In stark contrast to the BBC and The Guardian, Canada's National Post carries a lengthy report on Aabid Hussain Khan, the 21-year-old British Muslim charged yesterday with conspiracy to murder under Britain's Terrorism Act 2000. Mr Khan is believed to have communicated with some of those arrested in Toronto earlier this month about their alleged terrorist plot.
The National Post has learned that Mr. Khan is alleged to have participated in a password-protected jihadist Internet forum also used by several other terror suspects, including some of the 17 arrested in Toronto on June 2.In his online postings, he defended Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a Pakistan militant group linked to the Taliban and al-Qaeda that Canada blames for terrorist attacks in the disputed mountain region of Kashmir.
A resident of Bradford, West Yorkshire, Mr. Khan visited Canada last year, but his family said he only came to meet a prospective bride. His lawyer, Javid Arshad, has denied Mr. Khan has any involvement in terrorism.
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A 16-year-old was also charged with murder conspiracy, and police are still looking for a third man, who has been missing since police began their searches. Local media have identified him as Mr. Khan's close friend, Sultan Mohammed, 20."This is a serious and complex investigation," West Yorkshire police said in a statement. "Enquiries are expected to continue into various aspects of the investigation for some time."
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba was outlawed in Canada in 2003 under our Anti-terrorism Act.
The Post article goes on to describe the outraged reaction of Bradford Muslims to the police raids on the homes of Mr Khan's parents, extended family, and friends.
The overwhelming assumption here is that the police have overreacted, detained two innocents, and vilified an entire neighbourhood and, by extension, a religion.
Ya lost me there. How is an entire neighbourhood and a religion "vilified" by police raids in search of individuals suspected of abetting an international conspiracy planning attacks on a foreign nation's government? As a Canadian citizen, I am grateful that police in the UK are giving their full co-operation in seeking anyone implicated in a plot against my country.
As for whether they're "two innocents", I guess we'll just have to wait and see what transpires in court.









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