Canada Police Make Two Arrests in Train Terrorist Plot

Canadian police arrested two foreign nationals in connection with a plan to derail a passenger train in the nation’s first suspected terror plot involving al-Qaeda.

Police arrested Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal and Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers said yesterday. The accused were taking advice from al-Qaeda sources in Iran, the RCMP said. The target was a VIA Rail passenger train in the Toronto area, they said.