The Crown's star witness in the terror trial of Momin Khawaja wrapped up his evidence Wednesday by telling Ontario Superior Court that the former software developer once considered establishing a jihadi training camp in Canada.
Mohammed Junaid Babar said Mr. Khawaja suggested to him in 2003 that 'the brothers' in the United Kingdom could send him money to establish a training camp in this country. 'He mentioned . . . that there was a lot of land around in Canada and that it was very cheap,' Babar testified.
The idea was never hatched and Mr. Khawaja -- who has pleaded not guilty to seven terrorism-related charges in connection with an alleged plot to bomb sites in and around London, England -- did not specify where in Canada the training camp might be located. |