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-- "attending some (alleged) unknown camp during a visit to Pakistan," the same bogus charge against other innocent victims traveling abroad to Muslim countries, some to visit families, then linking their visits to terror plots or training for involvement in future ones.
Despite the gross injustice, the CBC reported on April 14, 2009 that Canada's federal government appealed the sentence for a longer one, possibly for life on least one of the charges. At trial, "The Crown had sought two life sentences plus an additional sentence of 44 - 58 years," while the defense argued for seven and a half years with "double credit for time already served."
However, Judge Douglas Rutherford called Momin "a willing and eager participant" in a terror plot, despite no evidence whatever for proof. Nonetheless, he accused him of "assist(ing alleged terror plotters) in many ways," adding that "It matters not whether any terrorist activity was actually carried out," stopping short of questioning if any were, in fact, planned.
Surprisingly, he said authorities hadn't proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Momin had any direct knowledge, let alone involvement, an admission that should have mandated acquittal, yet he cowardly refused to release him.
Mahboob said these issues are being appealed, but after six years, Momin is still imprisoned, victimized by Canadian state terrorism like thousands of others in America and globally. In earlier writing, he explained how Canadian Intelligence Agencies and their complicit media terrorize innocent civilians. More on that below.
First, on March 12, 2009, the BBC updated earlier Momin reports, headlining its account "Khawaja: The Canadian connection," saying:
He conspired with four other men "jailed for life in April 2007 for a UK bomb plot linked to al-Qaeda, receiv(ing) a sentence of 10 years and six months" for his alleged role.
A software developer, he "worked in the technical support department of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and had a good knowledge of electronics. Of Pakistani origin, he became fascinated by radical Islamist politics, and its focus on conflicts in the Muslim world." He allegedly "traveled to Pakistan in 2003 and met members of a loose network of jihadi sympathizers - men who believed that violence was legitimate."
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