Washington, February 27:
Ever since Donald Trump’s government came to power in the US, there has been a stir in some countries. The most important names among these are America’s friends and allies. However, the one country that Trump has targeted the most is America’s closest neighbour to the north – Canada. Whether it is the threat of imposing import duty with Canada the 51st state of America. Trump has been trying to dominate Canada on every occasion.
The matter is about the discussion of removing Canada from such a Five Eyes Alliance.
During the Second World War, the US and Britain established an intelligence network to deal with Germany and it supporters. These two countries, divided by the Atlantic Ocean. Started sharing intelligence information using different technologies.
The five member countries of the Five Eyes share information on various issues through their domestic and foreign intelligence agencies. A Canadian intelligence department officer told a military affairs magazine in 2020 that…
When did Five Eyes help Canada?
1. In preventing terrorist attacks
(i) Terrorist attack plot on Toronto in 2006
– With the help of intelligence from Five Eyes alliance, Canada foiled a major terrorist attack plot in 2006. Under this, 18 people were plotting to bomb the Stock Exchange in Toronto, attack the Parliament and kill the Prime Minister.
(ii) Plot to attack Toronto-New York passenger train
– In 2013, Five Eyes provided information related to the plot to bomb a passenger train going from Toronto to New York in America.
(iii) In stopping the growing influence of ISIS, with the help of intelligence from Five Eyes, Canada was able to track many such citizens who were trying to flee the country to join ISIS. This prevented terrorism from spreading domestically in Canada. (Agencies)