Terrorism in Canada
Terrorism in Canada
Terrorism in Canada
The Front de Liberation du Quebec: A Quebec separatist group active from 1963-70. Responsible for more than 160 violent incidents, including the Montreal Stock Exchange bombing in 1969.
The Millenium attack plots were terrorist attacks planned to occur on or near Jan. 1, 2000. One of the plans, orchestrated by Ahmed Ressam (an Algerian who lived for a time in Montreal), was to bomb Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The plan was later foiled by police.
A Boeing 747 was blown up by a bomb while in Irish airspace. 329 people were killed, Omar Khadr including 268 ily Khadr fam Canadians. i Omar Khadr pleaded guilty and in e ss u amnah ed al-H Maha el-S was convicted of killing an Mohamm yed Main suspects were b r el Sa Zayna a m O American medic with a hand members of the Sikh h Abdullah n* ani al-Sayeg grenade in Afghanistan in 2002, H : 11 / a 9 e militant group Babbar m E h th PR nt for Abdura o Fr r when he was 15. He spent 10 la u p o Khalsa and other related PFLP (P FLQ Omar 6 l alestine) e years in Guantanamo Bay P d 1 f o ru n -T o e ti tt m e ra e e oss groups based in Canada. Lib bdulkare d A a m before being repatriated to Jacques C r m a h o M e Mahmoud mani Canada. Insurgency Nigel Ham nctot n a h fg A Ya l a me a Issam A rs a W y) d Jacques L ctot rt e a P m Moham tan Workers On June 2, 2006, 18 people Louise Lan is PKK (Kurdis ency lo g n a found to be al-Qaida members Iraqi Insurg ygili l a Yves L u S r so u a n R y d A u ie ort t and Maso of an Islamic terrorist cell (the lo d p e e b Bernard L se a S m o b nto o hman Toronto 18) were arrested in 3 1991 Toro Jacques R bu Abdul Ra A rd Fo t lle counter-terrorism raids in and Paul Rose ard assan Farha i Glenn Nevi H around Toronto. Khalq ar Alsoran -e m n Francis Sim u e A e id h ja Mu e 2 h e rm 18 A vi t a e d h u h g a iq li F M m iThey were accused of planning h dia Groupe Isla Robab Fara 2 Air In man Singh Malik to detonate truck bombs, to rkat ti a ja H e d N e t m a a ff h E o Ripuda M i i* gri d n a open re in a crowded area and a a B m h tm a g A S in z id S a a r Ajaib Mahn Karim S lef to storm the CBC, the Parlian Ian Kirby/W ingh Parma o S ti r ra e h e d Ik ib in L d lw ikimedia Com e ra Ta Mou yat (Palestin e ment building, the Canadian O R mons L h P g in S it Inderj Security Intelligence Service nto 18 Gill rganization) h O ro g To in S 7 n a d rj u Su l lil Baro d a a n h (CSIS) headquarters and the h a K h Jo C id h h n g a in ve W S Ste andi Hardial parliamentary Peace Tower to bdelhaleem ood Abo Sh A f m u e October 1991: Detailed h h a d re n a M a h S S t Dalji s* e take hostages and to behead m Ja l a a plans to bomb a York m m ris Jah ish Five the prime minister and other 4 Eco-Terro wig ed Dirie m The Squam m a h Region Hindu temple and o M o Lud b n leaders. Charges were ie d se W a n a m h H A n An an Indian theater in Fahim dropped against seven. Plot * ylor ri m Ta t sa iu n n n A n re d B le il sa Toronto were found in a M A 5 Eleven were convicted. rt a w ra a te m m S a A g ss Dou ed Re Zakaria as m car trying to cross into h lm A e B e lin * i an el* Juliet Caro ah Amin Durr the U.S. Two of the Fateh Kam iri lid a y Hann h m rr e K e Z d G e a n a e S accused were Canadian. Ahc Xristos aouari onal Irish Saad Gaya Mokhtar H Tizegha Katsiroubas, 22, IRA (Provisi rmy) im A s Abdel Hak Dahoumane and Ali Medlej, Republican Algerian ga ack 8 n jid n a a C lm c e M d tt b a n A h 24 both from ry Jo e n n a e S re mes Carson London, Ont. s o st William Ja ock ri X rd : were involved in James Mu e Katsiroubas SINCE 9/11 n an terrorist y e j le d e M d Denis L li A al-Jiha attack on an ud Jaballah o il Tigers m h m a Ta M Algerian gas plant sh re u From the S k u m o a rz sag in January. Three Essam Ma d Mahjoub Manickava Sabanayagam early 1990s Xristos Katsiro Currently a m n a m a th h a o n dozen armed a u M g b a s Lo h on, Wiebo ja d e ra n a lu Vign impriso Islamists led by Kumarave Sarachandran Ludwig accused al-Qaida n a * Legally jh al-Qaida-linked a ri th u a D S the oil and gas l a r o k e ot ft ph Mubara d Jabarah QMI Agency le released a nce Mokhtar Belmokhtar industry of ohamme Hamas M i h la serving sente seized the Amenas S ld u O poisoning his u o d e l* Moham aati plant and held Jamal Aka family and farm Amer el-M hundreds of workers h a ll o through their attempts to extract toxic b z e zi H Raed Hija ammad Nasar Nawar hostage for four days. Amhaz sour gas from the Peace River region of Ali Adham * Niser bin Muh Alberta. He was convicted of eco-terrorism b u Thirty-eight hostages and 29 militants y A uk Fauzi Hassan Dbo for sabotaging oil and gas wells. d e died. Both Katsiroubas and Medlej died m m a h o M
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SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY MEGAN DINNER/QMI AGENCY