Canadian scum convicted in terror plot to blowup parliament & the CBC & behead the PM dead in Syria

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Good riddence. I can't believe the scum got only 7 years in prison and was released without conditions after boasting to prison officials that when he was out "his actions will speak louder than words" and the patrol board considered him dangerous and a flight risk.


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It now appears that within a year of his release, he was able to fly to Syria, where he reportedly joined an extremist group, then died there.

That update comes from several Muslim leaders and Mubin Shaikh, who had infiltrated the Toronto 18 at the behest of CSIS and the RCMP and was instrumental in bringing the case against the group.

Shaikh told CBC News that word has began filtering out in the last few weeks about Dirie's fate.

"While he was in prison, he was trying to convert people, talking about the 'filthy' white people," Shaikh said. "[He] did his time, was quiet about [it], was released, and he ended up in Syria, fighting with an extremist group, and has died."






http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/toronto-18-member-ali-mohamed-dirie-reportedly-died-in-syria-1.1868119

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1. Released after less than two years and allowed to leave Canada? Dirie was probably "turned.

Looks like another classic case, only his career as a double was cut short.

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2. He got out in two years because he was given credit for time served. As for

leaving Canada he used some else's passport which doesn't exactly instill confidence in Canada's security system.

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3. He was a major figure in the T18 case, but he was one of the first of those convicted released.

Two got life under the Terrorism Statute (no chance for parole for 10 years) http://www.ctvnews.ca/convicted-toronto-18-member-handed-life-sentence-1.614656

Another got 14 yrs, another 12 yrs. Here are more details:

14 men, 4 youths arrested in 2006 plot
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-18-sentence-appeals-won-t-be-heard-by-top-court-1.1405747
In June 2006, police raided homes in Toronto and Mississauga, arresting 17 people in connection with two local plots. One more man was arrested two months later. The group, including four youths, was referred to as the Toronto 18.

Influenced by the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, the Toronto 18 had two objectives:

Bomb the Toronto Stock Exchange and high-profile buildings in the province.
Create a large al-Qaeda type cell in Toronto, creating enough mayhem to scare Canada into withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan.

Of the 18, seven adults pleaded guilty. Courts convicted four more from the group, including one of the youths, who was sentenced as an adult. Sentences ranged from 2 ½ years to life in prison.

The group's ringleader, Fahim Ahmad, pleaded guilty to importing firearms, participating in a terrorist group and instructing others to carry out activities for that group.

Charges against the remaining seven, including three youths, were either dropped or stayed.

According to the same CBC report, Dirie actually committed some of the most serious offenses of the entire group, as he was convicted of obtaining weapons. The other person convicted of weapons offenses got life. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/toronto-18-member-ali-mohamed-dirie-reportedly-died-in-syria-1.1868119

Dirie was convicted of smuggling weapons for the group, which had planned a violent assault that included blowing up the CBC, CSIS and Parliament buildings, executing the prime minister and taking MPs hostage. But the Islamic extremist cell was thwarted after a series of raids in June and August of 2006.

Dirie was arrested and became linked with the other 17 arrested before the attacks could be carried out.

He pleaded guilty in 2009 and was given credit of five years in pre-trial custody. Dirie ultimately served two years at Canada's highest maximum-security prison, the Special Handling Unit, in Quebec. He was released in October 2011.

After being one of the first of those convicted to be release, he had to be one of the closest watched men in Canada. As the article states, he was considered a flight risk, was observed organizing extremists in prison, and publicly made threatening comments before the parole board. Yet, he was released at the earliest possible date, given double credit for time served, and seemed to have no problems exiting the country. That is strange. Indeed, the man seems to have been provided with a legend.