Just a refresher on the facts...
Khadr case: Timeline of key events
1977-- Khadr family emigrates from Egypt, settles in southern Ontario
1985 -- Patriarch Ahmen Said Khadr moves to Pakistan at the height of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, meets Osama bin Laden.
Sept. 19 1986-- Omar Khadr is born in Ontario.
1986-- The Khadr family moves back to Pakistan, where the Ahmed Said Khadr works for an organization financed partly by the Canadian International Development Agency
1992-- Ahmed Said Khadr returns to Toronto after his leg is injured in an explosion
1995-- Ahmed Said Khadr is arrested for his alleged role in the bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad. He is later released after Jean Chretien intervenes on his behalf.
1996-- Family returns to Canada, but Ahmed Said Khadr leaves again for Pakistan, forming his own humanitarian relief group. The family moves to Jalabad in Taliban-controlled eastern Afghanistan, where they live in Osama bin Laden’s camp.
1996– Omar and his brothers are taken to meet Al Qaeda leaders for training at the age of 10. The family makes annual trips to Canada to raise money and collect supplies.
1999-- Khadr family moves to Kabul, where Taliban have taken control after a long civil war.
Nov. 2001-- The U.S.-backed Northern Alliance rebels chase the Taliban out of Kabul. Omar Khadr flees to his father's orphanage in Logar, Afghanistan.
June 2002 -- After training on AK-47s, Soviet PKs and rocket-propelled grenades, Khadr, 15, works as a translator for alQaeda and conducts a surveillance mission.
Oct. 2001-- Ahmed Said Khadr is named on a list of suspected terrorists wanted by the FBI
July 2002-- According to statements of fact later read at his trial, Omar Khadr, now 15, threw a Russian-made F1 grenade from behind the wall of a compound in Afghanistan. The grenade killed U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer. Omar Khadr is captured by the U.S. military after its forces bombed the compound. A firefight led to the death of a U.S. soldier and Omar being severely wounded. He lost sight in one eye. First detained at Bagram Air Base.
Oct. 2002-- At age of 16, Khadr is transferred to Guantanamo Bay. Later, lawyers will argue that Khadr was not afforded special safeguards and care, including legal protections appropriate to the age of "child soldiers."
Oct. 2003-- Omar’s father is killed by Pakistani forces.
Feb. 2003-- CSIS officials first interrogate the young Khadr. According to legal documents, he was not provided access to legal counsel until November 2004.
Nov. 2003-- Abdurahman Khadr, Omar Khadr’s younger brother, returns to Toronto after being released from Guantanamo Bay in July. He tells media he travelled and cooperated with U.S. intelligence services in the months between his release and return to Canada.
March 2004 -- Khadr's grandmother, Fatmah Elsamnah, launches lawsuit against the Department of Foreign Affairs, alleging Ottawa failed to protect her grandson's rights as a Canadian. Elsamnah later launches a similar suit against U.S. authorities.
Sept. 2004-- Khadr deemed "enemy combatant” by Combat Status Review Tribunal.
Aug. 2005 -- A Federal Court judge says Canadian agencies, including CSIS, are violating Khadr's Charter rights by turning information gleaned in interviews over to U.S. investigators.
Nov. 2005-- After an Executive Order establishing military commissions, the U.S. government charged Omar with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, and aiding the enemy.
Dec. 2005 -- Khadr's eldest brother, Abdullah, is arrested in Toronto for allegedly acting as an al Qaeda go-between and supplying explosives.