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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Were those bombs for terrorism or were they for war? It makes a big difference. People seem to forget that while the taliban were considered a terrorist organization everywhere else, they were the government body in Afghanistan at the time, anything they did to defend against coalition forces were no different than what the Germans did in WWI and II, unless you consider what they did to be acts of terrorism, what Khadr did was not terrorism. The case could be made for treason, but again his age at the time and the upbringing he was born into are significant factors to consider when determine whether or not he could have avoided this scenario.
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Once again, you have exactly the same problem as the let him rot in prison crowd. The fact his rights were violated or that he was a child are totally independent issues from whether or not he was providing material support to a terrorist organization. 2 separate issues.
Khadr and his family were also not with the Taliban, which by the time of the incident had been ousted from power so this may be a moot point anyways. Khadr and his family were with Arab members of Al Queda. Their compatriots were part of organizations on Canada and the USA's terrorist lists. Khadr and his father were primarily acting as translators for the foreign Arab Al Queda fighters, who could not speak Pashtun as they were not native to Afghanistan. The videos, however, also show that Khadr was involved in manufacturing weapons. Once again, whether or not his father put him up to this would be a mitigating factor in his sentencing, and not likely a factor in his conviction.
So if Khadr had some kind of official role with the Taliban government, you might be right. If he's travelling across the country with members of Al Queda translating for them and building and planting bombs, you're probably incorrect.