Canadian police have seized a laptop computer from the daughter of a suspected terrorism financier because they believe it holds vital information about Al Qaeda operations, the Toronto Star reported on Thursday, citing court documents, Zaynab Khadr, 25, a Canadian, is being investigated by a unit led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under anti-terrorism laws introduced after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
Khadr's computer, cell-phone and handwritten documents were seized at Toronto's Pearson International Airport when she arrived in Canada from Pakistan two weeks ago. Her father, Ahmed Said Khadr, is suspected of funneling money to Al Qaeda through a charitable organization he ran. He died in an October 2003 gun battle in Pakistan. In an earlier interview with the Star, Zaynab Khadr denied that her family was involved with Al Qaeda and played down the significance of Osama Bin Laden's attendance at her 1999 wedding. |