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| Terrorists caught entering Canda from U. S. |
| 2005-11-04 |
| EFL TORONTO - Canadian counter- terrorism investigators have dismantled a suspected terrorist cell in Toronto whose members included an al-Qaeda-trained explosives expert, the National Post has learned. The cell consisted of four Algerian refugee claimants who had lived in Canada for as long as six years and were alleged members of a radical Islamic terror faction called the Salafist Group for Call and Combat. The central figure of the Toronto-area cell was a former al-Qaeda training camp instructor who studied bomb-making at Osama bin Laden's Al Farooq and Khaldun training camps in eastern Afghanistan. The group was watched by intelligence officers before being broken apart in an inter-agency operation involving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Canada Border Services Agency and police. A senior CSIS counterterrorism official, Larry Brooks, announced the dismantling of the cell at a closed-door national security workshop held this week at a hotel north of Toronto. Mr. Brooks told workshop delegates that three members of the group were deported this summer and the key figure left Canada voluntarily in March, 2004, after he was confronted by investigators. The ringleader of the Toronto cell was an Algerian-born member of the GSPC who entered Canada on Aug. 8, 1998, using a forged Saudi passport and made a refugee claim that was ultimately turned down. Initially, CSIS began preparing a national security certificate that was to be used to deport him, but instead authorities subjected him to "confrontation interviews," a counterterrorism tactic that is sometimes used to make suspected terrorists know they are being closely watched. The explosives expert left on his own shortly afterward on March 7, 2004, and the three others were later arrested and deported to U.S. border crossings because they had entered Canada from the United States. The operation is the latest indication that trained terrorists, some of whom are versed in bomb-making methods and have links to bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network, have been living in Canada. "We know that terrorists are in our own backyard," Inspector Jamie Jagoe, the officer in charge of the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team for Ontario, which co-hosted the workshop, told delegates. During his presentation, Insp. Jagoe showed slides of several suspected terrorists who had lived in Canada, including Amer El-Maati, Abderraouf Jdey, Mahmoud Jaballah, Mohamed Mahjoub, Ressam, Mohammed Jabarah, Abdul Rahman Jabarah and Ahmed Said Khadr. |
| Posted by:Huputing Hupeating4484 |
| #5 I reread the article and it is clear this story came to light to highlight No discussion whatsoever on individuals entering the US from Canada. |
| Posted by: john 2005-11-04 13:40 |
| #4 We seem to learn a lot from a closed-door national security workshop held this week at a hotel north of Toronto. I'm guessing Inspector Jamie Jagoe, the officer in charge of the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team for Ontario, which co-hosted the workshop will be conducting polar bear patrols on James Bay next week. |
| Posted by: john 2005-11-04 13:35 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: doc 2005-11-04 13:16 |
| #2 deported to U.S. border crossings Ship them to Michigan. The logistics already exist. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2005-11-04 13:11 |
| #1 deported to U.S. border crossings I do hope Homeland Security was there to meet them. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-11-04 12:33 |