Raed Jaser, one of two men charged in connection with a suspected al-Qaida plot in Canada to derail a passenger train, argued in a 2004 deportation hearing that Canada should not deport him because he was stateless and no country would take him in.Jaser is a Palestinian who was born in the United Arab Emirates, but is not a UAE citizen.Canada had sought to deport him because he had convictions on several counts of fraud, immigration board documents show.
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)