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| Canadian accused of buying weapons for al-Qaeda freed |
| 2010-08-06 |
| A Canadian accused by the US of supplying weapons to al-Qaeda has been sprung in Toronto after a judge refused to extradite him to the US. Abdullah Khadr, 29, had been in jug since 2005, when he was arrested in Canada at US officials' request. Mr Khadr is the elder brother of Omar Baby FaceKhadr, the only Westerner held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The judge said statements made by Mr Khadr and used as the basis for the case against him were "unreliable". Mr Khadr was arrested in Pakistan in October 2004 after the CIA offered Pakistani authorities a $500,000 (£314,000) bounty. The US accused him of procuring weapons, including mine components and rocket-propelled grenades, for al-Qaeda to use against coalition forces in Afghanistan. He returned to Canada after about a year in Pakistani custody, and in December 2005 was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at US request. The US sought to extradite him to face charges. On Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Christopher Speyer halted extradition proceedings, effectively denying the US bid. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 He's been in custody for over 4 years. That's time enough for our Canadian officials to have implanted the GPS/tracking/voice recording computer chip in his buttocks. Now we can track his every move. Insh'Allah. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2010-08-06 19:59 |
| #6 He'll be back. It's a family tradition. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-06 17:03 |
| #5 Abdullah.....? What a strange name for a terrorist. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-06 16:13 |
| #4 Exactly why was this thing not extradited? Just another, poor, misuderstood terrorist? |
| Posted by: miscellaneous 2010-08-06 16:06 |
| #3 fight a war with lawyers Let's see; shall we give the lawyers guns and send them to the front? Or just wage war directly against them? Either would work better than the current system. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-08-06 15:59 |
| #2 That's what we get for trying to fight a war with lawyers. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-08-06 11:48 |
| #1 It is amazing how many of the characters the West has released have showed up in positions of influence or power in Islamist circles. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-08-06 10:32 |