Islamic Insurgents Headed To Canada On Terror Mission

ABC News says Afghan suicide squads heading for Canada, other countries

WASHINGTON (CP) - There's a report that large teams of newly-trained suicide bombers are being sent from Afghanistan to Canada, the United States and other countries.

ABC News is reporting the recruits were introduced at an al-Qaida/Taliban training camp graduation ceremony in Afghanistan earlier this month. According to the network, a Pakistani journalist was invited to attend and take pictures as some 300 recruits, including boys as young as 12, were supposedly sent off on their suicide missions.

There was no independent confirmation of the report.

But the network has posted a video on its website, which it says shows Taliban military commander Mansoor Dadullah introducing and congratulating each team as they stood.

Dadaullah's brother was killed by U.S. forces last month.

ABC quoted Dadaullah as saying,"These Americans, Canadians, British and Germans come here to Afghanistan from faraway places. Why shouldn't we go after them?"

The report comes at a time when resurgent Taliban fighters are stepping up attacks on coalition and Afghan forces inside the country.