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“Canadian was recruited to train at al-Qaida camp, say Mauritanian authorities”
APRIL 11, 2013 |AHMED MOHAMED, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SNIPPET: “NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - A young Canadian who headed to North Africa to study the Quran is now serving two years in a Mauritanian prison after authorities say he was recruited to train at an al-Qaida camp in northern Mali, an official said Thursday.
Aaron Yoon, 24, reportedly had travelled to Morocco with two Canadians accused of taking part in the terror attack on a BP-operated natural gas plant in southeastern Algeria earlier this year.
Mauritanian authorities say Yoon had ties to al-Qaida’s affiliate in Africa al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM.
“This Canadian citizen stated to investigators that he had come from Morocco to study the Quran and Islamic law...””