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Khadr and al Qaeda’s child terrorists

By International Association of Penal Law

Murder, attempted murder, material support, conspiracy and spying are the charges against Omar Khadr who recently faced a military commission which heard challegnes to its jurisdiction. I’ve previously blogged in detail about those charges here. As I’ve previously noted, Khadr comes from a dedicated al Qaeda family, with a family tradition of terrorism. Abdurahman Khadr, Omar?s brother boldly stated ?I admit it that we are an al-Qaeda family. We had connections to al-Qaeda.? and later revealed that he had been ?raised to become a suicide bomber.? Khadr?s father Ahmad was killed in a targeted missile strike(others say in a shootout) in Pakistan. Prior to his death, Ahmad Khadr was a long time member of al Qaeda and rose to the highest levels of the al Qaeda terrorist network, commanding a region of Logar per the direct orders of Osama Bin Laden...continue to full post

Full post as published by AIDP Blog on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).