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| Canadian, 16, held as al-Qaeda killer... |
| 2002-09-05 |
| A 16-year-old Canadian youth, reportedly tied to al-Qaida, is being held in Afghanistan for the murder of a U.S. Special Forces medic, intelligence sources tell WorldNetDaily. All of 16, is the kid? Reports also said the Toronto-born youth, Omar Al Khadr, was badly injured in action that resulted in the death of the U.S. soldier, and that he is being held at U.S. military headquarters in Bagram, north of the capital city of Kabul. Sources said the Canadian government is pressuring Washington for the return of its citizen, while the U.S. government is investigating the death of the Special Forces medic as a potential capital crime. Yep. The U.S. regards murder as a capital crime. And we're not at war with Afghanistan... The youth is just now being interrogated regarding the July 28 killing. Injuries sustained in the altercation with the medic had prevented it earlier, sources said. Khadr is the son of Ahmed Saeed Khadr, a Canadian citizen whom the U.S. has accused of having direct ties to Osama bin Laden. The Khadr incident could be an embarrassment for Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who once interevened on behalf of the father. The father was arrested in 1995 in connection with a bomb at the Egytpian embassy in Islamabad. Chretien pressed Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to give him due process in Canada. Now he can go to bat for the kid, too. Another link via Drudge, who's on a roll today... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |