs themselves. It doesnt even matter anymore what politics a person has. Right wingers hate the nanny state, left wingers are sick of racist enforement of laws. I would be scared if my livelyhood depended on the War on some drugs too. Comments sections are being shut down and almost all are "pre moderated" now. Letters to the editor were never representative of public opinion. I bet the public was against the drug war 30 years ago too, their voices just werent heard.
 
webbykevin said:
Published on Sep 27, 2013
Desperate to cling onto their ability to dictate reality, the crumbling mainstream media is beginning to kill off article comment sections in a cynical bid to silence dissenting voices.
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I doubt this is happening to a significant degree. Sure, a couple of websites have eliminated them. The vast vast majority, though, still show reader comments. Even those that have removed them have done so for various reasons. For instance, some of the Rupert Murdoch sites, like Fox News and the New York Post, had to deal with constant posts calling for the genocide of all black people. Comments on these sites were trolled to death, and I do not miss them.

The NYT may be scaling them back because they pre-approve the comments they publish and therefore have to devote staff to these things. The upshot is, their comment sections are very intelligent, and you'll never read "DIE LIBTARDS, OBONGO IS A KENYAN" on the Times.
 
Today, I learned what TIL means =D

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TIL Canada has a navy.
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Canadian military in total has 18 choppers IIRC =D Hey now, we gotta start from somewhere ;)

If they seized the dope in international waters, IMO, it's basically stealing. They should give it to me and apologize.
 
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Considering the position of Somalia and condition of Al-Shabaab, it is likely that the seizure was justified. While I am opposed to the war on drugs, I also do not want terrorist organizations to be funded. Obviously, the recent attack on the mall in Nairobi is going to have the US/Canada/EU units in the area attempt to disrupt any type of support to militant groups.

Unlike many in the mainstream media are reporting, Al Shabaab has been in a sharp decline and is on the ropes. This seizure could be a pretty significant blow to them financially.

Honest question, how would people feel if this was a seizure of weapons rather then narcotics?

Also, people should not disrespect Canada's military strength. Furthermore, the Canadian military has definitely sacrificed many times in many conflicts. I love Canada (and would actually love to move there)
 
phactor said:
Considering the position of Somalia and condition of Al-Shabaab, it is likely that the seizure was justified. While I am opposed to the war on drugs, I also do not want terrorist organizations to be funded. Obviously, the recent attack on the mall in Nairobi is going to have the US/Canada/EU units in the area attempt to disrupt any type of support to militant groups.

Unlike many in the mainstream media are reporting, Al Shabaab has been in a sharp decline and is on the ropes. This seizure could be a pretty significant blow to them financially.

Honest question, how would people feel if this was a seizure of weapons rather then narcotics?

Also, people should not disrespect Canada's military strength. Furthermore, the Canadian military has definitely sacrificed many times in many conflicts. I love Canada (and would actually love to move there)
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But US soldiers died to defend the fields this heroin was made from! Don't you care about our soldiers???

Also, the attack on the Nairobi Mall was obviously a you-know-what (FF!) and using it as justification for anything is laughable attempts at globalism and imperialism. I mean damn, arabs don't just live in caves making new terrorist organizations like trusty old Uncle Sam would have you believe. Uncle Sam helps these organizations off the ground and then uses their actions for political gain.

The globalists have very good reasons for making false terror organizations as it gives them much propaganda to work with. (see "racism" and "1984")
 
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