Abousfian Abdelrazik has launched a $27-million lawsuit against Ottawa and former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon over events linked to his detention and torture in Sudan from 2003 to 2009
A Canadian intelligence agent says Ahmed Ressam, known as the Millennium bomber for a thwarted attack on Los Angeles International Airport, told him that Abousfian Abdelrazik advised him about a terrorist training camp to attend in Afghanistan.
“Generally speaking, Mr. Ressam mentioned that Abdelrazik recommended him the camp where he could obtain, he could get his training,” said the agent, speaking from a site outside the downtown courtroom. Now, he is accusing the defendants of abandoning him in Sudan for six years – from 2003 to 2009 – which he says included detention and torture by the Sudanese agency.
The CSIS agent recalled an occasion in February, 2003, when he and a colleague went to see Mr. Abdelrazik at his home in Montreal to question him – the fourth in a series of interviews that CSIS agents had conducted with Mr. Abdelrazik. “Subsequently, we continued the interview with Mr. Abdelrazik,” said the agent, testifying they were interested in finding out if he had any travel plans. He said he did not.
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