group birth_place detained_at name birth_date article_title citizenship
possibly al-qaeda syria toronto west detention centre hassan ahmed almrei 1974 hassan almrei
 syrian
hassan almrei

hassan ahmed almrei -lrb- also childhood name `` abu al-hareth '' -rrb- -lrb- born in syria on january 1 , 1974 -rrb- , a syrian citizen , arrived in canada in 1999 claiming refugee status .
he has been since held , and accused of terrorist connections and ideology , for his `` reputation ... for obtaining false documents '' , and his relationship with ibn al-khattab following time shared together during the civil war in tajikistan .
he had `` not supported khattab financially or otherwise '' , but `` admired khattab ... had pictures of khattab on his computer ; and visited chechen extremist websites '' .
the canadian security intelligence service -lrb- csis -rrb- has also alleged that almrei has demonstrated a `` devotion to osama bin laden and his ideals ... by fighting in afghanistan '' , although he fought communist-backed troops and rival forces in afghanistan between 1990-1994 while bin laden was still living in the sudan .
he has argued that it is `` gross stereotyping '' to suggest that every person who fought the soviets in afghanistan must therefore support osama bin laden .
he believes al-qaeda is `` contrary to the teachings of islam '' , and refers to them as a terrorist organisation which participates in unjustified violence .
csis claims that his role as a soldier in both afghanistan and tajikistan prove that he believes in `` guns and violence '' nevertheless .
after a special prison was built for the five long-term prisoners held on security certificates , four were released on bail and house arrest terms , leaving almrei as the sole occupant of the prison which continued to operate at a cost of $ 2.6 million annually to house almrei alone .
he was ordered released under house arrest by a federal court judge on january 2 , 2009 .
on december 14 , 2009 , he was further released and not considered a suspect anymore .
the evidence against him was based on informants ' tips , wiretaps , and his admission of travel to places like afghanistan and pakistan .
the case against him was based on outdated and sketchy knowledge of al qaeda and other extremist islamic groups , and loaded with information that '' `` could only be construed as unfavourable to almrei without any serious attempt to include information to the contrary '' '' .
