Terrorist Map Revealed as Parking Map

Truck driver Ahmad El Maati was suspected of ties to Al Qaeda, and detained and allegedly tortured in Syria and Egypt, in part because of the presence of a map of government installations in his truck when he crossed the border in August 2001. The Globe and Mail reports (registration may be required) that the so-called, oft-cited “terrorist map” was, in fact, an outdated parking map for the Tunney’s Pasture government complex in Ottawa. (I worked in Tunney’s Pasture in 1999; it’s not exactly a strategic installation.) Via Cartography.

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Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at 8:48 AM
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Too funny, although also sad. I too worked at Tunney’s for a time, and I suspect it’s far from a main terrorist target.

Darren Cope on September 7, 2005 at 10:48 AM

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