“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...””
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“Muslim student jailed for terrorism returns to Canada”
Published July 26, 2013
AFP
OTTAWA, Province of Ontario (AFP) –
SNIPPET: “Aaron Yoon, who is of Korean descent and converted to Islam from Catholicism, arrived in Toronto, said Canada’s public broadcaster.
He had served nearly two years in Nouakchott after being convicted in July last year when he was 24.
Yoon had been arrested in December 2011 when he tried to visit the camps of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali, according to the indictment against him.
He denied any link to terrorism, saying he had come to Mauritania from Morocco to study the Koran and learn Arabic, but Mauritanian authorities maintained he had “strong links with AQIM terrorists and his plan to join the movement is indisputable.””