The charges against Khadr, they said in a recent court filing, cross a line in the treatment of children that no other country has crossed "in modern history."

The prosecutors, they say, included in their charges acts that occurred when Khadr was younger than 10. Khadr "was subject to undue adult influences...

"Khadr is undoubtedly a jihadist by now."

Considering he actually fired a weapon at an enemy, he's more of a jihadist than 99% of self proclaimed "jihadists".

There is nothing that can be done with this kid, he will kill people if you let him out. He's just one more glaring example of why these people should have been left in Afghanistan to be dealt with by the Northern Alliance. His crimes were committed there and we have no jurisdiction over him.

Khadr is undoubtedly a jihadist by now.


And what was he when he killed an American Soldier, jackass?

Took 'em all from Canada where they mostly liked it

Nobody likes Canada...

Why is he a war criminal and not a POW?

It's hard to conceive that this kid is war criminal in the true sense of the expression. And if he is a war criminal, why don't the regular statutes apply?

I'm confused.

"He's tanned, rested and ready."

Welcome to Club Gitmo!

Nobody likes Canada...

Posted by Rob_The_A_Hole at 2007-06-04 11:15 AM | Reply

Rob, I know a retired couple in the South who go to Lake Manitoba for a couple weeks every August. Just to get out of the heat.

So someone likes Candada, for a few days.

I guess If we just shot them all on the battlefield, we wouldn't have this problem. "War crimes" is not killing enemy soldiers.

"Why is he a war criminal and not a POW?

It's hard to conceive that this kid is war criminal in the true sense of the expression. And if he is a war criminal, why don't the regular statutes apply?

I'm confused."

You should be. International law is not properly equipped to deal with this situation in particular and terrorism in general. They definitely aren't POWs.

Why this is still not addressed is a mystery. One can only assume that the international community is not interested in putting a legal framework around the treatment of members of terror organizations.

Meanwhile, people of all political stripes pretend to know the legal status of these people. Some will use the lack of legal framework to say we have to let them go. Others say the shortcoming allows us to do whatever we want. Who is right just depends on who is in charge.

kill em all

Another stunning victory for Speedy Gone-zalez' DOJ:

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday.


The judge said he did not have jurisdiction to try Khadr under a new 2006 law authorizing tribunals at Guantanamo for foreign terrorism suspects. Khadr did not meet the exact definition of those eligible for trial, as written in the law.

Has there ever been a more incompetent Administration?

"""Who is right just depends on who is in charge.""""

Lovely.

I guess If we just shot them all on the battlefield, we wouldn't have this problem.

Posted by Sniper at 2007-06-04 11:51 AM | Reply

Canadians?

I guess If we just shot them all on the battlefield, we wouldn't have this problem.

Posted by Sniper at 2007-06-04 11:51 AM | Reply

Canadians?


Best not, who'd be covering Bush/Blair's asses in Afghanistan?

He was a child soldier, like those kidnapped and forced to fight in Africa. Why he wasn't rehabilitated is beyond reason. He never should have been taken to Pakistan and Afghanistan by his parents and he never should have been sent to Gitmo.

In this is a case two lives have been wasted, the medic who ws killed when this child threw the grenade and now the child who's grown up in a gulag. If we want to see real progress in the war against the Taliban and Al-Queda (I won't say war against terror because that has got to be the stupidest concept since Russian democracy) then we have to find political leaders with the courage to go into Pakistan and actually do something. Instead we get Bush and Blair who pander to the military dictatorship of Pakistan, a dictatorship with no interest in pursuing Islamic militants.