L to r: Ali Omar Ader, Amanda Lindhout, RCMP assistant commissioner James Malizia
The arrest of Ali Omar Ader in Ottawa for the 2008 kidnapping of a Canadian woman in Somalia reveals a long and tricky arm of the RCMP. Ader was the “main negotiator”” according to the victim, Amanda Lindhout, for the nasty band that kidnapped, raped and abused her during a year-long ordeal in Mogadishu. Mountie deputy commissioner James Malizia would only say the case was “complex.” No doubt. The Mounties had operatives in Somalia and they won’t even say if the Mogadishu government knew about it. How did they get Ader to come to Ottawa where it was no doubt a stunning surprise to him when he was arrested? Did we say tricky? Ader was taken into custody on June 11 by the RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team right in the capital. He is charged with kidnapping and hostage-taking and appeared in court by video link Friday. CBC.
