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2006 Toronto Terrorism case

   

Final 2 found guilty

BRAMPTON - The verdict means all of the 18 men initially swept up by police in the 2006 counterterrorism operation have been dealt with by the justice system; 7 were released early on, but the remainder have all either admitted guilt or been found guilty by a court of law.  (National Post)   MORE:  2 found guilty   Guilty in terror trial      

 

10 years

BRAMPTON - Shareef Abdelhaleem, the final member of the Toronto 18 to be sentenced for his crimes, has been handed a life sentence with no chance of parole for 10 years.    (CTV)  MORE:  Life in prison   PREVIOUS:   Dreams of gold   'Star' witness paid $4.1Ml   Cashing in on chaos   Sharif Abdelhaleem   No entrapment   Crown appeals sentence  

 

Inmates receive better treatment

MILTON - The Toronto 18 suspects at a detention centre west of Toronto have been treated better than other inmates at the facility, two correctional staff told court.  (CBC)

 

4th guilty plea

BRAMPTON - A fourth member of an extremist group known as the "Toronto 18" has pleaded guilty to hatching a bombing plot.  Zakaria Amara, 24, entered his guilty pleas in a Brampton courtroom Thursday to charges stemming from a plot to detonate fertilizer bombs in Toronto and at an unnamed Ontario military base.  (CTV)

 MORE:  Toronto 18 leader pleads guilty

 

2 more years

BRAMPTON - A Toronto-area man who plotted to bomb RCMP headquarters and Parliament will have to serve another two years in jail, a court ruled.  Ali Dirie, a member of the so-called Toronto 18 terror group, was handed the equivalent of a seven-year sentence for his part in the 2006 plot.  (CTV)  MORE:  Gun supplier gets 7 years   Man admits he belonged to terror cell   Smuggler admits role

 

Convicted terrorist named

TORONTO - Canada's first convicted terrorist - a 17-year-old charged as a youth but sentenced as an adult - can now be identified, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled.  Justice Gloria Epstein lifted a publication ban allowing the media to publish Nishanthan Yogakrishnan's name, who was until now known only as "N.Y."  (Sun Media)MORE:  Convicted man named   Sentence served   Sentenced, then freed   Terror trial suspects can't be named

 

Another suspect arrested

BRAMPTON - Alkhalel Mohammed Aboud, 19, is charged with participating in terrorist activities and attending a terrorist training camp, RCMP spokeswoman Judy Laurence said.   (National Post) 

7 months +

BRAMPTON - Steven Chand, 29, was convicted in Ontario Superior Court in June of knowingly participating in a terrorist group and counselling to commit fraud for the benefit of that group.  (CP)    PREVIOUS:  Steven Vikash Chand  

 

Terror sentence

BRAMPTON - The head of the so-called Toronto 18 was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to participating in a terrorist group.  Fahim Ahmad has been in custody since 2006. He could be eligible for parole in another three years.  (CBC)     MORE:  Leader sentenced  Fahim Ahmad   Guilty plea   Surprise guilty plea 

 

Plead guilty, get out of jail

BRAMPTON - Jamal James, 26, who was charged under Canada's anti-terrorism laws, entered the guilty plea in a Brampton, Ont., courtroom.   (CBC)   MORE:  Terrorist freed after guilty plea  

 

Toronto 18 video evidence released

BRAMPTON - Video evidence released includes footage of a massive simulated explosion, a taste of the kind of havoc that members of the so-called Toronto 18 bomb plot sought to inflict on Canada's largest city.   (CBC)  MORE:  RCMP terror blast test   Arrests video 

 

Another guilty plea

BRAMPTON - Saad Gaya knew his group was making bombs. He even knew buildings would be destroyed in downtown Toronto.  (Toronto Star)

MORE:  Another 'Toronto 18' member pleads guilty   Ranks close for jailed Muslim   The 'Toronto 18' - two years later

 

Sentence served

BRAMPTON - A Scarborough man convicted of belonging to a homegrown terror cell was sentenced yesterday to 2 1/2 years.  A short time later, he walked out of a Brampton courthouse a free man.   (Toronto Star)   MORE:  Sentenced, then freed  

 

Charges stayed against 4

BRAMPTON - Four more Toronto-area suspects charged in an alleged homegrown terror plot have had charges against them stayed, bringing down the number of accused to 11 from 18.    (CTV)    MORE:  4 more freed in terror case   The incredible shrinking terror case

 

Alleged ring leader gets bail

BRAMPTON - The eldest suspect and alleged ringleader in the Toronto-area terrorism case was granted bail on Monday after the most serious charge against him was dropped.  Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 44, breathed a loud sigh of relief and smiled at his wife when the judge made the order inside a Brampton courtroom.   (CTV)     MORE:  Accused terrorist out on bail

   

Toronto 18 attack was to mimic 9/11

BRAMPTON - It was to be "the Battle of Toronto," a three-day bombing assault aimed at shutting the downtown core, crippling the economy and killing civilians.  The remarks were contained in a "statement of uncontested facts" presented in a Brampton court on the first day of a sentencing hearing for Saad Khalid.

(Toronto Star)

'Filled with regret'

2 'Toronto 18' members get sentences boosted

Details revealed

Guilty plea

Toronto 18 member pleads in bomb plot

Guilty of terrorism

Video shows alleged terrorists

NEFA Exclusive: Video of "Terror Training Camp

Stern messages on terrorism

14 years   Links linger   

Making of a homegrown terrorist  

   

For the families - fear and bewilderment  

'Jihadist' camp more like 'F-Troop' 

Crown wants names of adult co-accused shielded

Crown broke deal in terror trial: Defence

14 terror accused will go directly to trial

Part 1: The path to terror in Canada

Part 2: Terror suspect's bride

Part 3: Holy warriors or just holy?

Part 4: A terror suspect's mentor

Making of a zealot

A normal kid transformed

RCMP foiled 12 terror cells since 2004: report

Alleged threats prompt security review Parliament Hill

Mounties got sensitivity training prior to raids

Campers not terrorists   

Video calls for defeat of 'Rome'   

Are suspected terrorists the same members  

The 'Toronto 18' - two years later

Lawyers want gag order lifted

Charges stayed in homegrown terror case

Terror suspect from Mac identified

Charges stayed against teens

2nd mole played role in bomb plot probe

Publication ban upheld in terror hearings

Teen terror suspect released on bail

Mole went undercover to protect Canada, he says

British arrest may have Toronto link

Hateful chatter behind the veil

 

Terror probe details emerge

TORONTO - The group of alleged extremists police say were planning terrorist attacks in Ontario was led by two young men who had both studied under the same Mississauga spiritual leader.  (National Post)    MORE:   Toronto arrests a wake-up call   Probe had global dimension 

More terror arrests expected, top lawmakers say

OTTAWA - More arrests are expected on the heels of this weekend's stunning raids that netted 17 terrorism suspects, including five youths, in the Toronto area, Canada's senior lawmakers said Sunday. (National Post) MORE:  Guns heard guns at alleged terror camp

Breakup of alleged terror plot unfolded like a prime-time drama

TORONTO - What erupted on Friday with all the trappings of a prime-time television drama had its seemingly innocent beginnings two years ago on the Internet.   (CP)  

 

Our values are 'under attack'

Toronto mosque vandalized

Mosque may have been vandalized in retaliation

Arrests raise security concerns about border

Plot suspects appear in court

Security was tight in Brampton as court appearances began for 15 of the 17 people arrested and accused of planning a series of attacks against targets in southern Ontario.   (CBC)  MORE:   15 of 17 accused appear

Canadian plot has worldwide links

TORONTO - A Canadian counter-terrorism investigation that led to the arrests of 17 people accused of plotting bombings in Ontario is linked to probes in a half-dozen countries.  (National Post)

FBI cites connection

WASHINGTON - Canada's largest counterterrorism operation grabbed the spotlight in the United States on Saturday, where the FBI said two men from Georgia had visited some of the 17 alleged terrorists arrested north of the border.   (CP)  

3 tonnes of explosives found

TORONTO - A series of terrorist attacks plotted against unspecified targets were "inspired by al-Qaida," a CSIS official said, adding that the ring of suspects arrested posed a "real and serious" threat.   (CP)   MORE: Seized fertilizer capable of catastrophic damage

Never mind foreign terrorists, why is Canada growing its own extremists?

They are young, militant and Canadian. And according to senior counterterrorism authorities, they have been plotting large-scale terrorist attacks on Canadian soil.  (National Post)  

 

Homegrown terror cell inevitable

RCMP arrests 17, foiling alleged bomb plot

Fighting the enemy inside the gates

Canadians apathetic about terror threat

The Suspects: 

 

Shareef Abdelhaleen, 30, Mississauga

Fahim Ahmad, 21, Toronto

Zakaria Amara, 20, Mississauga

Asad Ansari, 21, Mississauga

Steven Vikash Chand (alias Abdul Shakur), 25, Toronto

Mohammed Ali Dirie, 22, Kingston

Amin Mohamed Durrani, 19, Toronto

Ahmad Mustafa Ghany, 21, Mississauga

Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, Mississauga

Jahmaal James, 23, Toronto

Saad Khalid, 19, Mississauga

Yasim Abdi Mohamed, 24, Kingston

Five youths cannot be named under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

CSIS concedes nine of 10 immigration applicants not screened

OTTAWA - About 90 per cent of immigration applicants from Pakistan and Afghanistan hotbeds for Islamic fundamentalism and central in the fight against terrorism haven't been adequately screened for security concerns over the past five years, Canada's spy agency said Monday. (Ottawa Citizen)

 

RCMP makes arrests after sweep

Arrests in terror raid

Potential terrorists lurking in Canadian cities: CSIS

CSIS stretched too far

Domestic terrorists exist in Canada: CSIS

Senate hearing on National Security and Defense

CTV: No big surprise

CBC indepth: Anti-terrorism sweep

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