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Originally posted by RawAlex@Oct 2 2004, 12:39 PM
I have seen what student activists do... they go to summits and start riots.
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Please, do not blame me for the products produced by the offsprings of the canadian educational system ;-))
But truth is that canadians are now using possible "terror" as the excuse for making moves in the Arctic - yes, we should all fear the "Arctic terrorism" (sounds familiar??)
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YELLOWKNIFE - Terrorism is usually "the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about," said Ron Huebert from the Centre for Military and Strategic studies, during a panel on security at the Northern Research Forum meeting in Yellowknife.
The discussion was intended to focus on broader security issues, but speakers ended up talking more about the threat of terrorism and what this means to the circumpolar world.
Arctic terrorism is possible, Huebert said, because the region is a potential entry point for terrorists, and remains strategically important.
Yet terrorism is just one of the possible threats that circumpolar regions and residents face to their security.
These also include climate change, pollution and resource development, which all have the potential to affect the security of states, the environment and people in the Arctic.
"The challenge for those who call the North home and for policy-makers is determining which are the main threats to northern security. The question that remains is how this can be done," Huebert said.
For climate change, some suggested setting up a kind of community-based "early warning" network across the circumpolar perimeter.
Using the military to respond to traditional security threats is still an option, Huebert said.
But he suggested diplomacy will likely be the response to what he called several "dangerous" threats to Canadian security and sovereignty.
These include ongoing disputes over who owns Hans Island, a tiny island located between Ellesmere Island and Greenland, or the Arctic continental shelf marine region near the Beaufort Sea.
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http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/40924_06.html
Canada is on a confrontation path with its neighbours... trying to use force, so Canada can get its hands on the "oil" and trade in the Arctic.... yup, its all about money - I wonder how many canadian politicians have money invested in this. Atleast they are not trying to make it look like they are freeing the eskimos from the evil danish vikings... well, atleast not yet!
Canadian imperialists
