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Abdullah Khadr at large: Brothers were caught in Afghanistan, father is wanted for aiding Osama bin Laden The federal government released secret intelligence documents yesterday revealing that an al-Qaeda training camp in eastern Afghanistan was under the command of a Scarborough man whose two brothers are captives in the war on terrorism. Abdullah Khadr, 22, is described in a Privy Council Office intelligence report as a suspected al-Qaeda member who is thought to have "commanded an extremist training camp in Lowgar Province in Afghanistan." He is the fourth member of the Khadr family to come to the attention of Canadian...

Chinese defector warns Canadians of Beijing's spy operationsJIM BRONSKILL Wed Jun 29, 7:18 PM ET TORONTO (CP) - The high-profile Team Canada business missions to China during the last decade were undoubtedly prime targets for Beijing's spies, says a Chinese security official who fled his job to begin a new life. Guangsheng Han says the luggage of important foreign visitors to China is often secretly searched, Chinese delegations that go abroad frequently include spies, and foreign embassies and consulates routinely engage in espionage. "China places a lot of importance on the collection of intelligence," he said in an interview with...