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Saeed Sobrahatollah Muhammad Rasoul and Masoud Rasoul (born in
Kurdistan Kurdistan (, ; ), or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo- cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. G ...
) are Kurdistani-Canadian brothers who are alleged members of the terrorist group
Ansar al-Islam Ansar ul Islam or Ansar al-Islam (; "Partisans of Islam" or "Helpers of Islam") may refer to: * Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, a Kurdish Salafist group in Northern Iraq. * Jama'at Ansar al-Islam, a Kurdish-dominated Salafist group in Iraq and Syria ...
. Former worshippers at Salaheddin Mosque, it is alleged they may have been recruited to fight in Iraq by
Hassan Farhat Hassan Farhat () (Born in Tal Afar, Iraq, also known as Abdul Jabbar,Hamilton, Dwight. "Terror Threat: International and Homegrown terrorists and their threat to Canada", 2007 Abu Ossama, and Abu Khalid) is an Iraqi Imam who founded Salaheddin M ...
. They went missing in northern Iraq in 2003. Shephard, Michelle and Tonda MacCharles.
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, "CSIS say Scarborough mosque founder linked to Al-Qaeda", March 9, 2005
The Rasoul brothers moved to Canada with their parents in 1990/91, and were granted
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before settling down in
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. Saeed is a graduate of
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, and married Ibtisam Salahaddin Muhammad in 1995, the year she immigrated to Canada from Iraq. He promised her they would move back to her native Arbil when they had enough money.Cribb, Robert.
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, "Four terrorism suspects linked to local mosque", March 15, 2003
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, “Toronto men in terror riddle", March 14, 2003
On August 20, 2002, the couple left Canada and brought their two children, likely through Syria, to a house they had recently purchased in the Iraqi city. Saeed then began applying for networking engineer jobs, putting in an application to join the
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Kurdistan field office. On November 2, 2002, Ibtisam was stopped at a routine checkpoint on her way to Biara, where she told police that her husband was friends with Farhat and was working as a computer engineer for
Ansar al-Islam Ansar ul Islam or Ansar al-Islam (; "Partisans of Islam" or "Helpers of Islam") may refer to: * Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, a Kurdish Salafist group in Northern Iraq. * Jama'at Ansar al-Islam, a Kurdish-dominated Salafist group in Iraq and Syria ...
. After the PUK labeled Saeed a "computer expert" who aided the militant group, Shephard, Michelle.
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, "Canadian allegedly leading insurgency", November 25, 2006
his wife and two children were placed under
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by police chief Westa Hassan in Sulaymaniya in 2003. Her father then traveled to the mountain stronghold where Saeed was staying, and requested that he offer his daughter a proper divorce, which resulted in a letter being sent back stating "I have divorced you, and am marrying the jihad". Their younger brother, Abdulla, said the family was "shocked and saddened" and that he didn't believe it was possible as his brother was a "cultural person". Masoud's Canadian
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,
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and his
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membership card were found by American troops following an attack on an Ansar stronghold. On March 7, 2005, Saeed and
Hassan Farhat Hassan Farhat () (Born in Tal Afar, Iraq, also known as Abdul Jabbar,Hamilton, Dwight. "Terror Threat: International and Homegrown terrorists and their threat to Canada", 2007 Abu Ossama, and Abu Khalid) is an Iraqi Imam who founded Salaheddin M ...
were named by CSIS Director Jim Judd in remarks to the
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. He said that Farhat "is believed to be a key commander and ideologue with"
Ansar al-Islam Ansar ul Islam or Ansar al-Islam (; "Partisans of Islam" or "Helpers of Islam") may refer to: * Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan, a Kurdish Salafist group in Northern Iraq. * Jama'at Ansar al-Islam, a Kurdish-dominated Salafist group in Iraq and Syria ...
and that Saeed was "believed to be a member". Shephard, Michelle,
Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. ...
, "Scarborough's Salaheddin Islamic Centre may be monitored by Canada's security agencies.", March 9, 2005


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasoul, Saeed And Masoud Living people Iraqi emigrants to Canada Brother duos Year of birth missing (living people)