Captive in Canada

Website dedicated to Shareef AbdelHaleem & Toronto 18

Visit new and enhanced CaptiveInCanada.com. More contents, Discussion forums, Opinoins & analysis and much more...

Timeline of events : updated 10-oct-07

Timeline of events
CBC News Online | October 10, 2007

A timeline of events following the arrest of 17 people on charges laid under the Anti-terrorism Act.

Sept. 24, 2007 Federal prosecutors take the unusual step to stop the suspects’ preliminary hearing and go straight to trial. This is an option available to the deputy attorney general or attorney general under exceptional circumstances. Charges are stayed against the accused, then charges are re-issued. Five defendants now face additional charges, and three have one charge dropped apiece.

Jan. 16, 2007
A preliminary hearing begins in Brampton, Ont., for four youths, all under 18, accused of belonging to a group allegedly involved in the bomb plot. The preliminary hearing is subject to a publication ban and the evidence cannot be reported. Three of the four suspects are out on bail, while the fourth remains in custody.

Oct. 13, 2006
The existence of a second police mole in the investigation is revealed. The man, an agricultural engineer in his 20s, is from a wealthy family of Egyptian descent. His expertise could have allowed conspirators to gain access to large amounts of fertilizer that could be used in bombs. He reportedly volunteered to help police because he feared that a successful attack would have been a catastrophe for the Canadian Muslim community. The man is under police protection pending the trial. His identity is being withheld to protect his family.

Sept. 19, 2006
Zakaria Amara, 21, is denied bail for reason that can’t be revealed because of a publication ban.

Aug. 15, 2006
A Brampton, Ont., justice of the peace denies bail to one of the people charged in the case, 20-year-old Amin Durrani.

Aug. 8, 2006
A fourth person charged in the alleged bomb plot is granted bail. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is released on $137,000 bail. His bail conditions dictate that he cannot leave the province and must surrender all his travel documents. He also must stay in his parents’ house at all times unless accompanied by one of his six sureties. And, his outside communication is limited to the phone, but only to speak with his sureties, authorities or his lawyers.

Aug. 3, 2006
Police arrest Ibrahim Alkhalel Mohammed Aboud, 19, at his home in Mississauga, Ont., in connection with the alleged bomb plot. Aboud’s arrest is the first in connection with the case since the sweep in early June.

A justice of the peace denies bail to Asad Ansari, 21, for reasons that cannot be released because of a publication ban. Ansari’s lawyer says his client plans to seek a second bail hearing before a judge.

July 24, 2006
An Ontario judge grants bail to the youngest of 17 suspects, a 16-year-old who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The decision overturns the ruling of a justice of the peace, who denied bail to the teen June 27. His bail conditions stipulate that he must live with his parents, cannot communicate with his alleged co-conspirators and must report to police. A $15,000 surety is put up by his parents.

July 20, 2006
Ahmad Ghany, 21, is released after posting bail of $140,000. Ghany’s lawyer and the Crown came to an agreement on house arrest before the bail hearing, but the details of that agreement cannot be revealed because of a publication ban.

Under the conditions of his bail, Ghany must live with his parents, report to police weekly, cannot communicate with his co-accused and may only leave his parents’ house unaccompanied to attend work, school, court, a hospital or his lawyer’s office.

July 17, 2006
One of the 17 bomb-plot suspects, Saad Khalid of Mississauga, Ont., is denied bail. He was charged in June 2006 with participating in a terrorist group, receiving training with a terrorist group, and intent to cause an explosion likely to harm people or damage property.

July 14, 2006
A teen facing terrorism-related charges is granted bail, making him the first of 17 suspects implicated in an alleged bomb plot to be released from jail. The 18-year-old faces charges of belonging to and training with a terrorist organization.

July 13, 2006
A prominent member of Toronto’s Indo-Canadian Muslim community tells CBC’s The Fifth Estate he worked as an informant in the bomb plot investigation. Mubin Shaikh, who calls himself an “observant Muslim,” said he was a paid undercover informant for the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service for more than two years, working much of that time with the suspects in the alleged bomb plot.

June 27, 2006
The two youngest people charged in connection with the alleged bomb plot — a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old who was 17 at the time of arrest — are denied bail by a justice of the peace in a Brampton, Ont. courtroom.

June 26, 2006
Nine of the suspects appear in a Brampton, Ont. court to set future court appearances. Two others appear via video link.

June 12, 2006
A justice of the peace imposes a publication ban on the proceedings against the suspects in the alleged bomb plot. Lawyers for some of the suspects speak out against the ban. Lawyer Rocco Galati says he will appeal the ban on the grounds that it’s unfairbecause of thedamaging allegationsthat have been made in publicagainst his clients.

The lawyers also claim that their clients are being mistreated. Galati says the accused are being kept in rooms that are lit 24 hours a day and have been denied access to the outdoors for the first five days. They are fed through a slot in the door, he says, and their food is taken away after five minutes.

David Kolinsky, a lawyer representing Zakaria Amara, says his client laughed when a guard touched his ribs while searching him. Kolinsky claims the guard then pinned his client down, drilled his finger into his cheek and said “Is this funny?”

June 10, 2006
Muslim leaders in Toronto meet privately with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss their concerns about an anti-Muslim backlash after the arrests.

Muslims representing about 30 mosques in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec call for a zero-tolerance policy in mosques and community centres against preaching “any form of hatred or intolerance.”

June 9, 2006
Court documents made available to CBC News indicate that CSIS and RCMP agents have been watching the group since January 2006. The documents mention intercepted telephone conversations, observations of suspects brandishing semi-automatic weapons, and the contents of a note in one of the suspect’s luggage during a flight from Pakistan to Canada in March this year.

June 8, 2006
Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin, a Muslim religious leader in Toronto, says he knows some of the bomb plot suspects and witnessed them change to become radicalized introverts.

June 7, 2006
The Toronto Star reports that suspect Steven Chand had been a member of the Royal Regiment of Canada, a reserve unit, and that he had received weapons training. The military says he spent most of his time in the Canadian Forces on leave of absence.

June 6, 2006
Lawyer Gary Batasar, who represents suspect Steven Chand, says his client is accused of planning to storm Parliament, behead the prime minister and attack a number of sites, including CBC headquarters in Toronto.

Defence lawyers for the accused say they haven’t had enough time to prepare and haven’t seen the evidence against their clients. They ask that bail hearings for their clients be postponed and most are rescheduled to June 12.

June 5, 2006
The charges against the 17 suspects are made public. All face charges under the Anti-terrorism Act and six face explosives charges.

RCMP assistant commissioner Mike McDonell tells CBC News the investigation is not over and more charges and arrests could follow.

June 4, 2006
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praises the arrests in Toronto. “It is obviously a very great success for the Canadian counter-terrorism efforts, which have been very robust,” she says. Other American officials criticize Canada for lax immigration rules and border security.

A mosque in Toronto is vandalized overnight. The mosque’s glass entrance and 28 large windows are broken.

June 3, 2006
Law enforcement officials name the 17 people they have accused in the case and say they are “adherents of a violent ideology inspired by al-Qaeda.”

The 15 men arrested in Toronto and Mississauga appear in court and are remanded into police custody. They are scheduled to have bail hearings June 6.

June 2, 2006
More than a dozen teams of police officers — as many as 400 officers and security officers in all — raid homes in Toronto and Mississauga, Ont. and arrest 10 men and five youths. Two other suspects are already incarcerated in Kingston.

October 11th, 2007 News, The Case | no comments | Email it! | Print This Post Print This Post | 231 views

« Previous | Next »

No Comments »

No comments yet.

Leave a comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.