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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I'm not even advocating for that to be honest. Again, these are all just my opinions, but war is war. They are all (presumably) willing combatants. The Americans attacked, and Mr. Khadr, under orders from his dad, along with his militia, fought back. I don't think anyone should be suing anyone here.
The Americans have definitely committed crimes here in detaining and torturing a combatant.
Having a third party (Canadian government) paying reparations just doesn't make sense in my head.
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CCIS traveled to Cuba to visit Khadr in jail there and would have presumably offered consular services such as providing a lawyer or at least advising him of his rights and putting up some sort of fight for his rights. Instead they participated in an illegal interrogation and were complicit with the Americans and their multitude of rights violations. The information they gathered from Khadr was given to the Americans and they were never seen or heard from again.
10.5 million is a deal. It should be ten times that. It's a pleasant little reminder that we should never be a lap dog for untrustworthy, corrupt regimes anywhere.
I think I read that Khadr is the only one charged with murder in the several thousand US troop deaths associated with Afghanistan and Iraq.