The first indication that the RCMP were undertaking an operation came late Monday, when officers raided a home in suburban Ottawa. Heavily-armed members of the RCMP's national security investigation section stormed Khawaja's house in Orleans. Police then rounded up members of the man's family in other parts of the city.
Qasim Khawaja, 26, and his older sister were in the family home alone, watching television when more than a dozen police burst in.
Police searched home in Ottawa suburb of Orleans
"The door was blown open and guys with masks and guns came in, told us to get down on the ground," he said.
Qasim Khawaja says police handcuffed him with plastic restraints and took their time driving him to the Ottawa police station. "We were passing by the American Embassy and I said, 'You aren't going to send me to Syria are you?' And they said, 'No no, we don't do that here.'"
RCMP charge Ottawa man under Anti-Terrorism Act
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The police may not send Canadians to Syria but if you happen to be in the Middle East we'll have you arrested for us. And you may never find your way home again. Qasim Khawaja's family may never see him again. I hate what is happening to our security people. For me, all authority figures have lost any credibility they ever had. They all disgust me starting with Anne McLellan. Albertans please vote her out of her seat.
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