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- ↑ Thomas, Vanessa and Make Becker. Buffalo News, A portrait of terrorist suspects, June 5, 2006
- ↑ CBC, Among the Believers; Timeline
- 1 2 PBS, Frontline, Canada: The Cell Next Door, January 30, 2007
- 1 2 3 Terror suspect's bride
- 1 2 https://ottawacitizen.com/news/Toronto+member+pleads+guilty+goes+free/2620580/story.html [ dead link ]
- ↑ Teotonio, Isabel (2007-09-24). "Homegrown terror case goes to trial". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ↑ Teotonio, Isabel. Toronto Star, "A tale of two trials; Why is it that Americans get to know so much more about important court cases?", Sept. 29, 2007
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