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Talk of jihad abroad proves accused not part of Canadian terror plot: lawyer
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=cp_g7hrl65ls13&show_article=1
Aug 8 12:18 PM US/Eastern THE CANADIAN PRESS
BRAMPTON, Ont. - An Ontario court is hearing that a young man accused of membership in a homegrown terrorism plot talked about going to fight in Iraq or Sri Lanka.
If his client had signed on to a domestic terror conspiracy, defence lawyer Faisal Mirza wonders, why would he talk about going abroad in the weeks and months before his arrest in June 2006?
Mirza says none of the others involved in the alleged conspiracy told the accused “his mission” was in Canada when he talked about going overseas.
The man, now 20, was one of 18 people arrested in the Toronto area two summers ago and charged under Canada’s new anti-terrorism laws.
The Crown has argued the youth must surely have become aware of his mentor’s plans carry out bloody attacks on Canadian targets.
But in closing arguments, Mirza says even if the accused did know about a local plot, evidence clearly shows he did not sign on to participate in it.