[Pan_Yan]

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[Cindy]

http://www.weyburnthisweek.com/article/GB/20130411/CP02/304119813/-1/weythisweek/canadian-accused-of-ties-to-al-qaida-militants-imprisoned-in&template=cpArt

“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 Qur’an 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 Qur’an and Islamic law...””