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Apr 23, 2013

Canada’s Muslim highlight role as tipsters in train plot

TORONTO/OTTAWA, April 23 (Reuters) – Canada’s Muslim
community, which alerted police to an alleged plot to attack a
passenger train that led to two arrests this week, said on
Tuesday imams were ready to report radical members who seemed
ready to cross a line.

Police arrested Raed Jaser of Toronto and Chiheb Esseghaier
of Montreal on Monday and said they had been investigating them
since last fall after a tip from the Muslim community in
Toronto. The men appeared in separate courts on Tuesday.
Apr 23, 2013
Apr 23, 2013

Canada thwarts ‘al Qaeda-backed’ train plot, Iran denies role

TORONTO, April 23 (Reuters) – Canadian police have arrested
two men and charged them with plotting to derail a Toronto-area
passenger train in an operation that they say was backed by al
Qaeda elements in Iran.

“Had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in
innocent people being killed or seriously injured,” Royal
Canadian Mounted Police official James Malizia told reporters on
Monday.
Apr 23, 2013

Canada thwarts ‘al Qaeda-backed’ passenger train plot

TORONTO, April 23 (Reuters) – Canadian police have arrested
two men and charged them with plotting to derail a Toronto-area
passenger train in an operation that they say was backed by al
Qaeda elements in Iran.

“Had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in
innocent people being killed or seriously injured,” Royal
Canadian Mounted Police official James Malizia told reporters on
Monday.
Apr 23, 2013

Canada thwarts “al Qaeda-supported” passenger train plot

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation they say was backed by al Qaeda elements in Iran.

“Had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in innocent people being killed or seriously injured,” Royal Canadian Mounted Police official James Malizia told reporters.
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      "Canada tech, media and telecoms reporter based in Toronto, with emphasis on Research In Motion and including coverage of Rogers, Bell Canada, Telus, the new mobile entrants and the tech companies filling in the gaps. Previously spent two years in Cairo bureau chasing Orascom Telecom's Naguib Sawiris. Prior to that, spent a year learning the ropes in London."
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