The Omar Khadr repatriation thread - Part 1

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Tue, 2012-03-27 22:51

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

Quote:
The office of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is placing the blame for the "stalled" process to transfer convicted terrorist Omar Khadr home to Canada squarely on the United States.

Toews' office is disputing a New York Times report that pointed the finger at Ottawa over delays in Khadr's return.

The New York Times [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/us/delays-keep-omar-khadr-at-guantanam... Saturday that Khadr's "limbo status is the result of bureaucratic delays in processing his application to transfer, especially within the Canadian government."

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta cannot sign the papers to transfer Khadr home to Canada, the Times reported, until Toews formally asks for his return, which he has not done.

"Khadr has applied to the Americans for transfer. The Americans have yet to approve that transfer," said Toews' spokesman, Michael Patton.

[b]Patton said the transfer process begins on the Americans' side:[/b] Khadr applies to American authorities and, once his application is approved in the U.S., it is forwarded to the Correctional Service of Canada, which provides Toews with an "assessment." On the basis of that assessment, Toews approves or denies the application.

[b]"The report that the U.S. is waiting for Canada to ask for Khadr's return is incorrect," he said.[/b] "He has applied to return. That application has not been approved by the Americans and no decision on bringing him back to serve the remainder of his sentence has been made."

During a visit to Ottawa on Tuesday, Panetta said negotiations are "continuing" and that he will sign the transfer papers when they cross his desk.

"I don't have a specific timeline for signing it," Panetta said. "But once those arrangements have been made, obviously we will approve the transfer to Canada."...

Once the Americans give approval for the transfer, Patton said, it will be up to Toews to exercise his ministerial discretion and decide whether Canada will let Khadr return to Canada.

So far, Patton said, [b]Toews has never reviewed Khadr's file.[/b]

[b]"There are no negotiations between Canada and the U.S. on this[/b] at this point," Patton said.

[url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Federal+government+blames+sta... side is passing the buck to the other.[/url]

Tue, 2012-03-27 22:52

#53

NDPP

That was then, this is now..

Wed, 2012-03-28 19:00

#54

NDPP

US, Canada Poised To OK Omar Khadr Transfer

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/03/28/omar-khadr-transf...

"A 'frustrated' Omar Khadr could be back in Canada by the end of May, with both Ottawa and Washington poised to approve his transfer from Guantanamo Bay...A source familiar with the file said US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta was expected to sign off on the transfer within a week. 'It's on his desk, it's ready,' the source said Wednesday. 'The US has no concerns about Khadr.'

Khadr has been caught up in a bureaucratic 'Catch-22' since becoming eligible to leave the American prison on Cuba last October under terms of a plea agreement struck a year earlier..."

Wed, 2012-03-28 21:02

#55

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

That CBC report is bullshit. It's only the US that is "poised" to approve the transfer; Canada is nowhere near ready to approve it, if at all. Vic Toews hasn't even looked at the file, and continues to talk as if the transfer is purely hypothetical.

And Panetta clearly says he's waiting for Ottawa to agree to the transfer before he signs off, and says negotiations are continuing.

In other words, absolutely nothing has changed.

Wed, 2012-03-28 21:18

#56

NDPP

It's national news in any case of the CBC's mendacity - let us see if and when the Tom Mulcair NDP sees fit to mention the issue...

Wed, 2012-04-18 14:44

#57

NDPP

Omar Khadr Transfer Request in Ottawa's Hands

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/04/18/pol-omar-khadr-transfer-r...

"Public Safety Minister Vic Toews's office said it has receieved a completed application from Khadr to transfer to Canada from the US military detention centre in Cuba, and a decision will be made 'in accordance with Canadian law.'..

Wed, 2012-04-18 15:21

#58

kropotkin1951

Quote:

The Toronto-born Khadr pleaded guilty in 2010 to five charges brought before a controversial U.S. military tribunal, including killing Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer in Afghanistan in July 2002.

No mention in the on-line story or the CBC radio report I heard about the minor detail of his having been tortured prior to the confession. Strange too how the fact that he was a child soldier becomes an upbringing that adds to the complexity of the case.

The state media in Canada acts just like any other. About as unbiased as Press TV.

Wed, 2012-04-18 21:18

#59

Fidel

kropotkin1951 wrote:
The state media in Canada acts just like any other. About as unbiased as Press TV.

Al Qaeda is a given according to lapdog newz media. Qaeda is the terror instrument of "militant Islam" which threatens Western civilization and our western Judeo-Christian moral values.

No one dares question "the American Inquisition" not even a few "investigative" news journalists still on corporate payrolls and with families and pensions to protect.

Everyone must comply including lapdog newz media, or the entire modern day Anglo-American inquisition and it's lies surrounding "Al-Qa'eda" would be toppled by the truth. Their lies and the state's lies are one and the same.

Wed, 2012-04-18 23:07

#60

Unionist

It is inconceivable to me that this government will accept Khadr's request.

I fervently hope I'm wrong. But with no one giving a shit any more (no party in the Commons, at any rate), what do they have to gain vs. the potential loss to their fascist reputation?

But maybe the NDP, the Liberals, the Bloc, and the Green are still busy putting the finishing touches on their eloquent demands for justice for Omar Khadr?

Wed, 2012-04-18 23:33

#61

NDPP

Some other people are already on it:

http://jdlcanada.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/please-sign-the-petition-stop-...

Fri, 2012-04-20 17:12

#62

NDPP

The Canadian Government's Treatment of Omar Khadr Has Been A Disgrace

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1164702--the-canadian-...

"...As the legal machinery to repatriate Khadr creaked into motion this week, Ottawa obtusely continued to express no burning desire to get him home where he will serve out his sentence for killing a US soldier. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews will do the Americans a favour by considering transferring Khadr back here, was the official line. Such is the shabby close to an infamous case in which Ottawa refused to go to bat for one of our own..."

and neither did 'our own'.

Fri, 2012-04-20 18:08

#63

Fidel

The Star wrote:
Through it all, as Canada's allies successfully lobbied to free their nationals from Gitmo, the Harper government wilfully neglected Khadr..

Wait a minute wait a minute? Was it the Harper Government of Canada that sent Khadr to Gitmo? No, it was not. The Harpers are only the most recent vicious toadies to Uncle Sam's phony war on terror.

Mon, 2012-04-30 22:42

#64

NDPP

Khadr is Not A Traitor - by Peter Worthington

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/27/khadr-is-not-a-traitor

"The Americans want Khadr transferred to Canada, where a spokesman for Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has said the possibility of criminal charges against Khadr 'rests with police and provincial Crown attorneys' This is an odd reaction - but not as odd as the Conservative Party's view that 'Any Canadian citizen who commits treason by taking up arms against the Canadian Forces (or allies)...automatically invalidates his or her Canadian citizenship.'

The suggestion is that Khadr should be charged with high treason for 'assisting an enemy at war with Canada' or (assisting) those against whom the Canadian Forces are engaged in hostilities..."

No mention of Canada's criminality in participating in this illegal war of course..

Tue, 2012-05-01 11:57

#65

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

<a href="http://www.eurasiareview.com/28042012-canadas-shameful-scapegoating-of-omar-khadr-oped/">Andy Worthington</a> (no relation to Peter) wrote:

Typical of this was a poll conducted last week on CBC News’s “Your Community Blog,” which asked the question, “Should Omar Khadr be allowed to return to Canada?” as though there was a legal option to prevent his return, when there is not. Fortunately, 53 percent of those who voted said yes, compared to 43 percent who said no, although that is still an alarmingly large minority of Canadian citizens who don’t understand what nationality and citizenship mean, and who also don’t seem to believe that a prison sentence — and any notion of punishment — should be finite.

These voices include journalist and Sun TV host Ezra Levant, who has written an entire hate-filled book about the alleged threat posed by Khadr, but whose approach is “so obsessional that it sometimes seems like a manifestation of clinical mental illness,” as another journalist, Jonathan Kay, recently explained.

Moreover, last Thursday, as the Toronto Sun explained in a news report, Vic Toews conceded that the government would not block Khadr’s return. Some commentators had speculated that the government “was considering using a clause in the International Transfer of Offenders Act to keep … Khadr out of Canada on national security grounds.”

Toews explained, “Under the International Transfer of Offenders Act, he is a Canadian citizen. He is also a Canadian citizen under the Charter which entitles him to come back to Canada, eventually.” He added, “The issue is when does he come back to Canada? That’s a determination I have to make and I haven’t made any decision in that respect yet.”...

In defense of Khadr — and providing some necessary humility — the Toronto Star ran an editorial last Thursday, pointing out that “the abuse he has suffered with the complicity of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government and that of its Liberal predecessors has shamed Canada,” adding, “His expected return from Guantánamo Bay, while welcome, does us no great credit either.”

Seeing through the official line about Canada doing the US a favour, the Star noted, “Such is the shabby close to an infamous case in which Ottawa refused to go to bat for one of our own,” and delivered the following verdict on Khadr’s US ordeal:

Quote:
US President Barack Obama once declared Gitmo a “legal black hole” predicated on a “dangerously flawed legal approach” that “compromised our core values.” Khadr finally buckled to that ugly system in 2010 and surrendered the guilty plea to murder and war crimes that it was designed to elicit. His plea bargain was a “hellish decision” to preclude trial in a sham court and the risk of a life sentence.

The Star also reminded readers that Khadr “was pushed to fight in Afghanistan by his al-Qaida-linked father,” and that US officials “threatened him with gang rape, denied him counsel, deprived him of sleep, and set a precedent by charging him with war crimes as a juvenile.” Also noting that he had “spent far more time behind bars than he would have in Canada, had he been convicted here in a credible court of murder as a young offender,” the Star concluded its pertinent editorial by stating:

Quote:
[A]s Canada’s allies successfully lobbied to free their nationals from Gitmo, the Harper government wilfully neglected Khadr. It never forcefully protested his mistreatment, criticized his prosecution, or asked for leniency. It took the obtuse view that justice was taking its course. It washed its hands of a young Canadian, leaving him to his fate. It failed a citizen, and disgraced itself.

It is rare, at Guantánamo, for another government to have behaved as appallingly as the US, but in Khadr’s case it has long been clear, to anyone capable of viewing it objectively, that [b]the Canadian government has matched America’s abuse towards Khadr every step of the way[/b], and it is time for this disgraceful situation to be brought to an end.

Tue, 2012-05-08 01:20

#66

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

[url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/national/2012/05/05/19722901.html]The fascist vigilantes are already starting to organize[/url]

...and trying to associate Khadr with 9/11...

Quote:

"We are trying to warn people that Khadr is dangerous and is being relocated in the community," said Scarborough resident, Shobie Kapoor, who also started an anti-Khadr online petition. "We are trying to create public awareness."

Kapoor and others will be handing out flyers next Wednesday in downtown Toronto. They were also there last week passing out information.

"We don't want this terrorist in the country," she said. "We are trying to get the word out to all Canadians."

Almost 3,000 Canadians have signed an internet petition that calls for Khadr not to be returned to Canada.

Meyer Weinstein, of the Jewish Defense League, said efforts will be made this week to place an ad on the TTC.

"This is a serious situation that is not to be taken lightly," Weinstein said. "We don't want any terrorist here." (sic)

Ron Banerjee, of the Canadian Hindu Advocacy, said posters will be displayed in areas of Scarborough calling for Khadr to be kept out.

"We will be putting up posters with the same message," Banerjee said. "The community has to know there is a convicted terrorist moving in beside them."

He said members are "outraged that Khadr, a convicted Islamic al-Qaida terrorist, is being returned to Canada."

"Our organization has long lobbied to identify and deport large numbers of Islamic radicals linked to fundamentalist groups from Canada," Banerjee said.

The groups also plan to distribute hundreds of flyers in Khadr's old Scarborough neighbourhood.

"We will also be doing door-to-door canvassing to ensure people know about the impending arrival of a convicted Islamic terrorist to the area," Banerjee said.

Tue, 2012-05-08 01:26

#67

Bacchus

Hmm lets see, Cdn citizen, never had that stripped from him. Hmm Im guessing fuck you bigots, you can't keep him out

Tue, 2012-05-08 11:33

#68

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

You don't think so? These bigots have friends in the federal cabinet.

Tue, 2012-05-08 17:53

#69

Fidel

M. Spector wrote:

[url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/national/2012/05/05/19722901.html]The fascist vigilantes are already starting to organize[/url]

...and trying to associate Khadr with 9/11...

He said members are "outraged that Khadr, a convicted Islamic al-Qaida terrorist, is being returned to Canada. "

For years the US Gov't and CIA referred to them as mujahideen "freedom fighters". Khadr's father, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Karzais etc all fought for the CIA in 1980s-90s Afghanistan and were provided unrestricted travel in and out of America for years.

Charade they are.

Tue, 2012-05-08 19:41

#70

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

There's no evidence that Ahmed Khadr was ever involved with the CIA or ever fought with the mujahideen in Afghanistan.

Your spreading these lies about him only helps to further promote hatred against Omar Khadr's family and plays into the hands of the fascist thugs who want to keep Omar in Guantanamo.

Nice work, Fidel.

Tue, 2012-05-08 20:15

#71

Fidel

M. Spector wrote:

There's no evidence that Ahmed Khadr was ever involved with the CIA or ever fought with the mujahideen in Afghanistan.

Why would he move his family to 1980s Afghanistan if he had no real ties to that country? The senior Khadr was born in Egypt, like Egyptian-born US Army Sargent Ali Mohamed, Al-CIA'duh's hijacking specialist allowed by the RCMP and FBI to come and go to and from Afghanistan at will from the 1980's forward. And the current head of Al-CIA'duh was able to obtain special U.S. visa privileges that few legitimate immigrants to the US ever hope to receive.

M. Spector wrote:
Your spreading these lies about him only helps to further promote hatred against Omar Khadr's family and plays into the hands of the fascist thugs who want to keep Omar in Guantanamo.

Nice work, Fidel.

I think you're missing the point. There is at least one established tie between the Khadr family and the CIA.

CIA paid me to spy: Abdurahman Khadr

It's partly why truth seekers refer to them as Al-CIA'da. It's amazing how many "Al-Qa'eda" end up working for the American CIA.

There is no such thing as al-Qaeda. It's warmed-up cold war baloney.

The mujahideen are real and some of who are referred to offhand as "Al-Qaeda" now and again for colder war purposes. What they are are the CIA's expendable jihadi assets ever since the CIA began funding the most ruthless of warlords and drug barons in 1980s Afghanistan. They are mercenaries and soldiers of fortune from more than 40 countries and on the CIA's payroll long time. But there is no such thing as Al-Qaeda. The Khadrs, Karzais, bin Ladens, KSM, Ali Mohamed etcetera etc are all rabid anticommunists just like their CIA, Pakistani and Saudi financiers. I find it difficult to empathize with any of them or their sponsors.

Tue, 2012-05-08 20:48

#72

M. Spector M. Spector's picture

I'm not missing the point at all. You are joining the Harpocons and the JDL in slandering the Khadr family and helping to keep Omar Khadr in Guantanamo. Your treachery knows no bounds.

Tue, 2012-05-08 21:46

#73

Fidel

M. Spector wrote:

I'm not missing the point at all. You are joining the Harpocons and the JDL in slandering the Khadr family and helping to keep Omar Khadr in Guantanamo. Your treachery knows no bounds.

Maybe he's being paid to spy on innocent people held illegally at Gitmo, like Omar's brother Abdurahman did happily for the American CIA.

Maybe Khadr will sue Canadian taxpayers and use the proceeds to fund another CIA sponsored anti-Russian/Chinese jihad somewhere else in Asia just like his mercenary-for-hire father before him and whom Omar said encouraged him to become a child soldier. Ever think of that?

Don't you think Omar's parents should have been reported to children's aid for endangering their child, or something? Or are you all ready to agree to sharia law and Taliban rule in Afghanistan at some point after the CIA and Saudis negotiate a power sharing deal with their former proxies in Kabul who are only now mildly opposing them in this phony-baloney war on terrror?

The only ones keeping Omar at Gitmo are the Harpocons years after the Chretien Liberals handed him over to the American inquisition after being instructed to do so by their imperialist masters in Warshington.

NAFTA? Aye-aye! Phony war on terror? Aye-aye, Uncle Sam, on the double-double!

Wed, 2012-05-09 06:56

#74

MegB

Fidel, your conspiracy theories are becoming more ludicrous by the day. How much of this twaddle are you prepared to spew before you're cut off?

Wed, 2012-05-09 14:35

#75

Fidel

Rebecca West wrote:

Fidel, your conspiracy theories are becoming more ludicrous by the day. How much of this twaddle are you prepared to spew before you're cut off?

What is it about the Khadr family's connections to the American CIA and Afghanistan are not clear?

Are you doubting the CBC's journalistic integrity?

I've supported Omar Khadr's rights before in plenty of threads, and so has the NDP.

The only ones conspiring against Omar Khadr's basic rights have been our vicious toadies in government since Chretien and one very secretive U.S. Military inquisition there at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo. And today they don't even want him anymore for whatever reasons people might not wish to discuss here in a discussion forum. I can't imagine why that would be the case. But for the record it's our corrupt stooges of the day who are currently conspiring to deny Omar Khadr's basic human rights.

And as far as conspiracy theories go regarding the ultimate reason for the long and protracted phony-baloney war on terror, there needs to be a legitimate investigation and rights to fair trials carried through on. That hasn't happened yet, and it is a real conspiracy. 9/11 is an ongoing investigation according to the American FBI and U.S. Government themselves. The truth about 9/11 is still unknown to the public. Of course people are going to speculate. It's what human beings do.

Fri, 2012-05-25 15:23

#76

NDPP

Majority of Canadians Oppose Khadr's Return: Poll

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2012/05/24/19796191.html

"The Abacus Data survey into public opinion on Khadr, who pleaded guilty in 2010 to war crimes committed in Afghanistan when he was 15 years old, suggests 53% of Canadians view him as a security threat and shouldn't be allowed back into the country..."

Thu, 2012-06-21 23:55

#77

NDPP

Canada Broke Agreement with Omar Khadr, Lawyers Say

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/06/20/pol-cp-omar-khadr-laywe...

"The Canadian government has consistently failed to live up to its obligations to Omar Khadr. While Omar, a child, was trapped in a place that has been condemned around the world, the Canadian government stood idly by and said simply 'we will let the process run its course,' his Canadian lawyer John Norris, told an Ottawa press conference Thursday. 'Well, that process has now long run its course. Yet today he still sits in a cell in Guantanamo, eight months after he was eligible to return to Canada,' Norris said.

'It needs to be clear to Canadians: He is a good kid and he deserves a chance at life,' said Lt Col John Jackson. 'Canada must honour the agreement it had with Omar khadr and return him immediately to Canada.' Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said again Wednesday there was nothing new to say about the case..."

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Fri, 2012-06-22 00:00

#78

Boom Boom

Yeah, saw that on both CBC and CTV tonight. Sooner or later the Cons will get a clue, but I'm not optimistic.

Sat, 2012-07-14 08:44

#79

Unionist

Unionist, on April 18, 2012 wrote:

It is inconceivable to me that this government will accept Khadr's request.

I fervently hope I'm wrong. But with no one giving a shit any more (no party in the Commons, at any rate), what do they have to gain vs. the potential loss to their fascist reputation?

But maybe the NDP, the Liberals, the Bloc, and the Green are still busy putting the finishing touches on their eloquent demands for justice for Omar Khadr?

Further to the above post, I have heard no plea from the likes of Mulcair, Rae, Paillé, or May for repatriation of Khadr - though I confess I don't search their speeches daily. Khadr's lawyers are now going to court again. Khadr will no doubt have finished his 8-year sentence by the time the proceedings are over:

[url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/07/13/omar-khadr-lawyers.html]Omar Khadr's lawyers push for transfer to Canada[/url]

Sat, 2012-07-14 10:12

#80

NDPP

There has been no plea from Mulcair et al. And in truth not a lot from the lazy liberal-left generally.

But there has been passionate lobbying from 'patriotic' Canadians...

159 Reasons to Stop Omar Khadr and Charge Him With Treason

http://www.blogwrath.com/canada-terrorism/159-reasons-to-stop-omar-khadr...

"If it wasn't for the repulsive Khadr clan and their Islamic friends, all of those [Canadian] soldiers would've been alive today. Think of that - those were 159 people with families, dreams, friends, and plans for the future, who went to that godforsaken country to help bring it back to normality. Those 159 lost lives are the 159 reasons to keep people like Khadr the murderer out of Canada.

What is the point of sacrificing the bravest Canadians to stop terrorism abroad, if we welcome terrorists in Canada with open arms thanks to deluded politicians and hysterical leftists..."

Sat, 2012-07-14 10:23

#81

laine lowe laine lowe's picture

Roméo Dallaire is still pleading Omar's cause. He's created a petition at change.org:

http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/minister-toews-bring-back-omar-kha...

Thu, 2012-07-19 10:35

#82

NDPP

Omar Khadr: Peace Loving Canadian or Al-Qaeda Royality?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/07/16/omar-khadr-psychiatrists-...

"...Days ago his lawyers filed a notice of application seeking to ask the Federal Court to review the federal government's failure to ask the US to transfer Khadr to Canadian custody.."

Thu, 2012-07-19 10:51

#83

contrarianna

laine lowe wrote:

Roméo Dallaire is still pleading Omar's cause. He's created a petition at change.org:

http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/minister-toews-bring-back-omar-kha...

Elizabeth May at least signed Romeo's Dallaire's petition. I am unaware of any other MP's taking this small step--any word?

Before speaking up for Canada's decency and basic human rights, the members of the "opposition" parties ask thiemselves one crucial ethical question:
"Will this really help my career?"

Fri, 2012-07-20 22:18

#84

Unionist

[url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/07/20/khadr-canada-us.h...' request delays Khadr's transfer to Canada[/url]

Quote:

In a letter to U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta dated July 19, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said he wants access to videos of interviews that two psychiatrists conducted with Khadr, who is serving his eight-year sentence at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Toews also wrote that he wants uncensored versions of the psychiatrists' reports. Toews contends the information is necessary for the Canadian justice system to "effectively secure" Khadr and "appropriately administer his sentence in Canada."

Fri, 2012-07-20 22:39

#85

Boom Boom

This was discussed on P&P tonight. One of the panel said one of the reasons the Canadian government doesn't want Kdahr back any time soon is because once he is on Canadian soil, his lawyer(s) will sue the gov't for quite a significant amount - in the millions of dollars.

Sun, 2012-07-22 18:15

#86

Fidel

They are prolific ditherers in the halls of powerlessness. Nobody does it better. If the Harpers were any slower, they'd be in 1950.

Sun, 2012-07-22 18:25

#87

kropotkin1951

I worry that they are trying to build a file so that when they bring him back to Canada they can lock him up for his own safety and the safety of others using our mental health laws. Harper is not beyond using Stalinist methods to get rid of inconvenient figures.

Thu, 2012-08-23 02:56

#88

NDPP

Canada Doesn't Want khadr Back: Poll

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/22/canada-doesnt-want-khadr-back-poll

"Canadians overwhelmingly agree that convicted terrorist Omar Khadr can stay right where he is, in prison at US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Six in ten Canadians do not want him back..."

Tue, 2012-09-18 03:41

#89

NDPP

Coren Confronts a Khadr (and vid)

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/1836869443001

"Michael Coren attends a Toronto 9/11 vigil where a counter-protest took place in support of Omar Khadr.."

Canadian nazi media in action.

Canada Delaying Transfer of Citizen from Guantanamo Prison: Activists (and vid)

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/09/18/262190/canada-delays-citizens-gitmo...

"Canadian activsts have accused Ottawa of failing to expedite the return of Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen who has unlawfully been held in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp since 2002.."

Sat, 2012-09-22 01:39

#90

NDPP

US Officials Accuse Tories of Leaking Omar Khadr Documents

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1260778-u-s-official...

"US administration officials accuse the federal Conservative government of leaking classified documents about Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, saying they 'are astonished' by the apparent breach..."

surely it is now 'safe' for even the ndp to say something on this...?

Sat, 2012-09-29 09:23

#91

pookie

CBC and Toronto Star reporting that Khadr has been repatriated. Toews holding press conference shortly.

http://www.thestar.com/specialsections/omarkhadr/article/1264339--omar-k...

Sat, 2012-09-29 09:46

#92

Boom Boom

CBC: under Canadian law, Khadr may apply for parole next year.

Fat chance the Cons will listen.

Sat, 2012-09-29 09:49

#93

Unionist

Unionist, in April, wrote:

It is inconceivable to me that this government will accept Khadr's request.

I fervently hope I'm wrong.

Fantastic - I was wrong! Very happy today. One step at a time.

Sat, 2012-09-29 09:55

#94

pookie

Boom Boom wrote:

CBC: under Canadian law, Khadr may apply for parole next year.

Fat chance the Cons will listen.

The more critical question is what restraints they will attempt to place on him once his entire sentence has been served.

Sat, 2012-09-29 09:59

#95

pookie

From Kady O'Malley;s blog: the documents attending Khadr's repatriation.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2012/09/omar-khadrs...

Sat, 2012-09-29 10:01

#96

DiogenesII

I'm happy this is happening. That a child could be charged with murder for throwing a grenade at a soldier of a foreign invading army, after being seriously wounded and blinded in the process, then being tortured so he would plea bargain with a confession. Oh, and self defense is not a defense, and freedom of expression does not exist except for the citizens of the Excited Stares of America.

What a fucked up world this can be.

I read the comments on the CBC website, sorted by most popular, and I have have a hard time believing what I see. Canada is turning into a bunch of hillbillies; as racist and stupid as an Ezra Levant fan club.

Sat, 2012-09-29 10:03

#97

kropotkin1951

pookie wrote:

Boom Boom wrote:

CBC: under Canadian law, Khadr may apply for parole next year.

Fat chance the Cons will listen.

The more critical question is what restraints they will attempt to place on him once his entire sentence has been served.

I fear that he will never see the light off day because they will have the psychiatrists say he is a danger to himself and others and needs "treatment." The reports point to a young man who given his life must be suffering from TSD. (no P cause he's still living the nightmare) The Conservatives from here on out will rely on their nasty appointees to the parole board to wash their hands of him. The good news is we all know the appointed parole board members could not possibly be biased.

Sun, 2013-04-28 16:11

#98

NDPP

Omar Khadr Prison Interview Overruled By Vic Toews' Office

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/04/28/pol-cp-vic-toews-nixes-...

"A federal cabinet minister rejected a request for a prison interview with former Guantanamo By detainee Omar Khadr even though the warden gave it a green light - a move some are denouncing as extraordinary political interference. Khadr, a 26 year old Toronto native, will be appealing his plea-bargained guilty plea and warcrimes conviction in a us civilian federal court, his Canadian lawyer Dennis Edney told CBC News on Sunday..."

Good. Hope he is successful. Outrageous treatment before during and after his Guantanamo incarceration. Rampant islamaphobia doesn;t help him here either.

ps don't forget about the Guantanamo inmates massive hunger strike for human rights

'Americans [and Canadians] don't have good intelligence about almost anything' - Guantanamo lawyer (and vid)

http://rt.com/news/guantanamo-us-intelligence-lawyer-355/

"With Guantanamo authorities saying only 92 detainees are taking part in the hunger strike, lawyer Clive Stafford claims they know little about what is really happening on the base, expressing concern of 'systematic torture' and a high risk of inmate death..."

Sun, 2013-06-30 23:23

#99

Unionist

Omar Khadr is eligible for day parole as of tomorrow. I don't know whether his lawyers have requested it. The most right-wing elements of the MSM are starting a frenzy about it.

Mon, 2013-07-01 05:29

#100

RooStates

Here is a thought: If I was Omar and back in Canada, hopefully getting some education in jail, then why would I apply for early parole when it is not that long until the plea bargained sentence is over.

With the full sentence over, then the "debt" is paid in full. Then freedom is so much fuller since the deatining authority can not put any restrictions on his freedom. This is even worse then granting him parole... do you not think?

How many right-wingers would just love this approach?

I am happy Omar is back. I believe he needs to be either fully pardoned before he is released or just serve out the remainder of the sentence while ensuring the time is spent studying..... maybe accelerated learning to be able to become a lawyer.

I am hoping for some nice comments