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The man accused of plotting to blow up underwater tunnels linking New York City and New Jersey on behalf of al-Qaeda had no political or religious interests when he lived in Montreal, a friend says.

In fact, Assem Hammoud lived a very different life from that of a Muslim militant, said Hami Haman, who shared an apartment with Hammoud when he attended Concordia University. There was "a lot of booze, a lot of parties, a lot of sex," Haman told CBC Radio.

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Hammoud was arrested on April 27 in Lebanon and confessed to being the mastermind behind a plot to bomb the tunnels, Lebanese and U.S. officials said last Friday. Lebanese officials said they found maps and bomb plans on Hammoud's computer, seized from the Lebanese International University, where he taught economics.

Hammoud also was reported to have sworn allegiance to al-Qaeda and its leader, Osama bin Laden.

But Haman rejected that idea, saying Hammoud liked Canada, didn't like bin Laden and was against killing people in the name of religion. "There was not even talk of al-Qaeda or jihadism, or anything like that. "

Lebanese internal security forces addressed that issue last week, saying that Hammoud had been told to hide his true nature.

"[Al-Qaeda] requested from him not to show any religious tendencies during his stay in Lebanon and to give the picture of a frivolous and uncommitted youth," a security forces communiqué said.

Between 1995 and 2003, Hammoud was a student at Concordia University in Montreal, where he and Haman shared an apartment.

But Haman has not seen Hammoud for three years, and said it's possible his friend become radicalized after he returned to Lebanon after finishing his studies at Concordia in 2003.

Canadian authorities are believed to be looking for Canadians friends of Hammoud to learn more about him and the extent of the alleged plot, CBC Radio reported.

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