You want my honest opinion on this, the whole Khadr clan looks, acts, and smells like a smaller Canadian version of the al-Ghamdis and should probably be regarded as such.
The family of a Canadian teenager being held by Pakistani authorities is trying to get him back home. Abdul Karim Khadr, 14, was wounded and taken into custody when Pakistani security forces raided an alleged al-Qaeda hideout last October.
Damn, the initial reports said he was dead ...
Khadr is the third member of his family to be taken into custody by counter-terrorism forces. His sister, Zaynab, who lives in Pakistan, says Canadian authorities contacted her on Thursday. She was told Karim was injured in a gunfight when taken into custody back in October. It’s the first news she’s heard of her brother in months. "They said that he has an arm injury and that it is healing very well. And they said he has a spinal injury and that he can’t feel his lower half, from his waist down."
| They don't tell you about that part when they're recruiting, do they? Hope he has a colostomy bag and daily pain... |
Karim’s brothers and father are also accused of having ties to al-Qaeda. His father, Ahmed Said, is suspected of having close ties to Osama bin Laden. His oldest brother is accused of being the commander of an al-Qaeda training camp. And two other brothers have been held at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. One brother was released late last year, the other is still in U.S. custody. For now, Zaynab says she simply wants to see Karim. "I really hope I can see him. I really do. The Canadians say that he’d really be happy to see us. I can understand, I mean he’s 14, he hasn’t seen us for the last three months."
| How many months did he go without seeing you when he ran off to fight jihad? |
Zaynab says Canadian authorities are hoping to arrange to bring the teen back to Canada for medical treatment. But, just what role the Canadian government can play in the matter is still unclear.
It might be wise to keep in mind that the kid’s age aside, he was involved in fighting Pakistani troops when this whole thing went down back in October. Al-Qaeda doesn’t recognize our Western adult/child combatant distinctions and releasing him is setting loose another of bin Laden’s foot soldiers - his brother, for example, is only a couple years older but killed a Special Forces medic. |