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- ↑ "Iman, Ferid Ahmed: Wanted by the Judicial authorities of Canada for Prosecution / to serve a sentence". Interpol . Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- 1 2 Colin Freeze (2011-03-15). "Former CIA director knew of Canada's 'lost boys'". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2012-05-10.
In 2007, the three Winnipeggers ventured abroad after first undergoing conversions to radical Islam. The disappearance of the three men in their 20s – Muhannad al-Farekh, Miawand Yar and Ferid Imam – has been a mystery to friends and family, as well as to counterterrorism agencies who have traced a trail running from Winnipeg to Waziristan, Pakistan.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Colin Freeze; Greg McArthur (2011-03-15). "Mounties lay terror charges against missing Canadians". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
The case, which alleges lesser offences by a second suspect, amounts to a crucial test of the reach of Canada's Anti-Terrorism Act. Passed shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it allows police to charge suspects who are suspected of committing terrorist offences outside Canada's borders. The new case is the first time that the Mounties have charged someone with acts taking place entirely overseas.
- ↑ Colin Freeze (2012-04-16). "Case of alleged Canadian terrorist highlights world of targeted killings". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2012-05-10.
Ferid Imam, a Canadian citizen who once studied biochemistry at the University of Manitoba, is indicted as a co-conspirator in the subway plot. But he won't likely be coming to the Brooklyn courtroom any time soon. In fact, it's a safer bet that Mr. Imam -- never arrested -- lies dead under mounds of rubble somewhere in mountainous regions of northwest Pakistan.
- 1 2 3 4 Colin Freeze (2012-05-07). "Fugitive Canadian alleged to have trained al-Qaeda recruits". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
A terrorism trial in New York has revealed how a fugitive Canadian is alleged to have instructed al-Qaeda recruits in how to fire AK-47 assault rifles, how to lob hand grenades and how to shoot shoulder-mounted rocket launchers.
- ↑ "American Citizen Charged With Conspiring To Provide Material Support To Terrorists". Department of Justice . 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
As alleged in the complaint, Farekh conspired with others to provide material support to terrorists and specifically to provide personnel to be used in support of efforts to kill American citizens and members of the U.S. military abroad.