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Canada foils 'al-Qaeda inspire' terror attack on train

Canada's authorities say they have arrested and charged two people with conspiring to carry out an "al-Qaeda inspired" attack on a passenger train.

At a news conference, the authorities said the suspects Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, were arrested in Montreal and Toronto on Monday.

The attacked was allegedly planned on a VIA passenger train in the greater Toronto area. It was not clear when.

The two men will now appear in court on Tuesday for a bail hearing.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22258191

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Originally Posted by TI:

Muslims still trying to figure out if they is terrorist or not! The scholars are huddled in deep discussion around what seems to be a pressure cooker.

 

Because of the muslims one will have to go through a background check just to buy a pressure cooker. More dangerous than an assault rifle.

FM

 

  • Chiheb Esseghaier, 35, and Raed Jaser, 30,  were arrested yesterday
  • Suspected received orders and got guidance  from Al Qaeda leader in Iran
  • Planned to target New York-bound train  leaving from Toronto
  • Jaser's house in Toronto raided by police  and evidence removed
  • Iran denies involvement or that the orders  came from al-Qaeda leaders in the country
  • Prominent Toronto imam reportedly tipped off  authorities about plot

By  Michael Zennie

Two men charged with an alleged al  Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train made their first court  appearances on Tuesday, and the lawyer for one said his client would fight the  charges vigorously.

Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto and Chiheb  Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal face charges that include conspiring 'with each  other to murder unknown persons for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in  association with a terrorist group.'

 

They were arrested on Monday in separate  raids after what police said was a joint Canada-U.S. investigation that started  mid-last year after a tip from a member of the Muslim community.

 

 
Suspect: Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two suspects accused of plotting with al-Qaida in Iran to derail a train in Canada, arrives at Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Suspect one: Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two suspects  accused of plotting with al-Qaida in Iran to derail a train in Canada, arrives  at Buttonville Airport just north of Toronto, on Tuesday, April 23,  2013

 

 
Suspect two: Raed Jaser arrives to court in the back of a police car in Toronto, Ontario, today in this still image taken from video courtesy of CTV News

Suspect two: Raed Jaser arrives to court in the back of  a police car in Toronto, Ontario, today in this still image taken from video  courtesy of CTV News

Officers detained Jaser at his home, a  semi-detached house in a north Toronto neighborhood, and arrested Esseghaier at  a McDonald's restaurant in Montreal's main train station.

Canadian police said the plot involved a  passenger train route in the Toronto area, and that there had been no immediate  threat to rail passengers or to the public.

 

Esseghaier, a Ph.D. student studying in  Montreal, was earlier seen being led off of a plane in handcuffs after the Royal  Canadian Mounted Police flew him to Toronto ahead of his court appearance today. 

 





Canadian security authorities say the men  were operating with the support and guidance of 'al-Qaeda elements in Iran.'  Police have called it the first al-Qaeda-planned terrorist plot in  Canada.

Neither man is a Canadian citizen, though  both are in the country legally. Essaghaier is a graduate student studying  material sciences at the Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique. He is  from Tunisia. Jaser is reportedly a Palestinian from the United Arab Emirates. 

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Sunil

I remember a Canadian case that was dismissed late in the trial when the judge finally realized that the bomb that had been entered into evidence was actually a model of a bomb allegedly made from a doodle found in the possession of the suspect.

There's something funny going on here too. Both the Canadian and US government are desperately trying to fan the flames of a future war with Iran, but al Qaeda is part of the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam and is virulently opposed to the Iranian Shi'ite rÃĐgime. Links between al Qaeda and Iran have been suggested before, but members of al Qaeda who fled to Iran were imprisoned. One of bin Laden's sons was executed in Iran.

 

A cynical note. Firstly the RCMP have apparently been aware of this now current threat since August of 2012. Secondly, Harper rolled out old terrorist legislation, with a couple of additions, on the spur of the Boston bombings, or, perhaps because Justin Trudeau was about to introduce a motion in the House of Commons to allow MP's to speak without permission of the party whip. Since there is a minor mutiny in Harper's backbenches because of his constant control and muzzling of his MP's, this motion, which might very well have passed, would have been an embarrassment. So, pouf! voila! we have a terrorist threat.... and look.... the RCMP just charged someone.

Mr.T
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

I remember a Canadian case that was dismissed late in the trial when the judge finally realized that the bomb that had been entered into evidence was actually a model of a bomb allegedly made from a doodle found in the possession of the suspect.

There's something funny going on here too. Both the Canadian and US government are desperately trying to fan the flames of a future war with Iran, but al Qaeda is part of the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam and is virulently opposed to the Iranian Shi'ite rÃĐgime. Links between al Qaeda and Iran have been suggested before, but members of al Qaeda who fled to Iran were imprisoned. One of bin Laden's sons was executed in Iran.

 

A cynical note. Firstly the RCMP have apparently been aware of this now current threat since August of 2012. Secondly, Harper rolled out old terrorist legislation, with a couple of additions, on the spur of the Boston bombings, or, perhaps because Justin Trudeau was about to introduce a motion in the House of Commons to allow MP's to speak without permission of the party whip. Since there is a minor mutiny in Harper's backbenches because of his constant control and muzzling of his MP's, this motion, which might very well have passed, would have been an embarrassment. So, pouf! voila! we have a terrorist threat.... and look.... the RCMP just charged someone.

I hope yo rass not hanging out with Lucas, banna.

cain
Originally Posted by cain:
Originally Posted by Mr.T:

I remember a Canadian case that was dismissed late in the trial when the judge finally realized that the bomb that had been entered into evidence was actually a model of a bomb allegedly made from a doodle found in the possession of the suspect.

There's something funny going on here too. Both the Canadian and US government are desperately trying to fan the flames of a future war with Iran, but al Qaeda is part of the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam and is virulently opposed to the Iranian Shi'ite rÃĐgime. Links between al Qaeda and Iran have been suggested before, but members of al Qaeda who fled to Iran were imprisoned. One of bin Laden's sons was executed in Iran.

 

A cynical note. Firstly the RCMP have apparently been aware of this now current threat since August of 2012. Secondly, Harper rolled out old terrorist legislation, with a couple of additions, on the spur of the Boston bombings, or, perhaps because Justin Trudeau was about to introduce a motion in the House of Commons to allow MP's to speak without permission of the party whip. Since there is a minor mutiny in Harper's backbenches because of his constant control and muzzling of his MP's, this motion, which might very well have passed, would have been an embarrassment. So, pouf! voila! we have a terrorist threat.... and look.... the RCMP just charged someone.

I hope yo rass not hanging out with Lucas, banna.

They're getting their supplies from the same smoke shop. 

Mars

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