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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
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.
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You might be right. But if the damages caused by Canada alone are worth 10 times $10.5 million WTF does the US government owe him? $10 billion? They are the ones who committed the acts of torture. Does every gitmo detainee deserve that dough (plus reparation from his home country)?
What about run of the mill Canadian civilians who commit murder or drug offences in the USA?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/6-canad...-u-s-1.1208606 Should these guys be given millions in reparations since the government hasn't extradited them back to Canada?
The whole thing about Khadr is unfortunate. A child forced into war by his dad, and the conflict itself was unfortunate. But Canada giving him that dough just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.