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2007-02-24 Great White North

Canadian court strikes down anti-terror law

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Posted by Fred 2007-02-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What a shame. Canadian forces are doing an absolutely supurb job in Afghanistan.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2007-02-24 00:34|| 2007-02-24 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 What the court did was extend the rights of Canadian citizens to all of their enemies.

The same faulty thinking would have done that for our Gitmo detainees as well.

This is a fault, not a feature of our legal hubris and a weapon the jihadis use against all developed countries.

Posted by DanNY 2007-02-24 05:33|| 2007-02-24 05:33|| Front Page Top

#3 I can agree with this in principle, especially if the people arrested are Canadian citizens or resident aliens. This is totally different from the US situation with prisoners in Guantanimo. The US prisoners were "unlawful combattants", which are forbidden by the Geneva conventions, and can be detained or killed without further judicial interference. Maybe the attorneys general of Canada and the US need to get together and work out a law that will satisfy both governments, and then work to get that law implemented. Working together,they can also establish reciprocity, so that criminals in one jurisdiction can be transferred to another jurisdiction without all the red tape.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-02-24 14:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-02-24 14:31|| Front Page Top

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