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According to a report by Human Rights Watch, most high-profile terrorism plots in the U.S, since 9/11, have involved the "direct involvement" of government agents or informants.
Domestic terrorism cases in Canada appear to follow the same pattern. Government agents were directly involved in the "pressure cooker bomb plot and and the "Toronto 18" terror case.
Given the record of transformational domestic terrorism cases in both the US and Canada ---where the perpetrators were arguably entrapped to commit crimes that ordinarily they would be incapable of committing, -- intelligence services should be prime suspects.
Instead, talk of false flag terrorism is taboo. Politicians, mainstream media (MSM), almost everyone who asks reasonable questions about domestic terror incidents, invariably censor themselves, or are censored externally.
If someone is arrested for shoplifting, a legal process is followed to ensure a measure of justice. Yet in the case of the recent spate of transformational shootings in Canada, the US, and now France, hasty conclusions are being drawn before adequate investigations have had time to play out.
And the result? Whereas Russia is following the rule of law in its intervention Syria -- not only was Russia invited by President al-Assad to form a coalition against terrorists in Syria, but the UN Security Council has now given approval for Russia's campaign --- the West remains in contravention of the rule of law.
A pattern emerges: In countries where foreign policy is driven by what may well be false flag terrorism, the interventions typically do not conform with the rule of law. Canada's Minister of Defence, Harjit Sajjan, for example, recently stated, "President Assad, he does need to go"". Regime change contravenes the rule of law. Syrians alone must decide if Assad stays or goes.
Meanwhile, France's ostensible commitment to defeat ISIS -- on the heels of the Paris attacks, and despite its covert support of ISIS -- may well camouflage operations for regime change. Time will tell.
The first priority, however, should be to adequately investigate domestic terror events by launching independent public and judicial inquiries. Failing this, the terror cycles will continue to perpetuate themselves, and the rule of international law will continue to be discounted and unobserved.
By Mark Taliano
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