Toronto Bomb Plot Suspect Accused of Seeking to Cash in on Chaos (& Video: The Cell Next Door)

Globe and Mail ^ | Updated: Jan. 11, 2010 3:40AM EST | Staff

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t's alleged he was the money man, a behind-the-scenes operator who drove a convertible BMW around town while his much younger accomplices bummed rides and took buses as they plotted detonating truck bombs in downtown Toronto.

When the trial of Shareef Abdelhaleem begins in a Brampton, Ont., courtroom Monday morning, the Canadian public will be introduced to a new kind of terrorism suspect: An educated and affluent thirtysomething entrepreneur – born in the Middle East but raised in Canada – who allegedly saw an opportunity to profit from the chaos he would cause.

Until now, a publication ban has shielded this facet of the so-called Toronto 18 conspiracy, the scheme to cause carnage on the streets of Canada's most populous city that was derailed by a series of arrests in 2006. It's alleged that Mr. Abdelhaleem was a key player, and was particularly fixated with blowing up the Toronto Stock Exchange building in a bid “to affect the economy, to make it lose half a trillion dollars,” according to Crown allegations.

The case against him, according to police, includes a recording of him describing the al-Qaeda-inspired plot. This included detonating a two-tonne fertilizer bomb that was to be built in hopes of destroying the TSE building and the three blocks around it.

Mr. Abdelhaleem allegedly said he would short-sell stocks ahead of the bombing, to reap a windfall that could be used to fund more terror attacks in cities like Chicago and New York. More

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Profile Shareef Abdelhaleem : The five men found guilty so far were youthful Web-indoctrinated radicals, university students or recent high-school graduates working dead-end jobs. Mr. Abdelhaleem, Muslim, was a self-employed computer programmer who commanded a six-figure salary and drove a BMW with leather seats. He grew up in Canada, having emigrated with his family 20 years before-described as an affluent thirtysomething entrepreneur.

Short "rough" Training camp video.

Canada: The Cell Next Door (VEOH)-Educational; Toronto-18; Interview with Fundalmentalist Undercover Agent "Mole"; Internet Propaganda Recruitment for the Youth - distance thenselves from Parents seen as losers for a Pure Islam; ; find a guru, mosque, then go to the Internet; London, Madrid (local passports universal outrage), Dutch film maker executed on bike path..."extended profiles" of converts; Georgia Tech; CNN's satellite dishes, Second Mole... Canada: The Cell Next Door-more.

Internet plays major influence for conversion, brain washing, indoctrination to radical Islam.

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Shareef Abdelhaleem

[Kenny Bunk]

The fellow is a highly paid terror recruiter and organizer, complete with bonus performance packages.

Ther families of successful suicide bombers also receive substantial cash payments.

I always wonder why these young fellows who become suicide bombers never ask the question,

"If suicide is so great, and such a gift to Allah,
how come you old imams don't join us?"

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I also noticed their "Internet" website had been shut down..after the fact.

The main recruitment of young men and women to Jihad is accelerated by the Internet. I know some will say we are treading on free speech, our rights blah blah blah.. but then you and I alone, or in a group; do not have the right to yell "bomb attack" in a movie theater.

The Internet is a wonderful thing. but it has become a deadly beast spawning more beasts as well.

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "INFORMANT TAKES JURY INSIDE TORONTO TERROR PLOT" (January 13, 2010, 5:51 pm)

MACLEANS.ca: "ACCUSED BOMB PLOTTER WENT TO HIS FATHER FOR ADVICE: INFORMANT "If civilians were to be there, that was their destiny"" by Michael Friscolanti (January 13, 2010, 11:26 am)

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[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping, Cindy.

[Cindy]

You’re welcome fanfan.