Saad Khalid, 22, pleaded guilty last month to a single count of participating in a terror group "with the intention of causing an explosion or explosions that were likely to cause serious bodily harm or death." (CBC)

An Ontario Superior Court of Justice was told Monday that a foiled terror plot by the so-called Toronto 18 targeting the Toronto area took aim at the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's spy agency and a military base.

The details emerged from a statement of uncontested facts read to the court in Brampton, Ont. by the Crown prosecutor during the sentencing hearing for Saad Khalid, 22, the first of the Toronto 18 to enter a guilty plea in relation to a domestic terror plot.

Khalid pleaded guilty last month to a single count of participating in a terror group "with the intention of causing an explosion or explosions that were likely to cause serious bodily harm or death" or to damage property.

The alleged bomb plot outlined in court mainly involved some of the men arrested with Khalid. Their identities are covered by a temporary publication ban.

Toronto targets

The court heard the targets of the ammonium nitrate or fertilizer truck bombs were the Toronto office of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Toronto Stock Exchange building and an unspecified military base. The targets were part of a 2006 plan to weaken the economy and "screw" the prime minister and the military, the court heard.

According to the statement, one of Khalid's co-accused said the bomb at the CSIS office would hit the building "from the main floor all the way to the top floor."

The co-accused said he wanted to completely destroy the Toronto Stock Exchange, saying there will be "blood, glass and debris everywhere" and that "this will be war — battle, the Battle of Toronto," the statement said.

The co-accused said he would like to "detonate the bombs on three consecutive days" for maximum effect and to cause fear.

According to the statement, he said the bombings would "screw [Prime Minister] Stephen Harper, the government and the military" and cause Canada to "withdraw its troops from Afghanistan" because Canada is "not tough like Britain or the United States."

The co-accused also mentioned attacking Chicago's Sears Tower and the United Nations headquarters in New York after the Toronto attacks, according to the statement.

Another co-accused showed off triggering devices that could be remotely set off with a cellphone, the statement said.

Uncontested facts focus on co-accused

Khalid's actual involvement with the plan remains unclear, with many of the uncontested facts focusing on his alleged co-conspirators.

He attended a training camp near Wasaga Beach in 2005 — though the statement added Khalid may not have known it was a terrorist camp before attending.

He also took part in a meeting with two of the other men accused in the case.

His lawyer, Russell Silverstein, said his client's involvement was minimal, and said it's up to the Crown to show otherwise.

Khalid was among 18 people arrested in the Toronto area in the summer of 2006 and charged with several terrorism-related offences following an investigation by CSIS.

Seven of the accused have since had their charges stayed or dropped.

One suspect, a youth at the time of his arrest, was convicted in September of conspiring to bomb several targets.

The offences allegedly took place between March and June 2006 in Mississauga, Ont., and a rural township near Orillia, Ont.

Trials for the nine remaining accused are expected to start early next year.

Khalid's sentencing hearing is expected to last all week.

With files from The Canadian Press