Canadian money to Al-Qa`idah

"An al-Qaeda letter found in an abandoned building in Mali indicates the extremist group was paid $1.1 million to release Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Guay in 2009." "Rick Roth, a spokesman for Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, said Tuesday the government does not negotiate with terrorists or pay ransom. "We also do not discuss operational details that might compromise the safe return of someone else in the future," Roth tweeted." (thanks Amir)