Abassi: Tunisian National Ahmed Abassi

Tunisian national Ahmed Abassi: Tunisian national Ahmed Abassi has been charged with fraudulently applying for a visa in order to remain in the U.S. to facilitate an "act of international terrorism," U.S. authorities said Thursday, according to Times Colonist. Prosecutors said Abassi told an undercover FBI agent that Esseghaier's plans were good but the time was not right and A former Canadian resident arrested in the U.S. allegedly "discussed" plans to kill tens of thousands of people through air and water contamination with a Montreal man already accused in a cross-border terror plot. Prosecutors allege Abassi had "radicalized" Chiheb Esseghaier, one of two men charged with plotting to attack a Via Rail train travelling from the U.S. to Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.