Canada Terror Camp Video Surfaces

Footage shows masked men receiving weapons training in snowy rural Ontario

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 20, 2008 5:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – A video of an alleged terrorist training camp linked to 11 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada has surfaced online days before a verdict against one of them is due, the Toronto Star reports. A lawyer for the men complained that the video—... Read full story »

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