Friday, October 9, 2009

Toronto

Islamist Pleads Guilty in Toronto Terror Plot - Ian Austen (New York Times)
Zakaria Amara pleaded guilty on Thursday to leading a plot to blow up the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Toronto office of Canada's intelligence service, and a military base in a bid to create chaos to force Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
Amara organized training camps that featured extremist Islamic teachings and military-style exercises, and was arrested in June 2006 after receiving what he believed to be three metric tons of fertilizer for making bombs.
The group had been infiltrated by two police informants and its actions were under intense surveillance by police and intelligence agencies.

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