No, it's not the Islam they were taught, it's the milk

School Ties Link Alleged Plotters Arrested Canadians Had Bonded at Clubs and on Soccer Fields

By Doug Struck Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, June 11, 2006; Page A16

TORONTO -- They were school pals. One is 15. Most are just out of high school, some still in. The 17 boys and men whom Canadian police are calling "homegrown terrorists" forged their bonds in student clubs and on school soccer fields, chatted on the Internet, and urged each other to be heroes for their faith.

The arrests last weekend left many Canadians pondering how a country proud of its diverse culture and political moderation could spawn such an apparent interest in violence. Especially by people so young.

Sorry, I was wrong, it wasn't the milk, it was soccer, no - it was high school spirit

What started as boasts and youthful rhetoric crystallized into action, the government says. The youths ordered $4,000 worth of ingredients for a bomb, built a detonator and cased out targets for a two-pronged attack that would take hostages on Parliament Hill in Ottawa while setting off bombs in Toronto, prosecutors contend.

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