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Parliament Hill gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau said on a video before his attack last October that he was taking action in “retaliation” for Afghanistan and for Canada’s military mission in Iraq.

On the cellphone video, recorded on Ottawa’s Metcalfe Street immediately before he launched an attack on the nearby National War Memorial and Parliament Hill, Zehaf-Bibeau said Canada has to stop intruding in other countries.

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The video was released Friday by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson in an appearance before a House of Commons committee.

“To those who are involved and listen to this movie, this is in retaliation for Afghanistan and because Harper wants to send his troops to Iraq,” Zehaf-Bibeau said in the video.

“So we are retaliating, the Mujahedin of this world. Canada’s officially become one of our enemies by fighting and bombing us and creating a lot of terror in our countries and killing us and killing our innocents. So, just aiming to hit some soldiers just to show that you’re not even safe in your own land, and you gotta be careful.”

Canada’s officially become one of our enemies by fighting and bombing us and creating a lot of terror in our countries and killing us and killing our innocents

The video was not shown in its entirely. Paulson said the RCMP had edited out — for Friday’s public viewing — 13 seconds at the beginning and five seconds at the end. Paulson said he could not explain at this time why those parts of the video are not being made public now.