Deadly weapons displayed at Ottawa terror trial
RCMP Cpl. Taro Tan, formerly of the RCMP A Division Integrated National Security Enforcement team that raided the home, began this new phase of the Khawaja trial Monday with a three-hour photographic evidentiary tour of the house.
Some of the evidence included:
An instruction manual, “Iguana Labs Microcontroller Beginner Kit,” sits on a desk in Khawaja’s room.
Another manual, “How to Make Amateur Rockets,” is nearby.
An schematic showing the electronic design of a Bi-directional 2.4 GHz (gigahertz) amplifier hangs on the second-floor bedroom wall of Khawaja’s older brother, Qasim.
A thick stack of $100 bills found under Qasim’s mattress. Mckercher tells court it amounts to $10,300.
Two wooden crates packed with powerful 7.62-millimeter ammunition. In all, police found 640 rounds around the house, said McKercher.
A shooting target hanging on a basement wall near the ping-pong table. The target, in the shape of a human head-and-shoulders, has about a dozen bullet holes to the head. The surrounding drywall has many more.
A gun case containing two, semi-automatic, 7.62mm assault rifles, one with a scope.
Another gun case containing another assault rifle, this one with an extendible bayonet. Court was told all three guns were properly licensed by Khawaja.
Thirteen books in Khawaja room. Titles included: The U.S. Special Forces Physical Conditioning Program “Get Tough”; CIA Special Weapons and Equipment; The Religious and Moral Doctrines of Jihad; Join The Caravan; Decisive Battles of Islam.