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Canada: Police arrest member of Islamic State recruiting cell

Feb 4, 2015 6:21 am By Robert Spencer

Awso Peshdary“Maguire appeared in a polished propaganda video in December urging Muslims to launch indiscriminate attacks against Canadians.” And more are certainly coming.

“Police announce charges against alleged IS recruiting cell,” by Rob Gillies, Associated Press, February 3, 2015:

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police on Tuesday arrested one man who they say was part of an Islamic State recruiting cell and charged two more men who are overseas — one of whom may be dead.

Police said they arrested Awso Peshdary, 25, and charged him with participation in the activity of a terrorist group and with facilitating a terrorist group. Police also filed terrorism charges in absentia against Khadar Khalib, 23, and John Maguire, a 24-year-old convert to Islam. Both men had travelled to Syria.

Maguire, who has appeared in a IS video calling for attacks against Canadians, might have been killed recently according to reports.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Superintendent Jennifer Strachan said Peshdary had wanted to travel with Maguire, stayed in contact with him and together tried to send other Canadians to Syria to join the terror group. Strachan said Khalib travelled to Syria in March, 2014. Police said the men posted photographs and wrote comments on social media that demonstrated they either supported or were active members of IS.

Strachan said despite reports, the RCMP has no evidence that Maguire is deceased. She said a tweet saying he’s dead is not confirmation.

She said Peshdary was also the subject of a prior unrelated police terror investigation but said police only now had enough evidence to arrest him. The Associated Press first released details of the arrest and charges against the three men.

The arrest and charges are linked to three arrests last month in Ottawa. Last month, police announced Suliman Mohamed, 21, was charged with participating in a terrorist group. That arrest occurred just days after twin brothers linked to Mohamed, Ashton Carleton Larmond and Carlos Larmond, were charged with terrorism-related offences.

Carlos Larmond was arrested at Montreal’s airport on charges of intending to travel overseas for terrorist purposes. A senior government official familiar with the matter said that the brothers were trying to get to Syria. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

“It’s a cell in Ottawa. Their focus seems to be on overseas activities, not on carrying out terrorist acts at home,” the government official said.

Maguire appeared in a polished propaganda video in December urging Muslims to launch indiscriminate attacks against Canadians, similar to those carried out in October in Ottawa and St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec….

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Filed Under: Canada, Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) Tagged With: Awso Peshdary, John Maguire, Khadar Khalib, Yahya Maguire


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  1. Spot On says

    Feb 4, 2015 at 7:06 am

    No fear. In the U.S. B.O. is keeping a good eye on these killers.

    • Matthieu Baudin says

      Feb 4, 2015 at 7:24 am

      ” keeping a good eye”
      Are you saying your President is myopic in his vision of Islam and Jihad Terror?

      • Spot On says

        Feb 4, 2015 at 7:32 am

        More like microscopic. (LOL) B.O. records every phone and email in the US and probably the world. With all that info, how can he go wrong?

        • gp says

          Feb 5, 2015 at 7:33 pm

          BO? Well he just wants to stop the Tea Party and Conservative groups, his priorities and loyalties are sadly confused.

    • M S case says

      Feb 5, 2015 at 2:38 pm

      Great good God in Heaven Canada, wake up, and all the west too, ONLY ONE MEMBER. They are running rampant throughout the west Don’t wait till someone puts out a video to find out they are promoting jihad……..Start investigating any and every mosque any and every muslim and route our the bad seed..don’t know if there are any good seeds.

  2. Angemon says

    Feb 4, 2015 at 9:27 am

    “It’s a cell in Ottawa. Their focus seems to be on overseas activities, not on carrying out terrorist acts at home,” the government official said.

    Maybe this cell is focused on activities abroad. How about ALL the other ones?

    • Mira Lea says

      Feb 4, 2015 at 12:37 pm

      I think the opening sentence to this article says it all.
      “Maguire appeared in a polished propaganda video in December urging Muslims to launch indiscriminate attacks against Canadians.”
      I wish the Government Officials would get their heads out of there arses

      • Mira Lea says

        Feb 4, 2015 at 12:42 pm

        there=their (damned autocorrect) LOL

      • Mira Lea says

        Feb 4, 2015 at 12:44 pm

        there=their – damned autocorrect LOL

      • M S case says

        Feb 5, 2015 at 2:41 pm

        mira….they will never take their heads out they are afraid someone will cut it off.

    • TNT says

      Feb 5, 2015 at 4:51 am

      You haven’t read the manifesto have you. Canada is second on the list right after the US which is at the top. But maybe it’s better you don’t take it seriously . Let’s wait and see if they will murder 10 million citizens first. If they succeed in doing so, then we can start taking them more serious. Yeah that might work out better , better to be defensive than offensive that way no one can say anyone is islamophobe or racist. CYA !

  3. saysaybluejay says

    Feb 4, 2015 at 11:21 am

    The camera guy must be freezing.

  4. shabeer_hassan says

    Feb 4, 2015 at 11:21 am

    49: 12. O you who believe! Avoid much suspicion, indeed some suspicions are sins. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it (so hate backbiting) . And fear Allah. Verily, Allah is the One Who accepts repentance, Most Merciful.
    104: 1. Woe to every slanderer and backbiter.
    53: 28. While they have no knowledge thereof. They follow but a guess, and verily, guess is no substitute for the truth.
    60:12 O Prophet! When believing women come to you to give you the Bai’â (pledge), that they will not associate anything in worship with Allâh, that they will not steal, that they will not commit illegal sexual intercourse, that they will not kill their children, that they will not utter slander, intentionally forging falsehood (i.e. by making illegal children belonging to their husbands), and that they will not disobey you in any Ma’rûf (Islâmic Monotheism and all that which Islâm ordains) then accept their Bai’â (pledge), and ask Allâh to forgive them, Verily, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
    53:23,28,2:78,4:157,6:116,148,10:36,66,51:10,
    Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 73 :: Hadith 92
    Narrated Abu Huraira:
    Allah’s Apostle said, “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales. and do not look for the others’ faults, and do not do spying on one another, and do not practice Najsh, and do not be jealous of one another and do not hate one another, and do not desert (stop talking to) one another. And O, Allah’s worshipers! Be brothers!”
    Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 80 :: Hadith 717
    Narrated Abu Huraira:
    Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Beware of suspicion, for it is the worst of false tales and don’t look for the other’s faults and don’t spy and don’t hate each other, and don’t desert (cut your relations with) one another O Allah’s slaves, be brothers!”
    Muslim :: Book 32 : Hadith 6214,16
    Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Avoid suspicion[doubt, guessing], for suspicion is the gravest lie in talk and do not be inquisitive about one another and do not spy upon one another and do not feel envy with the other, and nurse no malice, and nurse no aversion and hostility against one another. And be fellow-brothers and servants of Allah.
    Muslim :: Book 32 : Hadith 6205
    Anas b. Malik reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Neither nurse mutual hatred, nor jealousy, nor enmity[enemy], and become as fellow. Brothers and servants of Allah. It is not lawful for a Muslim that he should keep his relations estranged with his brother beyond three days.
    Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 53 :: Hadith 347
    Narrated Khaula Al-Ansariya:
    I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “Some people spend Allah’s Wealth (i.e. Muslim’s wealth) in an unjust manner; such people will be put in the (Hell) Fire on the Day of Resurrection.”
    Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 73 :: Hadith 137
    Narrated Abu Huraira:

    A man said to the Prophet , “Advise me! “The Prophet said, “Do not become angry and furious.” The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet said in each case, “Do not become angry and furious.”

    • Rob Crawford says

      Feb 4, 2015 at 12:12 pm

      Do not become angry and furious, just send the jihadis back to their master Satan.

    • duh_swami says

      Feb 4, 2015 at 7:15 pm

      Shabeer…i keep forgetting to tell you this…never buy a used car from anyone who believes Allah is God.

  5. Salah says

    Feb 4, 2015 at 11:28 pm

    “She said Peshdary was also the subject of a prior unrelated police terror investigation but said police only now had enough evidence to arrest him.”

    Laws need to change and adapt. Harper is doing just that.

    Spy service to get new anti-terror powers

    http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/spy-service-to-get-new-anti-terror-powers/ar-AA8Mo0W?ocid=mailsignoutmd

  6. pumbar says

    Feb 4, 2015 at 11:30 pm

    A man said to the Prophet , “Advise me! “The Prophet said, “Do not become angry and furious.” The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet said, “JUST P!SS OFF, I’M HAVING A QUIET BEER HERE”. Verily, Allan (SWeaT) is all knowing, most miserable.

    Half-mast Al-Tawulhead 23. 678

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