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Police planted evidence: Terrorists? arrest in Toronto was a sting operation |
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Written by Khalid Hasan (Global Research, 6 June 2006)
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08 April 2008 08:48 |
Police planted evidence: Terrorists? arrest in Toronto was a sting operation
by Khalid Hasan
Global Research, June 6, 2006
Daily Times (Pakistan)
Police planted evidence: Terrorists? arrest in Toronto was a sting operation
No evidence suspects planned to attack US
WASHINGTON: The three tonnes of ammonium nitrate found with the Totonto
terrorism suspects was planted by the police in an elaborate sting
operation.
According to Toronto Star, ?Sources say investigators who had learned
of the group?s alleged plan to build a bomb were controlling the sale
and transport of the massive amount of fertiliser, a key component in
creating explosives. Once the deal was done, the RCMP-led
anti-terrorism task force moved in for the arrests.? At the news
conference held by the police, there was no mention of the sting
operation. Among the intended targets of the group, one report said,
was the Parliament in Ottawa and the headquarters of Canada?s premier
spy agency.
The 12 adults charged are: Fahim Ahmad, 21; Jahmaal James, 23; Amin
Mohamed Durrani, 19; and Steven Vikash Chand, 25, all of Toronto;
Zakaria Amara, 20; Asad Ansari, 21; Shareef Abdelhaleen, 30; Ahmad
Mustafa Ghany, 21; Saad Khalid, 19; and Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, all of
Mississauga; and Mohammed Dirie, 22 and Yasin Abdi Mohamed, 24. Six of
the 12 suspects lived in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, four came
from Toronto and two from the town of Kingston in Ontario. The last two
are already in custody on a gun smuggling charge.
The police also arrested five youngsters but their identities or names
have not bee made public. At a court hearing in Toronto on Saturday,
all the suspects were produced and Canadian newspapers published
photographs of head-to-toe, black burqa clad group of women said to
belong to the one or more of the families of the men arrested. One
whose face was visible looked like a Pakistani. Several of the men,
photographed as they were being brought in police cars, were bearded.
The charges include participating in or contributing to the activity of
a terrorist group, including training and recruitment; providing or
making available property for terrorist purposes; and the commission of
indictable offences, including firearms and explosives offences for the
benefit of or in association with a terrorist group.
According to the Toronto Star report, ?Anser Farooq, a lawyer who
represents five of the accused, pointed at snipers on the roof of the
courthouse and said, ?This is ridiculous. They?ve got soldiers here
with guns. This is going to completely change the atmosphere. I think
the police cast their net far too wide,? he said.
According to the Globe and Mail, defence lawyer Rocco Galati, who was
representing some of the suspects, protested the intense security
measures at the court. Galati later scoffed at the allegations. ?I?ve
seen fertiliser for the last eight years,? he said.
Aly Hindy, a Toronto imam, said he knew several of the accused because
they prayed at his mosque but said they were not terrorists. ?The
charges are to keep George Bush happy, that?s all,? he added
sardonically. The Globe and Mail did not mention that all incriminating
evidence had been planted on the suspects.
AP adds: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said there was no
indication that the arrested were trying to plan an attack in the
United States. ?We certainly don?t believe that there?s any link to the
United States, but obviously we will follow up,? said Rice. ?I think we
will get whatever information we need,? she said. ?But it?s obviously a
great success for the Canadians. They?re to be congratulated for it.?
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