Canada to seek to up convicted terror suspect's jail termCanadian prosecutors said Wednesday they would appeal against a jail term handed down on a Canadian for his role in a foiled bomb plot by Islamic extremists, arguing it was too light. Saad Khalid Saad Khalid is one of 17 people detained on June 2 and June 3, 2006, in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He is allegedly involved with a group of people suspected in the planning of coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario. , 23, is one of the "Toronto 18" arrested in 2006 in a police sting operation Noun 1. sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals) for planning three days of attacks on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. , Canada's spy agency and a military base using rented vans stuffed with explosives. He entered a guilty plea earlier this year, avoiding a trial, and was sentenced on September 3 to what amounts to seven years in jail in addition to time served. The prosecution, which initially wanted him jailed for 18 to 20 years, said Wednesday it was now "seeking leave to appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as Ontario Court of Appeal) is headquartered in downtown Toronto, in historic Osgoode Hall. The Court is composed of 22 judges who hear over 1 500 appeals each year, on issues of private law, constitutional regarding the sentence of seven years in addition to time served." The scheme, which the plotters had hoped would be deadlier than the July 2005 London Underground The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. It is the world's oldest underground system, and is one of the longest in terms of route length. and bus bombings that killed 52 people, was designed to pressure Canada to withdraw from Afghanistan. Khalid was among 14 adults and four minors charged after they allegedly sought to purchase three tonnes of the bomb-making ingredient ammonium nitrate ammonium nitrate, chemical compound, NH4NO3, that exists as colorless, rhombohedral crystals at room temperature but changes to monoclinic crystals when heated above 32°C;. from undercover police officers. The officers had replaced the ammonium nitrate with an inert substance. The defense had requested Khalid be sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison. The judge in his decision said the "most vile" plot could have left many dead and injured and caused much devastation. But he also accepted the young man's expressed remorse as sincere. Khalid was to serve only seven years in prison instead of 14, as under Canadian rules he would receive double credit for the 38 months spent in jail awaiting trial. 
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