He did? Do tell.
Your claim doesn't match the Pentagon claims, nor the soldiers on the ground.
The troops assumed that nobody could be alive in the compound after it was hit with 500-pound bombs. When they approached, however, a grenade came over a wall and killed the Special Forces medic.
The original report said that another fighter had thrown it before being killed. This report was subsequently changed to say that Omar Khadr must have thrown it because it came after all others were dead and Khadr was the only one alive.
Then, the Pentagon accidentally released papers showing that a US soldier entering the compound found there were actually two people still alive inside--the US solider then killed the first one; the other (Omar Khadr), was crouched facing away from him, and he shot Khadr in the back twice. (Interesting side note...the Pakistani army later shot his younger brother in the back and paralyzed him. Tough break, getting your "war wounds" in your back!) Khadr asked to be killed, but the troops refused. They patched up their wounded, and then patched him up.
The case against Khadr is pretty weak.
Nobody saw Khadr throw a grenade...and the assumptions upon which they based his guilt were later found to be wrong. Then we have the fact that the Pentagon is tampering with reports. These don't add up to a very good case and give the appearance that the Pentagon was trying to cover up and justify why it had Omar Khadr in Gitmo.
Omar Khadr claims he was acting as a translator in Afghanistan, yet he is seen in a training video on bombmaking so he knew what was going on. Obviously, he's not innocent, but the case being made is not "general association with bad guys."
He was raised hate America and to love Islam and to be an obedient son. How many American 15-year-olds would question their fathers when told to defend their heritage against an invading foreign enemy? Although there's his own responsibility, it was the twisted indoctrination by his late father, his mother, and other relatives that led to this.
I don't see a conviction coming from this..and then I wonder if there will be a lawsuit against the US for "shooting an unarmed boy in the back."
I am beginning to think this whole thing is a mess - one big circle jerk.
Our leaders don’t have a handle on what’s happening, and our contenders for the presidency are clueless flip-floppers.
Cry me a river.
I don’t care whether they shot the POS ala Jon Carry with his Viet Cong dude, or crushed his nuts until he barked like a dog and wailed like a coyote.
We should have stood firm from the start on the point that jihad terrorist scum are not covered by the Geneva Conventions and they will be treated as the genocidal vermin they are.
This guy has had it easy compared to so many better men and women.
You have a kid over there or very likely to be soon? No? I do. Do you want to give special consideration to the kid that aims a rifle at or tosses a grenade your son or daughter? How about one who helps make an IED that can dismember your son or daughter? Sorry, even at 15 you should be bright enough to know that if you pickup arms or or help those who do, you take your life in your hands and may be interrogated harshly to get those that are taking aim at our troops,