Khadr to Harper: Sorry to disappoint you
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And when the poor of the world wish to progress out of poverty, what do they do?
They adopt market economies.....
Omar Khadr's release criticized by U.S. soldier Layne Morris
A retired American soldier who was blinded in one eye during a firefight in Afghanistan has criticized a Canadian judge's decision to allow the release of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who was convicted in the attack.
Toronto-born Omar Khadr was convicted of war crimes, including throwing a grenade when he was 15 years old that killed U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer in Afghanistan during a 2002 firefight.
Layne Morris of Utah, who lost sight in one eye from shrapnel during the skirmish, said Khadr's release Thursday was worrisome.
"This is a man who has demonstrated a willingness and a capability to do great harm to Canadian society and Western interests in general," he told the Deseret News newspaper in Salt Lake City.
Last year, Morris and Speer's widow filed a $44.7 million US wrongful death and injury lawsuit against Khadr in U.S. District Court in Utah.
Khadr, son of an alleged senior al-Qaeda financier, said he categorically rejects violent jihad and wants a fresh start. He plans to finish his education and work in health care.
"I'm sorry for the pain I've caused for the families of the victims," he told reporters after his release on bail. "There's nothing I can do about the past but I can do something about the future."
Khadr spent 10 years in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Since 2012, he had been held in Canada, serving out an eight-year sentence handed down by a U.S. military commission in 2010. He was once the youngest detainee at Guantanamo, arriving there at age 15. He is now 28.
Court of Appeal Justice Myra Bielby rejected the Canadian government's emergency request to stop Khadr's release while he appeals his U.S. war crimes conviction. A lower court judge granted him bail last month.
The U.S. State Department supports the Canadian government's decision to appeal the bail decision.
Omar Khadr's release criticized by U.S. soldier Layne Morris - Canada - CBC News
A retired American soldier who was blinded in one eye during a firefight in Afghanistan has criticized a Canadian judge's decision to allow the release of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who was convicted in the attack.
Toronto-born Omar Khadr was convicted of war crimes, including throwing a grenade when he was 15 years old that killed U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer in Afghanistan during a 2002 firefight.
Layne Morris of Utah, who lost sight in one eye from shrapnel during the skirmish, said Khadr's release Thursday was worrisome.
"This is a man who has demonstrated a willingness and a capability to do great harm to Canadian society and Western interests in general," he told the Deseret News newspaper in Salt Lake City.
Last year, Morris and Speer's widow filed a $44.7 million US wrongful death and injury lawsuit against Khadr in U.S. District Court in Utah.
Khadr, son of an alleged senior al-Qaeda financier, said he categorically rejects violent jihad and wants a fresh start. He plans to finish his education and work in health care.
"I'm sorry for the pain I've caused for the families of the victims," he told reporters after his release on bail. "There's nothing I can do about the past but I can do something about the future."
Khadr spent 10 years in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Since 2012, he had been held in Canada, serving out an eight-year sentence handed down by a U.S. military commission in 2010. He was once the youngest detainee at Guantanamo, arriving there at age 15. He is now 28.
Court of Appeal Justice Myra Bielby rejected the Canadian government's emergency request to stop Khadr's release while he appeals his U.S. war crimes conviction. A lower court judge granted him bail last month.
The U.S. State Department supports the Canadian government's decision to appeal the bail decision.
Omar Khadr's release criticized by U.S. soldier Layne Morris - Canada - CBC News
And how many Afghan civilians did this ex soldier or his unit kill while on duty in Afghanistan? He has an ax to grind, that is all.
Have you ever met any Vietnamese people ? Do you think America was fighting alone in Vietnam ?
Of course misery loves company look at Cliff .
Enlighten us o wise one, how many civilians of the ilk of bomb making Omar did his unit kill ?
Hey boot licker, at least that invading war criminal special forces killer won't be toasting any mothers and children in thier homes again.
EH? So who's boots I'm I licking??
Do you honestly think my view on Omar is unique.. try again..
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Patriots-Unite-Against-Terrorist-Omar-Khadr/297881230296108
Agreed.
I can assure you, that the next time Canada asks for a prisoner back from the USA, people will remember Omar - and Canada will get refused.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuhbjXbt0po
A recent review of Khadr family on Wikipedia.
Link to image: http://i57.tinypic.com/nfjndj.png
Actually we can blame Uncle Sam who organized every detail of the coup including handpicking and training the new flunky Rawandan Prezident in the USofA.
Well you're entitled to your opinion...
As Margaret Thatcher put it, "A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist."
It is the government's DUTY to keep this smug specimen locked away from the general public!
He still has to go to court to face the charges on killing a US Soldier.. he will have his day in court, and I hope they fry him.
418 now.. I never new the page existed.
Well you're entitled to your opinion...
As Margaret Thatcher put it, "A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist."
It is the government's DUTY to keep this smug specimen locked away from the general public!
He still has to go to court to face the charges on killing a US Soldier.. he will have his day in court, and I hope they fry him.
Margaret was a terrorist Boomer and as of 1974 we don't have a Canadian Government, that insturment is wholey owned and operated by the BIS. Vote yourself silly slave, it won't make any difference to the owners.
Wow .Margaret was a terrorist Boomer and as of 1974 we don't have a Canadian Government, that insturment is wholey owned and operated by the BIS. Vote yourself silly slave, it won't make any difference to the owners.
The Supreme Court of Canada dealt a blow to the federal government Thursday in a case involving Omar Khadr, the former teenage al-Qaeda member freed on bail last week in Alberta. It said Mr. Khadr should be treated as if he were sentenced as a juvenile. The federal government had argued that he deserved to be treated more severely, as an adult.
The ruling is unusual in that it was delivered from the bench shortly after the court heard arguments from the federal government and Mr. Khadr’s lawyers. Usually, the court considers its rulings for several weeks before releasing a decision. The promptness suggests that the court found the legal principles too obvious to require any more time to think about.
The Canadian government had argued that the eight-year sentence should be treated as five separate eight-year sentences on various charges, all of them running concurrently.
The ruling is another major defeat for the federal government involving Mr. Khadr.
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Supreme Court rules Omar Khadr was sentenced as a juvenile in minutes - The Globe and Mail
The ruling is unusual in that it was delivered from the bench shortly after the court heard arguments from the federal government and Mr. Khadr’s lawyers. Usually, the court considers its rulings for several weeks before releasing a decision. The promptness suggests that the court found the legal principles too obvious to require any more time to think about.
The Canadian government had argued that the eight-year sentence should be treated as five separate eight-year sentences on various charges, all of them running concurrently.
The ruling is another major defeat for the federal government involving Mr. Khadr.
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Supreme Court rules Omar Khadr was sentenced as a juvenile in minutes - The Globe and Mail
and Boomer, et all, are damn near creaming their jeans hoping Khadr picks door number 3 so that their hate can be justified.
Why would he.. you see that smile, he won the lottery, 10 million dollars of Tax Payer Money..
Why would he.. you see that smile, he won the lottery, 10 million dollars of Tax Payer Money..
If he got it, then good for him. He was screwed by his family, and then screwed by his government.