Scams funded terror in Iraq

Winnipeg Free Press
Proceeds went to shadowy 'Boss' in U.K., trial reveals

Thu Nov 8 2007

By Mike McIntyre and Bruce Owen

A high-tech Canadian criminal organization was funding terrorism in Iraq by working under the control of a mysterious London-based leader and his group of Muslim extremists, a Winnipeg court heard Wednesday.
Gerald Blanchard, 35, pleaded guilty to 16 charges and was given an eight-year prison term under a joint agreement between Crown and defence lawyers.

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