Party Leaders Afraid To Take Up Khadr's Case

The case is that of 19-year-old Omar Khadr, a Canadian currently confined at the U.S. Guantánamo Bay prison camp who is accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan. A lot of Canadians have strong views on Khadr. Suffice it to say that his decision, at the age of 15, to take up arms against U.S., Canadian and other troops invading Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 terror bombings is not universally popular. Some think he doesn't deserve the Canadian citizenship he was born with. Which may be true. However, he has it. He is Canadian. And, as Martin has said, there are not two classes of citizen in this country. I suspect that, if pressed, Harper and Layton would agree with that sentiment. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1137193810553&call_pageid=1012319932217&col=1012319928928 [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on January 18, 2006]

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