I did not recall the timeline of the taliban, nor was I defending their actions against their people. I was just looking at it from the perspective that even if recently removed whether we agreed with it or not they were still the government of that country, the al Qaeda part is different. I just see it as very gray because al Qaeda were supporting the taliban resistance and we don't know how involved Khadr was with their terrorism activities, we know he was aiding resistance forces in Afghanistan but because of the circumstances it can be debated whether or not resisting foreign government armed forces is considered terrorism.
It's interesting to read on that the US government didn't consider the taliban as a terrorist organization.
As for Khadr's apology, he made a generic apology, he didn't apologize directly to Speers' family, but if he is not guilty of murdering him I can understand why he wouldnt apologize to them directly.
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What is going to be investigated is how this government handled this case, and questions are going to be asked about the secrecy of the payout.
I also believe that the government should have enforced a position that $0.00 of his settlement could go to that family of his.
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I'm not sure if the legality of a condition such as that, if it is legal do we know for a fact that such a condition wasn't part of the agreement?