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- ↑ CBC News, Bomb-plot suspect did not take flight training, college says, June 9, 2006
- ↑ "Alleged terrorist not that 'type of guy'". Canada.com. 2006-06-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ↑ "CBC News Indepth: Toronto Bomb Plot". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ↑ Aveling, Nick. Toronto Star, Toronto 18 member still denied bail, December 17, 2008
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