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| Abdullah Khadr now a free man in Toronto |
| 2005-12-08 |
| He's baaaaaack. Abdullah Khadr is back in Canada after being released from Pakistan, a published report said on Wednesday. Khadr was escorted by Canadian officials on a flight to Toronto on Friday and released, said the Toronto Star. Legal documents cited by the newspaper indicate that the RCMP is investigating Khadr and his sister Zaynab for terrorism-related offences. His sister proudly admitted in a TV interview that she supports Al-Qaeda. She was wearing a burka at the time in case in the future she has to back-peddle on her comments. Unconfirmed reports allege Abdullah ran an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan while he was teenager in the 1990s. He has not been charged criminally. The 24-year-old's family has been the subject of much speculation regarding their alleged links to terrorism. His brother, Omar Khadr, is the only Canadian held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the U.S. runs a detention centre. A special U.S. tribunal has charged Omar in connection with the killing of an American soldier during the Afghanistan war. He killed a combat medic, keep in mind. Their father, Ahmed Said Khadr, is accused of financing terrorism and died in a 2003 gunfight with Pakistani troops. My condolences. To any injured Pakistani soldiers. It's unclear who held Khadr in Pakistan and why he was released. He disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the U.S. and there has been no official confirmation of where he's been since then. The Toronto Star says U.S. authorities may ask the RCMP to lay unspecified charges against Khadr and have him extradited. |
| Posted by:Rafael |
| #1 admitted in a TV interview that she supports Al-Qaeda Just to be clear, that was a Canadian interview, not some Al Jazeera station (where AQ veneration is dime-a-dozen). |
| Posted by: Rafael 2005-12-08 02:07 |