The son of a leading al-Qaeda member killed by Pakistani troops said Sunday that he doubted whether his father was really dead. "We had not seen the DNA test," Abdurahman Khadr, 20, told CBC television. But he added: "I think he has a right, as a Canadian, to be buried here in Canada." Pakistani military officials told AFP on Sunday that his father, Ahmed Saeed Abdur Rehman Khadar, a Canadian national, was among the eight terror suspects killed in the Pakistani military operation. Earlier, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told AFP the identification of Khadr was established by DNA testing since his body had been badly mutilated during the operation. Security officials said Khadr was an "established al-Qaeda operative" and was among the network’s senior leadership. Abdurahman Khadr lives in Toronto with the rest of his family, but grew up in Afghanistan.
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"When we were kids, we played with Osama (bin Laden)’s kids," he said, but denied that his father was a top leader in al-Qaeda. The senior Khadr, an Egyptian-born Canadian, was killed in the Pakistan army operation on October 2 in which 18 others were also arrested, according to the military. Abdurahman Khadar said his younger brother Abdullah, 14, one of those wounded in the October operation should, "as a Canadian, be brought back to Canada, especially at this time because of his medical condition." |