Plea comes amid speculation about a deal to send him to Canada prison
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Canadian captive Omar Khadr pleaded guilty on Monday to all five terrorism charges against him in the U.S. war crimes tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay naval base as part of a deal that would limit his sentence
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Khadr, who was captured in Afghanistan at age 15 and is now 24, admitted he conspired with al-Qaida and killed a U.S. soldier with a grenade in Afghanistan.
Before finalizing the plea, the judge said he would question Khadr to ensure the defendant understood he was waiving his right to appeal.
Khadr was 15 when he was captured in the rubble of a bombed-out al-Qaida compound in Afghanistan and has spent more than eight years at Guantanamo.
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15 year old kid.
ReplyDeleteWhy can't our military defeat Iraq and Afghanistan?
Are they great fighters or what?
Or do we just suck?
Older Americans could have gone over there and kicked some butt. The young kids aren't any good at fighting.
A 15 yr old kid went from the USA to Afghnaistan??? And his mommy and daddy had NO IDEA???
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