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Old 07-13-2017, 02:19 PM   #547
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Omar Khadr though born in Canada really never has lived here until his recent release from prison. Timeline below from birth in Toronto until his time in Guantanamo Bay. Mostly his family made brief visits to collect money for terrorism starting when he was around 10 years old. Canadians of convenience.

1986: Omar Khadr is born in Toronto on Sept. 19, but lives with family in Pakistan until 1995.

1995: Khadr's father is arrested in connection with the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, but is freed after then-prime minister Jean Chretien raises the arrest with Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

1996: After briefly returning to Canada, the family moves to Jalalabad in Taliban-controlled eastern Afghanistan, where they live in Osama bin Laden's compound.

1996: The Khadr brothers begin attending weapons training camps affiliated with the Taliban and bin Laden. The family makes annual trips to Canada to raise money and collect supplies.

July 27, 2002: Two Afghan government soldiers are killed and several U.S. troops suffer injuries as coalition forces move in on Khadr's compound. Khadr throws a grenade that kills U.S. Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer. Khadr is injured in the melee.

October 2002: Khadr is transferred to Guantanamo Bay.


http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/timelin...hadr-1.2363587

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