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OTTAWA � The 43-year-old man at the head of an alleged terror plot accused Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan of raping women in his introduction for a Liberal MP at a storefront Toronto mosque last summer, sparking fears that the hardline talk was evidence of more sinister intentions.

Concerns about Qayyum Abdul Jamal that were expressed by members of the local Muslim community led directly to a massive national security investigation and the arrests of a dozen men and five youths last weekend, Liberal MP Wajjid Khan told CanWest News Service in an interview.

Jamal�s comments occurred on a Friday afternoon in the summer of 2005 at the al-Rahman Islamic Centre, according to Liberal MP Wajjid Khan, whose riding encompasses the mosque.

The MP, himself a Muslim, said he was making one of his regular visits to community groups in his riding that day and Jamal was delivering an introductory speech for the then-government representative.

"It�s a small place ... It�s the size of my bedroom probably and people cram in there, probably 100 people," Khan said Monday. "He was supposed to say �Here�s a member of Parliament who wants to say a few words.� But he went on saying that we don�t need him here, that our government is telling us what to do and that the Canadian troops in Afghanistan have gone there to rape Muslim women."

Khan immediately objected to Jamal�s accusations.

"I was very upset and I told him to shut up and I spoke for five minutes and I said that Canada has done wonderful things in Afghanistan."

Khan said he told the assembled Muslims that Jamal was "ignorant" and should not be allowed to lead the prayer group.

"He should be kicked out," he recalled saying. "What he�s saying is wrong, and not only is it wrong, but it is not acceptable and you in this room should not accept it. I told them that you will never see me back here and warned that he is risking them as a community."

The MP left the mosque immediately after expressing his concerns, but he said the 10 to 15 young men who were in the congregation turned on Jamal after the Friday prayers had drawn to a close.

"When this guy came out, a few people, 10 or 15 young people grabbed him by the collar and pushed him around," he said. "They swore at him and said we allow you in here but it�s not for you to come and talk nonsense. You are insulting a member of Parliament and you are talking nonsense about Canada ... He was kind of intimidated and he took off. I also told him at that time �What you�re doing is not right. This is not acceptable.�"

Fifteen of the suspects prepare to appear in court Tuesday in Brampton, Ont.

www.nationalpost.com

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One Pakistani media source claims that the evidence was "planted".

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: The three tonnes of ammonium nitrate found with the Totonto terrorism suspects was planted by the police in an elaborate sting operation.

According to Toronto Star, �Sources say investigators who had learned of the group�s alleged plan to build a bomb were controlling the sale and transport of the massive amount of fertiliser, a key component in creating explosives. Once the deal was done, the RCMP-led anti-terrorism task force moved in for the arrests.� At the news conference held by the police, there was no mention of the sting operation. Among the intended targets of the group, one report said, was the Parliament in Ottawa and the headquarters of Canada�s premier spy agency.

The 12 adults charged are: Fahim Ahmad, 21; Jahmaal James, 23; Amin Mohamed Durrani, 19; and Steven Vikash Chand, 25, all of Toronto; Zakaria Amara, 20; Asad Ansari, 21; Shareef Abdelhaleen, 30; Ahmad Mustafa Ghany, 21; Saad Khalid, 19; and Qayyum Abdul Jamal, 43, all of Mississauga; and Mohammed Dirie, 22 and Yasin Abdi Mohamed, 24. Six of the 12 suspects lived in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, four came from Toronto and two from the town of Kingston in Ontario. The last two are already in custody on a gun smuggling charge.

The police also arrested five youngsters but their identities or names have not bee made public. At a court hearing in Toronto on Saturday, all the suspects were produced and Canadian newspapers published photographs of head-to-toe, black burqa clad group of women said to belong to the one or more of the families of the men arrested. One whose face was visible looked like a Pakistani. Several of the men, photographed as they were being brought in police cars, were bearded.

The charges include participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, including training and recruitment; providing or making available property for terrorist purposes; and the commission of indictable offences, including firearms and explosives offences for the benefit of or in association with a terrorist group.

According to the Toronto Star report, �Anser Farooq, a lawyer who represents five of the accused, pointed at snipers on the roof of the courthouse and said, �This is ridiculous. They�ve got soldiers here with guns. This is going to completely change the atmosphere. I think the police cast their net far too wide,� he said.

According to the Globe and Mail, defence lawyer Rocco Galati, who was representing some of the suspects, protested the intense security measures at the court. Galati later scoffed at the allegations. �I�ve seen fertiliser for the last eight years,� he said.

Aly Hindy, a Toronto imam, said he knew several of the accused because they prayed at his mosque but said they were not terrorists. �The charges are to keep George Bush happy, that�s all,� he added sardonically. The Globe and Mail did not mention that all incriminating evidence had been planted on the suspects.