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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3391644,00.html
US Charges Canadian Guantanamo detainee with murder, spying
Published: 04.24.07, 22:17 / Israel News
The US military filed murder charges Tuesday against Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was a teenager when he was captured in Afghanistan and sent to the Guantanamo Bay prison in 2002.
Khadr, now 20, also was charged with providing support to terrorism, attempted murder, conspiracy and spying. He faces a military trial at the prison in eastern Cuba under rules adopted last year and first used to try Australian detainee David Hicks. Khadr is to be arraigned on the charges within 30 days, the military said. (AP)
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Canadian Gitmo Detainee Khadr Charged With Murder [finally!]
National Post [Canada] ^ | Tuesday, April 24, 2007 | CNS
Posted on 04/24/2007 1:31:18 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Tuesday formally charged Omar Khadr with murder, attempted murder and supporting al-Qaida, setting in motion long-awaited U.S. military legal proceedings against the accused Canadian terrorist.
Mr. Khadr will now appear before a U.S. military tribunal within 30 days to be arraigned on the charges.
He is the second “enemy combatant” to be charged under the newly constituted U.S. war crimes tribunals, following the conviction last month of Australian David Hicks.
His lawyers, and human rights groups, have complained the Canadian government has done little to ensure his proper treatment.
Mr. Khadr, 20, the Toronto-born son of an al-Qaida financier, has been imprisoned at the American military prison at Guantanamo since the fall of 2002. He was 15 when American forces captured him following a battle against al-Qaida fighters in southern Afghanistan.
He is alleged to have thrown a grenade that killed army medic Christopher Speer and to have converted landmines into roadside bombs to be used against U.S. troops.