Ali Mohamed Dirie, who was arrested in 2006 for his involvement in a plot to carry out truck bombings of sites in Toronto, was sentenced to seven years in prison on October 2, reports Reuters. Dirie is expected to spend only two years in prison, as his time in custody was equated with five years behind bars. Dirie admitted to smuggling guns for the group.

Dirie was arrested with 17 other individuals trying to obtain the explosives for the planned attacks. One other member of the group was sentenced last month, and three others have either pled guilty or been convicted. Charges have been dropped against seven suspects.

"Two more years at the most, and then what? The idea that he would not pose a threat to Canadian society after his sentence is clearly absurd," wrote Marisol Siebold on JihadWatch.org in reaction to the sentencing.

Dirie was originally born in Somalia and moved to Syria before settling in Toronto, where he planned attacks to retaliate for Canada's involvement in the war in Afghanistan. During his trial, wiretaps showed that he espoused hatred towards non-Muslims.

"In Islam there is no racism, we only hate kufar [non-Muslims]," he was heard saying, according to the Calgary Herald. He also said that white people were the "filthiest" people because of "they don't have Islam."

The "Toronto 18" divided themselves into two groups for the planned attacks, although they trained together at a camp north of Toronto. One group began preparing to truck bomb a military base and the other, which Dirie led, sought to launch an assault on the Parliament in Ottawa.

The Calgary Herald reported that attacks were also planned on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the regional office of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in Toronto.