Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 29, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg free press saturday july 29, 2006 a11 internet stalking teen girls come Forward Man faces multiple charges by Trish Audette and Natalie Alcoba Edmonton ? two Edmonton teenagers whose identities will for Ever be protected May be responsible for preventing thousands of other Young women around the world from being victimized. The teens aged 13 and 15, Are being called heroines in a child porn bust that saw a Kingston ont., Man arrested in connection to an online Black mail scam allegedly targeting More than 100 girls in North America and Europe. Mark Gary Bedford 21, is charged with two counts of luring a child two counts each of Possession and distribution of child pornography and three counts of child pornography. Additional charges Are pending As police in Ontario Alberta and England con tact and identify More alleged victims. It comes Back to the victims and what they re going through. We had two very Young girls who had been victimized said det. Kevin Fald a member of Albertas integrated child exploitation unit a specialized pro Gram announced by Alberta last year that draws on the resources ? including officers ? of police forces across the province. They Are terrified to come Forward and Tell their parents. Life As they know it is pretty much Over and they Don to want to talk about it with police. It must have been terrifying for them. But they did it anyway without Vic Tims coming Forward to us we have nothing. We Don to have a starting last summer the girls told police officers they were using internet Chat rooms to communicate with friends when they were dared to Flash or expose themselves in front of their web cameras. The images captured were supposed to be a prank Between friends. On fulfilling their ends however the girls received the message i am not who you think i that message was followed by threats the image would be shared with the girls parents friends and posted on the internet for general distribution unless the girls participated in More explicit fully nude sexual activity in front of the web cameras. ? predators try to make you feel so overwhelmingly guilty about what you have done you wont want to Tell your parents Fald said yesterday at ramp Headquarters in downtown Edmonton. Police allege the suspect who lived with his parents and surfed the inter net from his bedroom had been Hack ing into Chat accounts since september of last year. In some cases he allegedly assume the identity of the account Holder and ask the girls friends to take off their clothes. In other cases he would pose As a Young Man ? using online aliases like marco1812000 or supalover666 ? and befriend them. Law enforcement agencies in Ontario Edmonton and Kent England were part of an eight month investigation that has revealed victims in Canada and the United kingdom. Police in Kent England received their first complaint from a Parent in april. After that it just snowballed said Insp. Stephen Evans a 25-year police Veteran with the Kent police ? there Are now 42 known victims. Kent police were Able to track the offenders in address which is the geographic address of an internet connection to Kingston. Investigators Learned of another existing investigation involving Edmonton police and a collaborative Effort ensued. Four Vic Tims have been identified in Edmon ton and another in Sault Ste. Marie ont. Police estimate More than 100 girls were targeted including some in Kingston and Ottawa. Police said they believe the Man worked alone and allegedly distributed the photos Only among his Vic Tims ? a ploy often used to convince Young girls that what they Are doing is of. ? can West news service russians chilled by threat in Graffiti at Ottawa daycare by Mike Blanchfield Ottawa ? the russian embassy says its diplomats and people of russian descent in Canada face threats from chechen terrorists after vandals Spray painted an Ottawa daycare Centre pro claiming support for the Mastermind of Chechnya a worst atrocities including the Breslan schoolchildren massacre. The message for Bagayev death to russians sic was scrawled in yellow paint across a daycare in Ottawa that is operated by a woman of russian descent who caters to russian speak ing parents and their children. The vandalism was discovered july 19, nine Days after russian Security forces killed Shamil Bagayev the coun try a most wanted Man. Bagayev waged a guerrilla War on Moscow for More than a decade and was responsible for the 2004 attack on the Breslan school that killed 331 people ? half of them Chil Dren ? an event that traumatized Russia and shocked the world. In Light of Breslan the fact that the Graffiti threat was made on the Wall of a daycare Centre catering to russian Chil Dren has sent chills through the russian diplomatic Community. Alexey Lise Ninov a russian embassy spokesman told the Ottawa citizen yesterday that his government views the incident As a declaration of threat. Of their terrorist intentions to take revenge for the recent killing of advertisement Bagayev who had a $10-million Bounty on his head. Bagayev claimed responsibility for attacks that left hundreds dead including the Breslan attack and the 2002 siege of a Moscow theatre. 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The Itsos Reid Survey for can West news service and global National con ducted by phone from july 25 to july 27 found that support for the use of Canada a troops for Security and combat efforts against the Taliban and Al Aida in Afghanistan has dropped 10 Points to 47 per cent from 57 since the last sur vey in May. The escalation in casualties and the negative portrayal by the Media of the Mission As a War Are among the factors causing the shift in Public opinion explained John Wright senior vice pres ident at Itsos Reid. A lot of this is really about the Story of Afghanistan Wright said. What we receive and what we see Are dangerous missions with combat and we do not see the other Side of the Story. I think Many canadians will question our continued participation if we re simply there As a military Force As opposed to some kind of humanitarian role building a within the 47 per cent support 17 per cent said they strongly supported the Mission and 30 per cent said they some what supported the Mission. On the other Side 18 per cent said they were some what opposed and 30 per cent said they were strongly opposed. Four per cent said they did to know or refused to answer. On a separate question 52 per cent of respondents said they Felt the troops should not be deployed in Afghanistan and should be brought Home As soon As possible compared with Only 41 per cent who Felt the troops should continue their Mission for As Long As it takes to succeed. The polling results come As the Mili tary begins a new rotation to replace its 2,300 troops who have been in Afghanistan Over the past six months. Soldiers from the Royal Canadian regi ment will make up the bulk of the replacements for the troops who Are mostly from the Princess Patricia a Canadian Light infantry. While the lowest support for the mis Sion remains in Quebec at 35 per cent the biggest changes in Public opinion occurred in Atlantic Canada ? Down to 44 per cent support from 69 per cent in May in . ? Down to 42 per cent sup port from 60, and Ontario ? Down to 52 per cent support from 63. The Itsos Reid Survey of 1,000 adult canadians is considered accurate with in 3.1 percentage Points 19 times out of 20. ? can West news service ;