Terry Newman: Turtle Island Liberation Front terror plot a warning to Canada

This country is also filled with pro-Palestinian groups spouting similar extremist rhetoric

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Canada can no longer afford to ignore the threat posed by radical pro-Palestinian activist groups.

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On Monday, the FBI announced that four alleged members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF) — described as an anti-capitalist, anti-government and pro-Palestinian group — were arrested for allegedly planning co-ordinated New Year’s Eve bombing attacks against several companies in southern California. A fifth individual from the same group was arrested in New Orleans for allegedly planning a separate, unrelated attack.

The Turtle Island Liberation Front’s social media accounts suggest the group is not that old. Its public social media posts are all from this year, with the oldest dating back to July. TILF’s Facebook account references the Instagram account of the group’s Los Angeles chapter. It’s not clear if there are other chapters in the United States.

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The group’s first Facebook post appears to be its mission statement: “Peaceful protest will never be enough,” and the “only way out is through resistance.” It tells its audience that they’re “up against fascist colonizers,” and they need to “stop marching in parades and fight back,” without explaining how. I guess that’s where the alleged bomb attacks come in.

The statement continues, “There are no morals for us to appeal to, no sense of justice or what’s right. We cannot vote ourselves out of a mass colonizer occupation.”

Finally, TILF states its goals outright, which are to “free occupied turtle island from the illegal american empire. Free Palestine,” and claims that, “Freeing the world from american imperialism is the only way to a safe and peaceful future.”

One post declares, “Death to America,” which I guess their members felt the need to qualify, because a second post says, “When we say ‘death to America’ and call for an end to colonization, it doesn’t mean the displacement or harm of non Indigenous citizens.”

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