Canada: Via Rail

Via Rail: 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. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. 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. A Via Rail employee climbs aboard a locomotive at the train station in Ottawa on Monday, December 3, 2012. U.S. authorities say they have arrested a man in connection with an alleged plot to attack a Via Rail train that travels between the U.S. and Canada. The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York says the man is a Tunisian national. He was arrested on April 22, after travelling to the U.S. from Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.