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Harper’s New Canada, Omar Khadr, and the wrong side of the law

July 18th 2008 — Text + Video — 2 Comments

I haven’t discussed Omar Khadr since video of his “interrogation” by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service at the Guantanamo prison camp was released by his lawyers.
Partly, this is because I’m not sure what to say about it. Surely, the video isn’t an accurate portrayal of Mr. Khadr’s illegal kidnapping and torture. The dismissive and [...]

Terror, state-terror, lies, and Omar Khadr

March 13th 2008 — Text — Leave a Comment

When Omar Khadr was 15, he was kidnapped and illegally imprisoned (pardon, extra-judicially detained) by the United States military. He has been held in Guantanamo Bay, as the last Westerner, since 2002 — after his seizure at an Afghanistan firefight between militants and U.S. troops. The (then) young Khadr was accused of throwing a grenade [...]

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