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U.S. Asked To Review Case Of Detainee, 15
Thanks to Steve for the article. Dallas Morning News requires registration...Canada wants more information about a 15-year-old Canadian citizen captured by U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan and has asked Washington to take his age into account as it decides what to do with him. This is the little bastard who killed a Special Forces medic with a grenade... Foreign Affairs spokesman Carl Schwenger said Monday that the International Committee of the Red Cross had visited Omar Khadr, who is being held by U.S. forces in Bagram and could be transferred to a U.S. base in Cuba as an enemy combatant. Leave him there until he dies of old age... Omar, whose father is alleged to be an al-Qaeda financier, was captured July 27 after being wounded during a battle in which a U.S. soldier was killed and four others were wounded. Canada learned of the teen's capture Aug. 20, when the U.S. government contacted officials seeking to verify his identity. "Teens" hang out at malls and go to proms. Little terrorist bastards throw grenades and kill people who're better than they could ever be... Canada asked for consular access to Omar, and the U.S. State Department refused. Maybe that's why Chretien's panties are all bunched... The refusal didn't specifically refer to him by name or contain any personal information, Mr. Schwenger said. It said Canada would be notified if any of its citizens are sent to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as enemy combatants. Mr. Schwenger said Canada responded to the State Department by noting that Omar is a minor. "We specifically underlined our concern regarding his age," Mr. Schwenger said. And we specifically underlined out concern regarding the dead condition of our guy... "Minors are treated differently under law. We want to make that point, and we hope that would be taken into consideration." Okay. Let's consider it... Omar's older brother, 19-year-old Abdul Rahman Khadr, is also being held in Afghanistan. The teens' father, Ahmed Said Khadr, is an Egyptian-born Canadian citizen. He was arrested in Pakistan in 1995 after a bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad but was released. His whereabouts are unknown. Chretien personally intervened for this beauzeau, who then jumped bail. Terrorism is the family business. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-09-17 |
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