ADRIAN MORGAN: MORE TERROR PLOTS IN CANADA…WHAT IS GOING ON?
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Two days ago, on Saturday, August 28, a 20-year old call center worker stood before a court in Ottawa. Awso Peshdary had been arrested by Mounties on Friday on his way to work. After six hours of questioning, Peshdary had been released. When he appeared in court on Saturday, Justice of the Peace Ray Switzer granted him bail. While still in the courthouse, Peshdary was then arrested by Ottawa police, who laid an extra charge against him. As a result of the additional charge, on Sunday, Switzer refused to grant bail to Peshdary, who now must reappear before the court tomorrow.
Peshdary is accused of two counts of domestic assault and two of making threats, on April 8 and August 8. The exact nature of the charges is not fully available, due to a news blackout imposed by the court.
Peshdary is thought to be connected to three other individuals who were charged at the end of last week on terrorism charges. Hiva Alizadeh, 30, and Misbahuddin Ahmed, 26, an X–ray technician who is said to have been born in India, appeared in court on Thursday, August 26. On Friday, Khurram Syed Sher, 28, who was born in Montreal and worked as a pathologist was charged. The three earlier arrests had taken place on Wednesday. Alizadeh and Ahmed had been apprehended at two addresses in the Carlingwood area of west Ottowa where they lived. Sher, who had graduated from McGill University in 2005 and who had once auditioned for Canadian Idol, had been arrested in London Ontario. He had recently moved to live there. Khurram Sher is pictured on the TV show.
On Canadian Idol, Sher claimed in a strong accent that he had been living in Pakistan and claimed to like hockey and acting. Judging by his accent, it seems that if he was born in Montreal, he must have spent most of his life in Pakistan. His singing is poor, but not as bad as his dance moves. In 2006, Sher had been in Pakistan, assisting in relief efforts after the October 8, 2005 earthquake.
Michel Juneau-Katsuya  is a former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police  (RCMP) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). According to Juneau-Katsuya, the men were caught after their activities were tracked on the internet. The alleged leader of the group, Hiva Alizadeh, is said to have communicated with the others via computers in the Ottawa Public Library, hoping to avoid detection. Alizadeh is believed to be an Iranian Kurd.
They appear to have been ready to send money to Afghanistan to buy weapons to use against coalition troops. This apparent preparation to transfer money had led to the arrests.
Other men, not living in Canada, are being sought. These have been named as James Lara, Rizgar Alizadeh and Zakaria Mamosta who at one time lived in Canada, as well as other suspects.
On Thursday, RCMP chief superintendent Serge Therriault gave a press conference (pictured). He claimed that the men had been arrested as part of a combined operation known as Project Samosa, which had commenced in September 2009. Project Samosa involved the RCMP, Ottawa police and provincial police in Quebec (Sureté de Quebec), the Canadian Border Services Agency and the CSIS.
Therriault claimed that the three arrested men had connections to international terrorism. He said: “This group posed a real and serious threat to citizens of the National Capital Region and our national security.â€
Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned that Canada was not immune from the threat of terror. He said:
“I do think this incident does once again serve to remind us that Canada does face some very real threats in the troubled world in which we live. The reality is that Canada faces an array of security threats. The networks that threaten us are worldwide. They exist not only in remote countries, but … through globalization (and) through the Internet, they have links through our country and all throughout the world.â€
On Thursday Therriault suggested that the three suspects were preparing to build improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for use in Canada and also planned to raise money for IEDs to be made in Afghanistan for use against Canadian troops. 50 electronic circuit boards were seized, he said. Computers were also seized.
Additionally, Thierrault claimed that the accused men had additionally pursued terrorist objectives in Iran, Pakistan, Dubai and Pakistan. 30-year old Hiva Alizadeh, the alleged cell leader, is additionally accused of making or possessing an explosive device.
In May this year Richard Fadden, the head  CSIS, revealed that it his agency is tracking more than 200 people in Canada who are believed to have possible links to as many as 50 terrorist groups.
Terrorism no longer respects the limits imposed by national borders. To remain safe, vigilance must always be maintained.
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