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OTTAWA - Federal officials opened up their secret files on five suspected members of the Osama bin Laden network Friday, disclosing previously classified details of their alleged terrorist activities in Canada. (National Post)
Charkaoui supporters attack report MONTREAL - Adil Charkaoui’s supporters are criticizing published reports that suggest the Montreal man accused of terrorist activities knew about local recruiting efforts for potential jihadis. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Charkaouri told CSIS about jihad recruiting SCC slaps CSIS wrists
VANCOUVER - Canada and Switzerland have been co-operating on a terrorism financing investigation of a Saudi businessman accused of funding Osama bin Laden. The two countries have been working together for more than a year on a probe of Yasin Al Kadi, who once had business holdings in Vancouver and whose assets are frozen in Canada under anti-terrorism legislation. (National Post)
Accused pushed jihad on internet MONTREAL - Writing under the name Achrafe, Said Namouh allegedly contributed to the Ansar forum, a popular online message board for jihadists around the world that distributes terrorist communiqués, beheading videos and how-to guides for suicide bombers. (National Post) PREVIOUS: Jihad isn't about religion Namouh arraigned on bombing charges Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF)
Federal court asked to deal with thorny constitutional matter TORONTO - After five years of fighting to have a suspected terror cell member deported to his native Egypt, government lawyers on Monday unexpectedly asked the judge in the case to weigh whether it would be constitutional to send Mahmoud Jaballah back to a country where he may face torture. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Judge Frees Terrorism Suspect Fork attack scuttles Canadian's plea deal Case against Jaballah upheld by court |
One of 'the spokesmen for al-Qaeda' MONTREAL - From a basement apartment in quiet Trois-Rivières, Que., Said Namouh helped produce propaganda for al-Qaeda and prepared to martyr himself in a terrorist attack abroad, a court heard yesterday. (National Post) PREVIOUS: Killing Canadians 'best way'
Ottawa reinstates security certificates OTTAWA - Eight months after the Supreme Court declared one of Canada's main anti-terrorism laws unconstitutional, the Conservative government has reintroduced the provisions with changes it says would protect the rights of the accused. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Day defends amendments to security certificates Ottawa tackles terror laws 2ndS - 39thP - Bill C-3 Following Britain's flawed lead Security certificate
'It's like I'm the most dangerous man on the planet' OTTAWA - Since he's treated like the most dangerous man in Ottawa, Mohamed Harkat may, in fact, be the safest. Men with dark glasses follow him constantly - sometimes even to the public washroom - ready to intervene at the first sign of trouble. (Citizen)
Anti-terror law dealt second setback OTTAWA - For the second time in less than a week, a court has declared a significant anti-terrorism law unconstitutional, undermining the government's intent to fight terrorism by distinguishing it from ordinary crime. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS: Ruling separates ideology from the alleged crime Part of anti-terror law struck down
TORONTO - Secret Canadian intelligence documents written in the aftermath of last summer's suicide bombings in London warn that Canada has its own cadre of "homegrown" Islamic extremists. (National Post) Individual versus state rights |
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Canadian terrorists gets life in prison NEW YORK - Mohammed Mansour Jabarah, 26, of St. Catharines, Ont., is one of a small group of elite terrorists who joined al-Qaeda by making an oath of allegiance to Osama bin Laden. (National Post) |
Terrorist gets life in embassy plot |
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OTTAWA - The former fiancée of accused terrorist Momin Khawaja says he may have longed to fight in Afghanistan and that he praised the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack on the US, but she never considered him an extremist or a terrorist. (Toronto Star) Link to 7/7 bombers can be revealed 5 convicted of plotting to bomb London We need to keep secrets, lawyers say |
Canadian indicted as terror cell master Toronto bookseller 'friend' to terror boss Dozens of Canadians join Jihad terror camps Computers 'intended for al-Qaeda' Canadian had detonators at home Ottawa man 'vital' to terror plot, court told Terror gang tried to buy nuclear bomb UK 7 'were ready to start bombing' Chronology of Mohammad Momin Khawaja UK admits liaising with Canada on terror raids RCMP charge Ottawa man under Anti-Terrorism Act |
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WASHINGTON - The White House signalled yesterday it is adamant that Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr face justice at Guantanamo Bay. (Toronto Star) Khadr not the naive whelp depicted Canadians unsympathetic toward Omar Khadr US terror system in limbo after ruling Military judge drops charges against Khadr RCMP 9/11 dragnet targeted eldest Khadr Omar Khadr had ear of al-Qaeda |
Abdullah Khadr indicted in U.S. on terror charges Paul Martin's two classes of Canadian citizens Khadr admitted death plot role, Mountie alleges Terror suspect Almrei must remain behind bars US military charges Omar Khadr with murder Utah soldier wins judgment against terrorist's family RCMP can hold items of Khadr family member Emotional testimony from Khadr's grandmother U.S. prosecutor builds case against Omar Khadr denied bail on grounds he might flee 'Email-me' returning terrorist invites Canadians CSIS admits sharing Khadr info with US: report |
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OTTAWA - The Conservative government seized on a growing thirst for national-security accountability on Tuesday, promising to consider recommendations for two bulked-up review bodies while launching a fresh inquiry into the case of three men who allege that, like Maher Arar, they were tortured in Middle East jails. (National Post) Terror torture inquiry to be private US: file on Arar is too sensitive to share with Ottawa Ex-minister says he was not told of errors Connections show no apology deserved CSIS boss frustrates MPs with evasiveness about Arar |
RCMP used 'disturbing' tactics to get warrants Day orders new torture inquiry Key Mounties in Arar case promoted Former Mountie defends embattled Arar investigation Arar RCMP testimony apparently disputed Committee to probe what Zaccardelli told ministers Contrite RCMP commissioner apologizes to Arar Arar inquiry hints at deeper RCMP problems Arar evidence may be kept secret over security Diplomatic assurances no safeguard against torture |
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Ottawa orders Harkat deported to native Algeria OTTAWA - Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian-born Canadian accused of terrorist ties, has been ordered deported to Algeria by the federal government. (CTV) PREVIOUS: Harkat poses 'extreme' risk, official says Harkat informant called 'insane' Letter shows Harkat joined Afghan resistance |
Federal Court rules against terror suspect MONTREAL - The Federal Court of Canada has rejected a suspected terrorist's bid to throw out the government's case against him. (The Gazette) PREVIOUS: Accused al-Qaeda sleeper agent ordered released on bail Alleged terrorist offers to be Bloc spokesperson |
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Palestinian-Canadian convicted of planning attacks in North America ISRAEL - A Gaza-born Canadian citizen pleaded guilty Wednesday to planning attacks on Israelis in North America and was sentenced by a military court to four years in prison, the Israeli army said. (AP) |
Israel presents new evidence against Canadian Israel lays formal charges against Jamal Akkal Akkal denies charge of conspiracy to kill |
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Montreal man downed US plane, CSIS told A captured al-Qaeda operative (ed: Mohammed Mansour Jabarah) has told Canadian intelligence investigators that a Montreal man who trained in Afghanistan alongside the 9/11 hijackers was responsible for the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York three years ago. (Canada.com) MORE: Canadian report causes AA 587 stir |
Al Qaeda suspect left Canada voluntarily OTTAWA - Canadian authorities have broken up what they considered to be a terrorist cell but let the al-Qaeda-trained ringleader go free and leave Canada voluntarily, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday. (Reuters) PREVIOUS: CSIS: terror cell busted CSIS boss invites MPs to shadow spies Waiting for the Kaboom |
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Hunt for a Canadian 'most wanted' ISLAMABAD - One of Canada's most wanted fugitives, accused by the U.S. of plotting a terrorist attack that will again involve hijacked planes flying into buildings, is reportedly married, has a child, and is keeping a low profile here. Known to his friends by the nickname "Washwash," Western sources say 42-year-old Amer El-Maati is alive and still living in Pakistan. |
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Momin Khawaja |
Ottawa man tried to arm model plane with bomb, court told LONDON - Momin Khawaja of Ottawa was devising a way to fit a remote-controlled model airplane with explosives, a London terrorism trial of seven Britons charged with plotting to bomb sites in Britain heard yesterday. (Ottawa Citizen) |
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Ahmed "Nabil" Ressam |
Ahmed "Nabil" Ressam Algerian refugee claimant in Montreal. Awaiting sentencing in U.S. following his conviction for trying to blow up Los Angeles International Airport. |
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Essam Marzouk |
Essam Marzouk Member of the Egyptian Al Jihad/Vanguards of Conquest, he helped train the bombers who attacked the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Serving 15 years hard labour in Egypt. |
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Mohammed "Sammy" Jabarah |
Canadian tried in secret NEW YORK - Mohamed Mansour Jabarah has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to conspiring to kill Americans and plotting to use "weapons of mass destruction" to destroy property. |
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Ahmed "The Canadian" Khadr |
Pakistani officials confirm death of Canadian linked to al-Qaeda ISLAMABAD - DNA testing has confirmed earlier reports that Canadian Ahmed Khadr, a suspected al-Qaeda, is dead, according to reports. (CBC - Jan. 24, 2004) MORE: Da brief is da brief |
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Abdulrahman Jabarah |
Saudi security forces storm terrorist hideout Security forces on Thursday morning surrounded an Imam’s house in Swair, Al-Jouf Region, where five wanted terrorists were hiding. The terrorists began to fire machine-guns and throw grenades at the security officials, who returned fire. The shootout resulted in the death of four terrorists. (Saudi Arabian Information Resource – July 3, 2003) |
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Mohamed Harkat |
Abderraouf "Farouq the Tunisian" Jdey |
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Photo Credit: Agence France-Press/CBC |
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