Greater US Security Threat: Mexican Border Or Canadian Border?
*There are known ISIS sympathizers in Canada, so where’s the clamor for a wall on the northern border? VL
By Lorne Matalon, Fronteras
MONTREAL, Canada — The United States has fortified the border with Mexico since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, largely in the name of thwarting terrorism.
However, some analysts believe there’s a greater potential threat of terrorists entering the U.S. from the northern border with Canada than from across the southern border with Mexico.
[pullquote][tweet_dis]While the U.S. is hyper-focused on the southern border, there are Canadian cities with known ISIS sympathizers in them.[/tweet_dis][/pullquote]The Islamic State (ISIS) urges supporters to carry out attacksagainst Western countries, including Canada, that are in the U.S.-led coalition fighting it. Following that call, two Canadian soldiers were murdered in October 2014.
First a soldier was murdered in a deliberate hit-and-run near Montreal. Then days later came a second attack that traumatized Canada.
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[Photo by Lorne Matalon, courtesy of Fronteras]
