Conspicuous by its absence
Toronto police performed a controlled detonation of three bombs in an isolated waterfront area on Friday after transporting the devices from the city's east end amid heavy security.
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Police took the extraordinary step of closing off a major roadway to transport the bombs and perform the controlled detonation at about 3 p.m. ET. A large plume of smoke rose from the site.
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Adel Arnaout, 37, of Toronto, has been charged with three counts of attempted murder, three counts of intending to cause an explosion, and possession of explosives for an unlawful purpose, police said. He was scheduled to appear Friday in a Toronto court.
All in all, something that sounds like it would be a major story. I checked over at memeoradum to see if anyone was talking about it and I found a story about a couple of Egyptian students in Florida being arrested for explosive-related charges that's being linked to by a group of right-wing blogs.
Two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida were indicted Friday for carrying explosive materials across states lines and one of them was charged with teaching the other how to use them for violent reasons.
Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24, an engineering graduate student and teaching assistant at the Tampa-based university, faces terrorism charges for teaching and demonstrating how to use the explosives.
Looking around other news sites, I don't see the Toronto story being carried widely, if at all. I'm betting this Florida story will get far greater coverage despite the fact the Arnaoult had actually carried out attacks and was arresting while carrying working explosives.
Admittedly, Arnaoult's actions probably were personal and not terrorism related, but I have to suspect that if his name happened to be Muhammad Yousef, this would be getting a lot more attention then it actually is.
