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| Accused terrorist secured Canadian visa |
| 2008-04-25 |
| An accused terrorist with ties to al-Qaeda was able to secure a visa before being arrested at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Radio-Canada reported Thursday night. According to a secret document sent to Stockwell Day from the Canada Border Services Agency last July, the minister of public safety was told a man of Pakistani descent obtained a visa to temporarily live in Canada from the High Commissioner in London. According to the note, the man, whose identity is not revealed, is a suspected terrorist implicated in al-Qaeda's mass destruction weapons program. On July 12, 2007, agents from the CBSA arrested the man who'd arrived from Newcastle, England. While verifying his passport, agents were able to ascertain he'd been flagged by Canadian authorities. The man was interrogated by customs agents and then requested to be returned to England while renouncing his visa, but the pilot would not let him on the plane. The man spent a night in a detention in centre in Toronto before he was deported back to Manchester, England the following day. Authorities in Great Britain were told the man was being deported back to their country, but it is unclear where he is now. The note, obtained by Radio-Canada, does not indicate whether the RCMP or the Canadian Security Intelligence Service agents also interrogated the individual. |
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