Canada dodged a bullet

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Originally Posted by scandium

9/11 was before the Iraq war. And Iraq was not connected to it. And, lastly, this is not Al Qaeda (according to the Toronto Star). Beyond that, the reason looks - in part - to be one of convenience: most of those arrested were Canadian citizens or residents so I suppose attacking the country they were already in served whatever statement they were hoping to make.

Why obfuscate with this? What constitutes terrorism is not defined by whether or not Iraq was involved, nor by a particular sequence of events, nor by the subtlest of distinctions between "Al Qaeda" and "Al Qaeda-inspired," nor by the nationality or residency of the accused. Absent from your apparent list of terrorism pre-requisites is the three tons of ANFO evidence.