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| Don't cry for Khadr |
| 2010-08-10 |
| By Ezra Levant Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr has it tough in Guantanamo Bay — just ask him, and the chorus of left-wing journalists and lawyers whose love for him makes Justin Biebers groupies look restrained. Khadr says he has been tortured at Guantanamo Bay. But Monday, prosecutors in his murder trial showed a video of some of that “torture”: American guards trying to weigh Khadr when he first arrived there, as per Red Cross regulations. He wiggled and wriggled, first claiming he had to go to the potty, and then just crying. But then Khadr regained his composure — and showed his true nature. “Sooner or later, God will take our revenge,” he said to the guards. And what would Allah do to the guards, in vengeance for weighing him, as any prisoner in Canada is weighed? He will “torture you,” said Khadr, presumably meaning something more than just being weighed. My, my. Invoking God and violence — sounds like a jihadi to me. But dont let facts like that interfere with the liberal fiction of Khadr being a naive kid, just running with the wrong crowd, an innocent lamb. Oh, the indignity of being weighed. The average Guantanamo detainee puts on 20 pounds during his stay at Guantanamo Bay, a place where more money is spent on Muslim halal food for prisoners than for the guards there. Fitting into his old pants is just torture! Its not just the special Muslim food; the Muslim call to prayer sounds five times a day at Guantanamo Bay, and arrows point to Mecca to show prisoners where to pray. Khadr knows better: He aims his prayers to Canadas liberal press. Khadr and his fellow inmates can work off all those large lunches if they like, playing basketball, volleyball and soccer. The Pentagon even provides high-top sneakers. Theres board games in the lounge, and plenty of TV time, including Arabic language TV and a library stocked with books in 13 languages. And as the Suns David Akin reported exclusively last month, Khadr has access to Nintendo, and regular computers, too. And then there are the care packages sent to Khadr by Canadas own Department of Foreign Affairs. To be clear: Canadian taxpayers send regular gifts to Khadr to make his stay even more comfortable. Its not the misogynist paradise of 72 virgins Khadr once said motivated him in his jihad. But there are more than a few similarities with the other resorts on Cuba. Monday, the judge decided to hear about the reality of Khadr, not just the carefully constructed fiction his lawyers have offered up to an unquestioning media. He ruled tapes of Khadrs confessions will be admitted at trial. Question: Do you think the media will continue to use the junior high-school yearbook photo of Khadr, taken before he even went to Afghanistan and circulated to the press by Khadrs own mother as an act of propaganda? Or do you think maybe — just maybe — well see footage of the violent, threatening Khadr? Oh, and one last thing. Do you care that the very first Canadian killed in hostile action in Afghanistan was killed by an IED assembled by a terrorist who was under 18, just like Khadr was? |
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