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| Canadian al-Qaeda suspect denied entry to Canada | |
| 2003-11-26 | |
| The grandmother of Canadian terrorist suspect Abdul Rahman Khadr, who was released from a U.S. jail at Guantanamo Bay last month, said Tuesday her grandson is not being allowed back into Canada. But Foreign Affairs spokesman Reynald Doiron said Khadr has not been denied a Canadian passport. He said Khadr chose not to return to Canada upon his release. I can sympathize. The winters in Canada are just too damn cold. but I love it! Liberal Leader Paul Martin said Canada would acept Khadr. "Why is the Canadian government just sitting impotent
to not only defending its citizens
but also getting really nasty and refusing them re-entry when they have a right to re-enter," said the family’s lawyer, Rocco Galati. Khadr, 20, was sent to Afghanistan late last month. He was arrested there as part of a round-up of suspected al-Qaeda members after the fall of the Taliban in November 2001. His brother Omar made headlines for his suspected involvement in the killing of a U.S. medic during a battle in Afghanistan last year. He remains in Guantanamo Bay. U.S. officials say their father, Ahmed Said Khadr, is a fugitive senior member of al-Qaeda.
Identification shouldn’t be problem for him, just visit Pakistan next door! He told her the Canadian consulates in Pakistan and Turkey had refused to help him return to Canada. Galati said Khadr twice asked for assistance and travel documents in Turkey but was denied help. "He’s on the streets, he’s without any money or support. His physical health is not good
his mental health is obviously very fragile," Galati said. "Guantanamo was better!!" But Doiron denies Khadr was refused help by consular officials, and there’s no record he asked anyone for assistance. "What we can say is Mr. Khadr can return to Canada as his right
provided of course he would have to step forward and request consular assistance," Dorian said. Doiron said his information indicates Khadr ended up in Afghanistan because that was his choice. Missed his pals I bet. "Suffice to say he was sent to a place that was, let’s say, negotiated between him and the American authorities." | |
| Posted by:Rafael |
| #1 It will no doubt be interesting to see where he goes and with whom he meets ..... |
| Posted by: rkb 2003-11-26 8:01:41 AM |