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For some reason, Al Qaeda jihadis are real mad at Canada: the country claims to have foiled another terror plot, the second such plot in just three months.
The attack was planned for a major Canadian holiday, the target was the capital of Pacific province of British Columbia, Reuters reports.
From Reuters:
Police told a news conference they have charged a man and a woman in connection with an attempt to set off three bombs outside the province's legislature in Victoria on Monday, the Canada Day holiday. The devices never represented a threat to public safety, officials said.
The couple were not foreign, and the Royal Mounted Police tell Reuters that they were "self radicalized." The two are in police custody.
The bust comes just months after a high-visibility attempt by Al Qaeda to bomb a train bridge in April. That attempted attack was, on the other hand, suspected by police to be rooted with Al Qaeda cells in Iran.
http://www.businessinsider.com/canad...or-plot-2013-7
Terrorism in Canada at a glance:
Canadians have been the targets — and sometimes the perpetrators — of terrorist attacks in the modern era. Here’s a brief look at some major events:
1985
June: Air India flight 182 is blown up off the coast of Ireland, killing 331 people, mostly Canadians. One person, Inderjit Singh Reyat, a militant Sikh nationalist, is convicted for manslaughter related to the attack.
2001
September: 24 Canadians are killed in the 9/11 attacks against the World Trade Center in New York and the hijacked airliner that crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
2004
March: Ottawa software engineer Momin Khawaja is arrested and charged with participating in an international plot to bomb locations in London, England on behalf of Islamic extremists. He is convicted in 2008 and given a life sentence.
2006
August: Eighteen men from the Toronto area are arrested and charged with various terrorist offences including attempting to assassinate the prime minister, blow up the Peace Tower and bomb the Toronto Stock Exchange. The group is linked to al-Qaida. Eleven are eventually convicted of a number of crimes with sentences ranging from two-and-a-half years to life.
2009
October: Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana is arrested in Chicago by the FBI and charged with providing material support to the Pakistan militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. He is convicted in 2011 and in January, 2103, sentenced to 14 years in prison.
2010
August: Two Ottawa men, Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh and Misbhuddin Ahmed, and one man from London, Ont., Dr. Khurram Sher, are arrested and charged with participating in a terrorist group and conspiring to participate in acts of terror. The attacks were supposedly planned for Canada, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
2013
April: Ali Medlej and Xristos Katsiroubas, from the same high school in London, Ont., are identified as two insurgents who were killed in January during a terror attack on a gas plan in Algeria. A third friend, Aaron Yoon, is in jail in Mauritania serving a two-year sentence for terror-related offences. A fourth man from London, Mujahid Enderi, is also sought by police.
April 22: Police say they have arrested Chiheb Esseghaier, from Montreal, and Raed Jaser, from Toronto, in a terrorism plot targeting a Via Rail passenger train route. They are charged with conspiring to carry out an attack and commit murder at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group
http://o.canada.com/2013/07/02/rcmp-...errorism-plot/
The attack was planned for a major Canadian holiday, the target was the capital of Pacific province of British Columbia, Reuters reports.
From Reuters:
Police told a news conference they have charged a man and a woman in connection with an attempt to set off three bombs outside the province's legislature in Victoria on Monday, the Canada Day holiday. The devices never represented a threat to public safety, officials said.
The couple were not foreign, and the Royal Mounted Police tell Reuters that they were "self radicalized." The two are in police custody.
The bust comes just months after a high-visibility attempt by Al Qaeda to bomb a train bridge in April. That attempted attack was, on the other hand, suspected by police to be rooted with Al Qaeda cells in Iran.
http://www.businessinsider.com/canad...or-plot-2013-7
One suspect is a musician with a history of methadone use, who converted to Islam a few years ago. The other is his lover, 10 years his junior.
Together, John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie Korody of Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver, are accused of allegedly plotting to explode pressure-cooker bombs on the grounds of the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, while thousands were celebrating Canada Day.
After a five-month investigation, the RCMP arrested them both on July 1, and have laid charges against Mr. Nuttall, in his late 30s, and Ms. Korody, in her late 20s. The pair are both charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and making or having in their possession an explosive substance. They made a brief appearance in court Tuesday and the case was put over until July 9.
The RCMP revealed few details about what may have motivated the alleged plot, only saying they believe the two accused were “inspired by al-Qaeda ideology” but were “self-radicalized” without support from abroad. What is known is that the police have been monitoring Mr. Nuttall and Ms. Korody for some time (the investigation was launched after a tip from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the country’s spy agency) and that law-enforcement officials say they intervened at some earlier point to ensure the bombs could not have exploded and hurt people.
Together, John Stewart Nuttall and Amanda Marie Korody of Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver, are accused of allegedly plotting to explode pressure-cooker bombs on the grounds of the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, while thousands were celebrating Canada Day.
After a five-month investigation, the RCMP arrested them both on July 1, and have laid charges against Mr. Nuttall, in his late 30s, and Ms. Korody, in her late 20s. The pair are both charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and making or having in their possession an explosive substance. They made a brief appearance in court Tuesday and the case was put over until July 9.
The RCMP revealed few details about what may have motivated the alleged plot, only saying they believe the two accused were “inspired by al-Qaeda ideology” but were “self-radicalized” without support from abroad. What is known is that the police have been monitoring Mr. Nuttall and Ms. Korody for some time (the investigation was launched after a tip from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the country’s spy agency) and that law-enforcement officials say they intervened at some earlier point to ensure the bombs could not have exploded and hurt people.
Canadians have been the targets — and sometimes the perpetrators — of terrorist attacks in the modern era. Here’s a brief look at some major events:
1985
June: Air India flight 182 is blown up off the coast of Ireland, killing 331 people, mostly Canadians. One person, Inderjit Singh Reyat, a militant Sikh nationalist, is convicted for manslaughter related to the attack.
2001
September: 24 Canadians are killed in the 9/11 attacks against the World Trade Center in New York and the hijacked airliner that crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
2004
March: Ottawa software engineer Momin Khawaja is arrested and charged with participating in an international plot to bomb locations in London, England on behalf of Islamic extremists. He is convicted in 2008 and given a life sentence.
2006
August: Eighteen men from the Toronto area are arrested and charged with various terrorist offences including attempting to assassinate the prime minister, blow up the Peace Tower and bomb the Toronto Stock Exchange. The group is linked to al-Qaida. Eleven are eventually convicted of a number of crimes with sentences ranging from two-and-a-half years to life.
2009
October: Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana is arrested in Chicago by the FBI and charged with providing material support to the Pakistan militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. He is convicted in 2011 and in January, 2103, sentenced to 14 years in prison.
2010
August: Two Ottawa men, Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh and Misbhuddin Ahmed, and one man from London, Ont., Dr. Khurram Sher, are arrested and charged with participating in a terrorist group and conspiring to participate in acts of terror. The attacks were supposedly planned for Canada, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
2013
April: Ali Medlej and Xristos Katsiroubas, from the same high school in London, Ont., are identified as two insurgents who were killed in January during a terror attack on a gas plan in Algeria. A third friend, Aaron Yoon, is in jail in Mauritania serving a two-year sentence for terror-related offences. A fourth man from London, Mujahid Enderi, is also sought by police.
April 22: Police say they have arrested Chiheb Esseghaier, from Montreal, and Raed Jaser, from Toronto, in a terrorism plot targeting a Via Rail passenger train route. They are charged with conspiring to carry out an attack and commit murder at the direction of or in association with a terrorist group
http://o.canada.com/2013/07/02/rcmp-...errorism-plot/
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