Real Canadians or posers? 50 Canadians in Cult in Iraq

[bossi]

Wonder if these were "real" Canadians, or just persons holding "passports of convenience ..."?
(i.e. in the shipping industry, "flying a flag of convenience" refers to the practice of registering a ship under the flag of a country with lax maritime laws ... hmmm ... kinda makes one wonder about Canada's reputation as a harbour for terrorist sympathisers ... )

U.S. Troops hold Canadians near Iran-Iraq border
TORONTO - Fifty volunteers who left Canada to join a ''cult-like'' militant group called Mujahedin-e-Khalq are being detained by the U.S. military in Iraq -- more than twice the number previously thought, the National Post has learned.

 

[Tyrnagog]

I hope they were just posers... do you have a link to the article?

 

[Slim]

Remindes me of when all those *******s left to fight with Iraq during the first gulfwar.

They should be shipped to Gitmo in Cuba.

 

[pte anthony]

Traitors to the flag should be shot without trial and all remaining family deported. :rage:

 

[kaspacanada]

I‘ve heard that some countries do not allow people to become citizens until the second generation. Wonder if Canada should take on a policy like that?

 

[stukirkpatrick]

Its not just a generation problem, remember all of the human shields that went to Iraq? They weren‘t fighting for Saddam, but they were aiding his defence. As I recall though, once the shooting started they all took off really fast.