By this time tomorrow anybody in Canada who has been following the case of Omar Khadr will have seen at least a little bit of recorded footage of the Guantanamo Bay prisoner’s interrogation, footage I doubt very much I’ll see much of, not that I really care.
The video was shot in February 2003 while Khadr was being interrogated by Canada’s spy authority
The videotaped footage which Khadr’s lawyer will no doubt be releasing to Canadian television networks in an effort to garner sympathy for the jihadist is expected to show Khadr crying uncontrollably and lifting his shirt to reveal bullet wound scars. Boo hoo!
I wonder if Khadr has given any thought to the tears that were shed by the families of what I still believe were his many victims.
Probably not since I don’t think Khadr gave a rat’s ass about the suffering he caused with his murderous actions.
His tears, should I actually see the videotape will have no effect on me. I certainly won’t have any sympathy for him and I hope Canadians don’t either. He’s a killer, and if the Americans hadn’t of captured him when they did, he would have likely killed a Canadian soldier or two by now.
And his mother, what a piece of work she is.
She has weighed in with her two cents worth, and can you believe it, she says as a mother she scared to see the interrogation of her son. Hmm, what about the other mothers, you know the mothers who have lost loved ones because of people like the Khadrs. Is she for real? For a woman who didn’t mind watching her husbands and sons going off to battle to kill a mother’s son, you would think she could stomach watching her son be interrogated by Canadians. Yep, she’s a real piece of work.
We shouldn’t feel sorry for her, and if watching her son being interrogated is going to be so horrible for her, then maybe somebody should force the old terrorist bitch to watch. I’d gladly hold a gun to her head to make her watch the video. Call it my kind of torture.
She even went so far as to say that she hoped she could gather enough strength to watch the video. All I have to say to that is, “Would that strength come from the same place she drew the strength from to motivate her sons into going to war to kill those who were fighting a war that gave people a chance to live the kind of freedom she is living in Canada with her children?”
Anyway, four DVDs containing seven hours of footage taken over a three day period will begin airing tomorrow, and trust me it’s all about propaganda.
Khadr’s lawyers obviously haven’t figured out yet that as far as Canadians go, and I believe I speak for quite a few, they care about as much about what has happened to Omar’s capture as he and his family cared about the innocent people they deliberately targeted with their material support for terrorism. God their stupid aren’t they? Where did they get their law degrees, out of crackerjack box? These particular lawyers are as dumb as they are sympathetic to NATO’s enemy, and the ridiculously funny thing about it all is that they are U.S. military themselves. Is it any wonder things are so f**ked up in the U.S when it comes to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan? As far as I’m concerned they’re a disgrace to the military uniform they where, and embarrassment to the American people they serve.
As for Omar’s Canadian civilian lawyers, I hope they are enjoying the show that is going to see their client locked up for a few more years after this case comes to a close.
They’re losers, and they’re going to lose this case.
I hope none of his Canadian lawyers are expecting to score a big future in Canadian law by defending the murderous little bastard, because other than the odd government position (likely with a Liberal government if that ever happens in their lifetime), and a handful of human rights organisations, I suspect when this case comes to a close there won’t be too many employment opportunities for them in Canada, and there shouldn’t be.
FYI, there’s a reason that Khadr is only the Western inmate still being detained at Guantanamo Bay, and it isn’t because he is merely an innocent kid who got caught up in a battle with NATO forces. It’s because he engaged in a battle with NATO forces, and it’s because he and his family willingly provided material support for al-Qaeda. His mother made that perfectly clear. Perhaps if the old bitch had kept her mouth shut about that, her son would be sitting at home with her planning to commit a terrorist act on Canadian soil, instead of rotting away where he belongs, in a U.S. military prison.
F**k the video, and f**k any Canadian television network or program that airs it.
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1 Muslims Against Sharia // Jul 21, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Hypocrisy of the “Repatriate Omar Khadr to Canada” Movement
As soon as the Gitmo interrogation tape of Omar Khadr hit the Internet, the blogosphere was flooded with demands to repatriate him to Canada. This wave is reminiscent of a Soviet campaign to free Luis Corvalán from the “fascist regime” of Augusto Pinochet thirty five years ago. The scenario is strikingly similar. A “victim” held by “fascist regimes” this time run by Bush and Harper, and a public outcry for justice. Except for the fact that Luis Corvalán didn’t kill anyone and didn’t fight for a terrorist group that wants to impose Sharia.
The “repatriate Khadr” crowd describes him as “a child”, “a kid”, “a boy”, and even “a torture victim”, with no facts to substantiate the torture claims notwithstanding. They complain about Khadr being mistreated, again, without anything to back up their claims. Some of them are outraged about “child abuse.” And they all scream for justice.
They want justice? OK, let’s talk about JUSTICE. What about justice for Sgt. First Class Christopher J. Speer, who was (according to an eyewitness) murdered by this “child”? What about justice for Tabitha Speer, who is a widow because of this “kid”? What about justice for Taryn and Tanner Speer, who are left without a father by this “a boy”? And what about all those Afghani civilians and NATO troops who are a little bit safer because this “torture victim” is behind bars? How many of these “repatriate Khadr” hypocrites concern themselves with justice for real victims? In literally hundreds of posts, we couldn’t find a single one.
One would ask, what is the reason for this idiocy? The answer is simple. Ignorance. Complete and utter ignorance. Let’s forget for a second that Omar Khadr killed Christopher Speer. Let’s forget that Khadr’s father was an al Qaeda financier. Let’s forget that Khadr’s family is known for it being al Qaeda sympathizers. Let’s just remember what this “child” was fighting for in Afghanistan.
This is what Taliban-imposed Sharia looks like in real life: http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2000/07/hypocrisy-of-repatriate-omar-khadr-to.html
Why don’t all of you, bleeding heart demagogues go to Afghanistan and spend a day in a Taliban-controlled territory? And let’s talk about Khadr when you get back. If you get back.
2 Graham // Jul 31, 2008 at 3:29 AM
What a load of redneck right wing crap. Omar was a kid (can you remember when you were 15 years old?). He had been under his father’s influence and obviously fell into line with his father’s view of the world. Thats not good – but that is what impressionable young kids do. Thats why both domestic and international criminal law make special provision for juvenile offfenders – anyone under 18 – Omar was 15!
But lets look at the simple facts:
- he was in Afghanistan;
- Afghanistan was invaded by foreign military;
- he was with a group who were resisting the invasion of THEIR country;
- he came under attack by heavily armed US forces with superior equipment and numbers;
- by the time the soldiers were approaching the ruins of the house in whcih he hid, he was the sole survivor of the household;
- he had been taught the US was the enemy, he had just seen them kill those he was with, in all likelihood he assumed that upon being discovered he would also be shot;
- he then in a final act of defiance, and probably in all expectation of certain death, threw a grenade at the approaching forces (although recent disclosures – by the Prosecution mind you) cast doubt on whether it was him);
- if he had been a member of the Taliban, this would have been within the laws of war and would raise no issue of war crimes or murder; (let that sink in will you)
- as he was a civilian he is not protected by the laws of war and so can be charged with murder.
- gee, if only he had had a set of the Geneva Conventions and some good legal texts explaining all that to him he would have realised that the advancing heavily armed soldiers who had just killed all of his companions, would say – hey mate – you should get out of here – you could get hurt.
And of course this view does not bring back the soldier he allegedly killed (the doubt being raised by a prosecution witness who was allegdely an eyewitness), nor bring back the husband and father – but shit mate – this is a WAR, and those soldiers were in a foreign country armed to the teeth, killing or capturing everyone in sight. War is shit – bad things happen, good people on both sides who do not deserve to die, die.
- What about all the innocent Iraqi and Afghanistani children, mothers and other innocents who have been collateral damage to US actions ?
- Sgt. First Class Christopher J. Speer did NOT get justice – funny thing about war, it is not really a precision legal instrument. Sgt Speer’s death is a sad tragedy, but you don’t fix it by compunding injustice upon injustice.
- the US in its arrogance has set itself above international law. If you ask John Yoo – the President when acting as Commander in Chief is an absolute law unto himself – not bound by international laws or even domestic US law.
There is so much crap spoken about injustice in the war on terror – injustices occur on both sides, US soldiers rape and kill innocent young women, then shoot all the witnesses; Taliban and Al Qaeda cut people’s heads off and show it on prime TV – gee – now which ones are the good guys?
Its never so simple, so black and white. Go and learn some facts and get some perspective on it all before you get back on your soapbox and enlighten us with all of your twisted, unbalanced ‘wisdom’.
That’s it from me for now, I am not wasting any more time on a red neck.
Have a good life mate.
Graham (Australia)
3 Canadian Gypsy // Jul 31, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Hi Graham,
As a matter-of-fact, I do remember when I was 15 years old. I certainly knew the difference between right and wrong, as most Canadian kids do, and I certainly wasn’t playing with grenades or guns. While Khadrs parents taught him about jihad, my mother was kicking me out of the house to get even with her alcoholic common-law husband who left her because he could no longer be in the same house with a woman who abused her children.
I lived under my mother’s influence, and the influence of her many boyfriends, but I never became like them, if only because I rebelled, something 15-year-old Canadian kids know how to do when it comes to their parents.
Canada does have a young offenders act, but he isn’t charged under Canadian law. His charges could interpreted as crimes against humanity though, given that he is charged with providing material support to the al-Qaeda. If it wasn’t for terrorists, the war in Afghanistan would probably have never arisen, and in all likelihood Khadr’s wouldn’t be where he is today. He made his choices, and one of those choices was taking up arms at coalition forces. Those coalition forces include Canadian soldiers by the way, and keep in mind Omar is a Canadian citizen, not a naturalized one either. He was born and raised there. Just goes to show where his loyalties lie, and how patriotic he is doesn’t it.
By the way, do you know anything about the Khadr family, the one’s still alive and living in Canada? Did you know that Omar’s brother is wanted by U.S. authorities for his terrorist activities, and that Canadian authorities are still considering whether or not to hand them over?
Yes Omar was in a group that resisted the invasion, but guess what, that same group is responsible for the attacks on the WTC. Had that attack on the WTC never occurred, the war in Afghanistan likely wouldn’t have erupted and the people of Aghanistan would be safer working in their poppy fields today, cashing on the drug-trade that finances the Taliban and the al-Qaeda. Yeppers, the war in Afghanistan is the U.S.’s fault, they started it. So you see, if the Taliban had not supported, aided and abetted the al-Qaeda in their terrorist attack on the U.S., George W. Bush and his administration wouldn’t have given a thought to invading Afghanistan. Afghanistan, at least the administration, is and was the maker of their own fate. Blaming the U.S. is assinine.
By the way, I see you are from Australia. How do you feel about Australian troops being deployed there? Do you think it’s a worthy cause, or is Australia the aggessor there too?
War is war. If you take up arms you know what the consequences could be whether that person is 15 or 100. Omar Khadr knew what the consequences would be, and now that he has been caught and is going to be held accountable he is singing a different tune, if only to play on the sympathies of people like yourself who, people he can manipulate into seeing things his way. He’s good at it isn’t he. You’re living proof of that.
Redneck eh? Is that best you can come up with? Do you feel better now, do you think your point of view has made an impact on me? Are you hoping I might change my mind with the argument you make in your rant? Get real buddy!
It’s been a pleasure, but before I forget; those 3 Bali bombers are finally going to be executed, have any thoughts on that mate?
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