Truemors
Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
The Worlds eyes will be upon Canada, in what is the First Terrorist Trial is underway in Ottawa, Ontario.
Momin Khawaja, said to be the Explosives Canadian Mastermind in the 2004 Britian Terrorist plot to set off a series of explosions by Islamic Extremists last year in which his co conspiritors are now serving life in prison in Britian will certainly send a message to Terrorists whose base in Canada.
The trial is expected to last a few months, and downtown Ottawa centering around the Ottawa Courthouse is under tight security with all levels of Law Enforcement making a known precence on every street corner.
I will cover any updates that follow.
Accused terrorist Momin Khawaja arrived at the Elgin Street Courthouse around 9:15 this morning.
The accused was escorted in one of four vehicles that arrived at the courthouse before proceeding to the underground parking lot.
Tactical officers were seated in the front seat wearing masks.
Security is tight at the courthouse with the trial expected to start at 10 a.m. Concrete barricades blocking off the semi-circlular driveway at the Elgin St. courthouse were the only sign yesterday afternoon that something monumental is about to happen.
Inside the building lies courtroom No. 37 where the spectacle that will be the trial of Mohammed Momin Khawaja -- the first Canadian charged under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act -- begins. It's been four years in the making.
The Ottawa software developer, who was arrested in March 2004, stands accused of being an instrumental player in an international plot by Islamic extremists to set off explosions in Britain.
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