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Gitmo, tears, kids. nuf’ said

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

From The Dream Antilles Omar Khadr (born 9/19/86) is a Canadian who has been imprisoned in Guantanamo in connection with the alleged killing of a US soldier during a battle in Afghanistan in 2002. At the time of his capture by US forces, Khadr had been shot three times and was near death. Khadr was 15 at the time, a child soldier. He will be 22 in September. He has been detained in Gitmo for more than 6 years in essentially solitary confinement. Today some video of his interrogation was released in Canada. The video is here via BBC. It is not of good quality, but the audio works. It is revolting. I think this is the part where I throw in the “I love my country, but fear my government” bit.

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).