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Canadians learned Tues-
day about a possible ter-
ror attack that hap-
pened Saturday in Toronto,
four days earlier. 'That's how
long it took journalists to ferret
out the tale of a violent and
concerning incident that
thankfully ended without
tragedy.
This is unacceptable and
alarming — both the incident
itself and the fact the public
remained in the dark about it for
four days.
But there is still much we
need to know.
Rehab Dughmosh is in cus-
tody facing seven charges
including two counts of assault
with a weapon.
The 32 -year-old mother of two
allegedly entered a Canadian
Tire store and became agitated
and threatened to kill "white
people" to avenge bombings in
Syria.
"I'm here for Syria. I'm going
to kill everybody," the woman
reportedly screamed. "I want to
kill all you white people. I'm
from ISIS. I'm from Syria," she
allegedly told shocked
onlookers.
"You people are killing my
people. You people are dropping
bombs 011 my people."
Dughmosh allegedly shouted
"Allahu Akbar" — God (Allah) is
greater — before swinging a golf
club at employees, at the time of
bloody terrorist attack in
London.
She apparently pulled a large
knife, described as a butcher's
knife, from her clothes but was
subdued by store staff. In court,
before her bail hearing began,
she pledged allegiance to ISIS
and its self-proclaimed caliph
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Police and the RCMP are
probing Dughmosh's travel past,
her place of worship and her
associates.
It's not yet clear whether this
incident was a planned terror
attempt, or whether she was
acted out because of illness or
inner demons.
But clearly, if the reports are
accurate, this episode was
inspired in some way by global,
Islamist terrorism.
As U.K:s Prime Minister The-
resa May observed following the
deadly attacks this past week in
London, we must be prepared to
deal with a "new trend" in ter-
rorism — inspired terrorism.
Small scale attacks on innocent
civilians with cars and knives
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
My childhood days were
tough, that actually
might be an under-
.tement, a better way of saying
it --life was a struggle, and those
times consisted with constant
contests to live a middle class
lifestyle, since my mother bat-
tled through a slew of demons
arising from drug addiction.
Honestly though, I wouldn't
change anything about my past
because it callused my soul to
prepare me for the real world.
We lived off limited amounts
of funds provided by the govern-
ment of Canada through social
assistance and baby bonuses.
When the fridge and cup-
boards lacked nutritional per-
ishables, thankfully the local
St. Vincent de Paul filled our
hungry bellies with a care
package.
Sometimes the food was good,
we received hamburgers and
Column
Shaun Gregory
pork chops while other instances
I dreaded opening the box of
food as I may be surprised with
powdered milk and Spam.
My stomach turns thinking of
that food, however when you're
hungry, it's astonishing what
you'll eat; perhaps that's why I
respect eating the occasional
Tim I Iortons breakfast sandwich
that much more --it tastes so
much better when you remem-
ber what you ate decades prior.
The hardest part of being pen-
niless was elementary school
Lunch; I had peanut butter and
jam whereas the better part of
my classmates chowed down on
the latest Pizza Lunchables, it's
funny to think about now
because my simple snack was a
healthier meal anyways.
If you told Shaun Gregory the
nutritional value comparisons
at seven -years -old, I would have
looked at you like you were
crazy.
I'm 32 -years -old now and I'm
proud of the messed up life I've
survived because I'm a fighter.
There is not much I haven't
witnessed in life, so when the
messenger of misery knocks at
my door, which seems to hap-
pen a lot, with a smirk, my chest
is out, my hands are clinched
and I'm ready to square up for
whatever comes my way.
I turned my misfortunes to
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and home-made bombs.
Canada can continue to pre-
tend we are immune to these
attacks, or we can address them
by fairly but fearlessly looking at
measures to keep all Canadians
safe, including stringent refugee
vetting.
advantages compared to people
who have had a velvety
upbringing.
When bad things happen to
these types of people, it crushes
them, which is sad and I wish
this upon no human being; if
only the world were a happy
place where only good things
happened but regrettably it's
not. On the other hand, in my
case, when crap hits the fan, it's
something I can deal with better
than the average man because
it's something I've grown accus-
tomed to.
When it occurs, I say to
myself okay buddy we've been
through worse situations, so
let's map out a way to jump
back on track.
Signing out from the office in
Clinton, Shaun Gregory AKA,
the guy who embraces the skir-
mishes in life since it only makes
me stronger.
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