I don’t read much about Canadian Gitmo detainee Omar Khadr’s case anymore online, the likely reason being that nothing much has changed and therefore there’s nothing to report, but from time-to-time I am reminded of the person myself and many other Canadians think is a terrorist.
Take today for example.
A Somalian-born Canadian who doesn’t get nearly as much ink or toner as Khadr does, was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for conspiracy to provide support al-Qaeda, and with time served he will be back in Canada next year where he will come under the scrutiny of Canadian authorities if he hasn’t already.
You can bet that upon his return to Canada he will be detained, investigated and interrogated thoroughly by national security agents before he is let loose on the streets, unless of course more terror related activities about Mohammed Abdullan Warsame emerge during his imminent detention.
Given what U.S. justice has handed Warsame I suspect that Khadr will most likely meet the same fate, though that murder charge his facing could result in a much heavier sentence, one that won’t see him returning to Canada anytime soon. Then again given his age at the time he is alleged to have committed the murder he is charge with, and the claim his lawyers are making about the lack of evidence that points the finger of blame at him, you never know.
He just might get off, but I don’t think he will beat the charge of providing material support to a terrorist organization. I think the worst case scenario for Khadr if he is found guilty of that charge and cleared of the murder charge is, that he will pretty much get the same sentence as Warsame, and that he will be deported back to Canada almost immediately, the difference being that I think authorities will leave him alone once he is on Canadian soil.
The way I see it, I think the authorities at the urging of the Canadian government, will back off. I don’t have a problem with that just as long as they keep a close eye on him and the rest of the first family of terrorism he was raised in.
The amount of time Khadr has already served is going to weigh heavily in his favour when the day comes that he is sentenced for the crimes he is convicted of, including the murder charge, if he is convicted of that one too. Bottom line, and this is just my opinion, I think that Khadr is going to be back in Canada within the next year. Call it a gut feeling.
Anyway, if the sentence that was handed down to Warsame Thursday in Minneapolis is anything to go by, freedom is nigh for the only Canadian, and the youngest to ever be detained at Guantanamo Bay.
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1 flipper // Jul 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM
I expect that the Americans will make a “Federal Case” out of Khadr’s trial..and throw the proverbial book at the terrorist…I can only hope for a sentence of 25 years (minimum) with no parole..At 15 years of age,you DO know the difference between right and wrong..His age should have no bearing on the case,if you want to make a big deal of it ,…Captured when he was only 15,then how about… Sent to an Al-Queda training camp when he was 13…with his loving family’s approval! I am a little frustrated with the American’s lack of a timely court date for our favorite home-grown terrorist and would like to see a definite date for “poor lil’ Omar’s “trial. The sooner he faces a jury, the sooner he can start serving his jail sentence! I have NO sympathy for his plight and consider all those who plead for this thug to be misguided leftist loonies who don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground…
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