NYPD SHIELD Assessment of Homegrown Terrorist Cell Arrests in Canada Police Department City of New York 1 NYPD SHIELD TERRORISM ASSESSMENT Open Source Assessment August 26, 2010 NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau Terrorism Threat Analysis Group Homegrown...
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NYPD SHIELD Assessment of Homegrown Terrorist Cell Arrests in Canada Police Department City of New York 1 NYPD SHIELD TERRORISM ASSESSMENT Open Source Assessment August 26, 2010 NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau Terrorism Threat Analysis Group Homegrown Terrorist Cell Arrests in Canada Ottawa, Canada Information Cutoff: 4 p.m. August 26, 2010 Key Points Canadian law enforcement arrested two men on Wednesday (August 25), Hiva Alizadeh and Misbahuddin Ahmed, on terrorism charges. A third man, Khuram Sher, was arrested in London, Ontario on Thursday. Allegedly, the men were preparing a terrorist attack against targets in Canada and abroad. The men were purported to be members of a cell with suspected links to al-Qaeda and were planning to construct remote-controlled improvised explosive devices. At least three others are alleged additional conspirators; named in court documents were James Lara, Rizgar Alizadeh (the wife of Alizadeh) and Zakaria Mamosta. More arrests are expected. D
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