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...country into an Islamic republic. But Washington wants to know very badly whether Ressam is a free-lancing foot soldier for bin Laden. The leader of Ressam's French cell has been identified as Fateh Kamel, thirtyish, an Algerian-born naturalized Canadian who later set up shop in Montreal to gather money and materiel but was arrested last April in Jordan and then extradited to France. Another member of the group, said French authorities, was Said Atmani, an Algerian zealot who may have roomed with Ressam in Montreal...
...attack on its own soil, and it exposes a disturbing truth - America is only as secure as its borders. One problem from America's standpoint is that Canadians don't seem to care much. "There's a sense of shock that this could happen under our watch," says TIME Montreal contributor Linda Gyulai, "but people here are more shocked than worried. We realize that any real threat is directed toward the U.S., and Canada is just a passageway...
...refused refugee status and was later briefly jailed for robbery. When he was arrested a second time, he skipped out on bail and stayed in the city for over a year under an assumed identity. He's since been linked to the 11 members of a theft ring Montreal police arrested in September, nine of whom have been released. That group has been linked to Algeria's militant Armed Islamic Group (GIA), which, among other things, is suspected of planning bombings of Paris during last year's soccer World...
...When Ressam's story broke, Canada's opposition party immediately questioned the country's immigration policies. Prime Minister Jean Chretien defended the policies but wouldn't stand behind the Montreal police's enforcement. Red-faced, the police on Saturday set out on a so-far fruitless search to recapture the nine at-large members of the ring. South of the border, that just doesn't cut it, especially given the speculation that Ressam was a decoy for others smuggling explosives to different parts of the country. At this point, for all anyone knows, Ressam was acting alone...
Both of them played for the Canadian National Team, which beat the Americans in the championship game of the Three Nations Cup in Montreal earlier this month. Team Canada was trailing 3-2 in the third period, but Shewchuk got the equalizer and sent the game to overtime. The Canadians eventually won in a shootout...