Sunday, October 24, 2010

Another Guantanamo Bay Prisoner Being Prepared To Be Released

Omar Ahmed Khadr in a courtroom sketch in August. Analysts have debated whether the military tribunal system has jurisdiction over his case. (Janet Hamlin / MCT)

Guantanamo Terrorism Suspect May Get Plea Deal -- L.A. Times

Speculation grows that Omar Ahmed Khadr would agree to serve time in Canada, his home country, but it's unclear whether the Canadian government would cooperate.

Reporting from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — Rumors are swirling that a plea deal may be reached in the case of a young terrorism suspect, perhaps sparing the United States from becoming the first nation to try a former child soldier on war crimes charges.

Omar Ahmed Khadr of Canada was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan in the company of hardened Al Qaeda fighters with whom his militant father had apprenticed him in 2002. His trial, on charges that include the murder of a U.S. Army special forces soldier, is set to resume Monday.

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My Comment: As a Canadian citizen, I shudder that he will probably end up coming back to Canada. He has never once renounced publicly Islamic terrorism, nor has he felt any remorse for what he has done (laying landmines and in the killing of a U.S. medic). Now .... with this plea agreement (probably) being put forward .... he will return to Canada where he will be released to do what he wants to do. Is this justice .... not even close.

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