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About 180 ‘individuals with a nexus to Canada’ suspected of participating in terrorist activities overseas
Posted on 26.08.2016 | No CommentsThe report says 180 'individuals with a nexus to Canada' were engaged in terrorism overseas at the end of 2015, up from 130 the previous year -
In the wake of Driver, Couture-Rouleau, experts say police need to improve assessment of extremists
Posted on 16.08.2016 | No CommentsBoth Driver and Couture-Rouleau had come to the attention of the RCMP, but were apparently thought to have softened their views and were not being closely monitored -
Canada’s counter-radicalization efforts have ‘little national coherence,’ Public safety minister says
Posted on 14.08.2016 | No CommentsMinister Ralph Goodale said police last week 'prevented a much more terrible outcome' when they killed an Ontario man planning a terrorist attack, but he also said more coordination is required -
Terror suspect detonated bomb, about to set off second when killed by police, family says
Posted on 11.08.2016 | No CommentsIn an interview with the National Post, Wayne Driver confirmed his son, an ardent ISIL supporter, had died in a police raid. ‘Our worst nightmare has come true’ -
Governments must clarify whether citizens can legally volunteer with anti-ISIL forces: study
Posted on 09.08.2016 | No CommentsThe hazy legality has led to confusion and uncertainty over whether Westerners joining forces with Kurdish militias could be prosecuted at home -
Former senior official in Saddam Hussein regime ordered deported from Canada
Posted on 11.07.2016 | No CommentsHani Tawfiq Shaki Al-Naib entered Canada in March 2015, but immigration officials found him ineligible for refugee status because of his past -
RCMP arrest 23-year-old Ontario man suspected of plotting to leave Canada to engage in terrorism
Posted on 26.03.2016 | No CommentsKevin Mohamed was arrested in Waterloo, Ont. under five terrorism counts. He has been charged with possession of a weapon and carrying a concealed weapon -
Leaked ISIL documents reveal ease that Canadians were able to join terror group
Posted on 12.03.2016 | No CommentsThe six Canadians listed were able to join ISIL despite being relatively uneducated young men inexperienced at terrorism. Some of them had never travelled before -
‘Trick them, kill them’: Former Ottawa imam issues call to arms after son killed in Libya
Posted on 08.03.2016 | No CommentsAbdu Albasset Egwilla, a 'known hardliner,' said, 'Allah they have gathered against us and are scheming against us, so scheme against them' -
Former Ottawa man killed in Libya was not an extremist, spokesman says: ‘He was absolutely normal’
Posted on 08.03.2016 | No CommentsThe young man was not an extremist, but was inside a building hit by a bomb dropped by forces loyal to a Libyan general, a spokesman for a Canadian-Libyan group said -
Son of ex-Ottawa cleric who urged youths to ‘take part in jihad’ dies fighting government in Libya: reports
Posted on 07.03.2016 | No CommentsThe former Ottawa university student reportedly died fighting for a militia called the Omar Al-Mukhtar Brigade in a battle against the 'infidel forces' of Libya -
ISIL’s attempt to recruit First Nations man with brain injury on Twitter displays ‘nothing to lose’ strategy
Posted on 28.02.2016 | No CommentsISIL tried to recruit the man after he offered himself to them on Twitter. Their social media strategy shows little desire to recruit anyone with qualifications
