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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Canada literally fought to have him back. US wanted to keep him; why did Canada not let them keep Khadr for the rest of his life?
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Everything I've read about this case indicates that the US wanted to send him back to Canada but The Harper Government (Vic Toews in particular) didn't want anything to do with it.
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But the case became politically charged again this year — much to Washington’s consternation — as Canada’s Conservative government failed to act swiftly on Khadr’s application for transfer.
Toews was accused of deliberately stalling a decision on Khadr’s transfer request. Khadr’s lawyers made a federal court application alleging it was an “abuse of process.” The case was expected to proceed this week.
Senior Obama administration officials told the Star last week that Washington’s patience with Ottawa was wearing thin and the Khadr case was jeopardizing future relations between the countries, although it is not clear if this pressured Ottawa to ac
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