Monday, September 29, 2008

Man guilty of plot to behead Canadian PM

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) -- A Canadian man was found guilty Thursday of knowingly participating in a terrorist group accused of plotting to storm Canada's Parliament and behead the prime minister.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was one of the terror group's targets.

Superior Court Justice John Sproat ruled that evidence of the alleged terrorist plot was "overwhelming."

He is the first person to be found guilty of a terrorist offense in Canada since the country enacted anti-terrorism laws in 2001.

He was one of 18 people arrested in connection with the terror plot, which also included plans to truck-bomb nuclear power plants and a building housing Canada's spy service...

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