Alleged 'al-Qaeda-supported' plot against Via train thwarted

[Count Steeler]

Police say 2 accused were getting 'direction and guidance' from al-Qaeda elements in Iran
Police say they have arrested two men accused of conspiring to carry out an "al-Qaeda supported" attack targeting a Via passenger train in the Greater Toronto Area, following a cross-border investigation that involved Canadian and American law enforcement.
In a press conference that followed a report by CBC's Greg Weston, police named the two accused as Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, and Raed Jaser, 35, from Toronto. They have been charged with conspiracy to carry out a terrorist attack and "conspiring to murder persons unknown for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group."
RCMP officials said the two accused were plotting to derail a passenger train. Jennifer Strachan, chief superintendent of RCMP criminal operations in the province of Ontario, said the two suspects watched trains and railways in the Greater Toronto Area.
"We are alleging that these two individuals took steps and conducted activities to initiate a terrorist attack," she told reporters.
There was a specific route targeted, not necessarily a specific train, Strachan said, although she declined to reveal the route. According to a Reuters report, U.S. law enforcement and national security sources said the alleged plot targeted a rail line between Toronto and New York City.

read more @ http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/04/22/pol-terror-plot-ontario-quebec-arrests.html

Kudos to the RCMP, Homeland Security and local police that put their heads together to stop this one.

[Spike]

yes - More from the religion of peace

Even Canadians got the memo - stamp out any reference to "Muslim terrorists" from the press:


Two ‘religiously strict’ men behind foiled al-Qaeda-supported plot to derail VIA train

Chiheb Esseghaier, the younger of two men charged in the al Qaeda train plot, is a Tunisian-born PhD student at a Université du Québec nanotechnology lab who was threatened with expulsion for his disruptive behaviour and strict religious views that alienated his colleagues.

One colleague at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Varennes, Que., described Mr. Esseghaier, 30, as “a brainwashed person, basically,” who tore down posters he did not approve of, and pestered the administration to install a prayer room.

“He had very strict religious behaviour that made many people frustrated,” said the colleague, who asked that his name be withheld. “He had problems with the administration.”

His co-accused, Raed Jaser, 35, is a Palestinian with citizenship in the United Arab Emirates, who has permanent resident status in Canada.

Search warrants were being executed Monday at his home in a Toronto suburb, where neighbours said they have seen a group of young men in traditional Muslim garb weightlifting.

Neighbours say he wore the flowing gown of Muslim attire and his wife wore a full-face covering burqa.

The two men are charged with conspiring to carry out an attack against, and conspiring to murder, persons unknown for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group.

Though the terrorism arrests were shocking, Mr. Esseghaier made no secret of the intensity of his beliefs, and what they compelled him to do.

“He was not imposing to other people, but he was complaining for example there is no prayer room.

I remember once that he saw some posters with women on the posters and he was complaining,” the source said. “It was for a charity, I remember, and he basically tore down the posters… They warned him that the next time this happens, they are going to kick him out.”


http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/22/canadian-terrorist-plot-was-planned-by-chiheb-esseghaier-raed-jaser/

[ALLD]

If the suspect was not pleased with the Canadian environment of freedom, why did he not relocate back to his native country where they are more conforming to his beliefs? Why do these people go to foreign lands and think they have a right to change things to benefit their minority instead of them changing to conform with the norm?

[fansince'76]

See that? Canada. Maybe this will open the eyes of people who seem to think the old adage "live and let live" will work with these assholes, but probably not, since political correctness trumps all...