RCMP arrest terror suspect about to board plane in Toronto

[old medic]

RCMP arrest terror suspect about to board plane in Toronto
Colin Freeze
Toronto— Globe and Mail Update
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/rcmp-arrest-terror-suspect-about-to-board-plane-in-toronto/article1962875/

The RCMP has arrested a terrorism suspect in Toronto, taking a man into custody as he was about to board a plane.

This is the first arrest in Canada relating to Al-Shabaab, the militant Islamist group in Somalia that is recruiting Westerners for its cause. Several dozen Canadian citizens are already feared to have joined the cause.

“The suspect was allegedly planning to travel to Somalia to join Al-Shabaab and participate in their terrorist activities,” the Mounties said in a news release.

A press conference is scheduled for later Wednesday. The suspect, who has not been identified, was arrested at Pearson International Airport Tuesday night.

The man stands accused of planning to participate in terrorist activities and counselling another person to do the same.

The RCMP said the man was arrested as he was about to board a plane for Cairo via London with plans to travel to Somalia.

The joint RCMP-Toronto Police investigation, codenamed Project Severe, began in October.

Al-Shabaab – which means “the youth” – is an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group that uses the Internet to draw young recruits from abroad.

One year ago, the federal government formally designated Al-Shabaab a terrorist organization under Canadian law.

Mod note:  This will probably be merged with the "they walk among us" thread when it is no longer a current event.

 

[TTopp]

wow.... all i can say

 

[Sizzle709]

Just goes to show that will always be out there.

 

[sean m]

Here is another case with a Somali Candian believed to have ties to Somali Jihadis

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/csis-investigating-u-of-t-student-suspected-of-ties-to-somali-terrorist-group/article1970175/

From the article:

"She is the niece of the head of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who became prime minister last year after returning to Somalia from Buffalo., N.Y.".

Really bad news that the new leader has family ties to these jihadis