yes to the hand grenade, overed this a little further down the thread. I don't think much of the family either but nonetheless -- you can't just say "we are feeding him, so he has nothing to complain about."
Essentially this kid was a child soldier, is what it boils down to imho. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Except that the kid is an admitted terrorist. What gets me is that the family > immigrated to Canada and then immediately went on welfare. Shortly after the > father and the two oldest boys went to Afghanistan for jihad. The father was > a higher up in the Al-queda, and the two teenagers were foot solders. So > Canada was supporting the rest of the family while these three were > essentially trying to destroy that very society. I listened to an interview > with the rest of the family on CBC. The mother and the other older kids (I > think there were 6 or 7 children all told) during the interview expressed a > wish for the Canada and US to be destroyed. Frankly the kid is getting what > he deserves. Its a real pity that the Canadian government just doesn't kick > out the rest of the family out of the country. > > BTW according to everything I've read in the Canadian press, it was a hand > grenade not a rock. > > >wow. You carry weapons don't you? People do that quite a bit in war zones? > > > >I am sorry, but I can't get past the notion that here is a Canadian > >citizen who has been held incommunicado for five years. And he's what, > >18? Now? If he did throw the rock, perhaps he should have been treated > >as a child soldier. A quick google shows that the solder died (my > >mistake) but also that the kid was injured, says he was tortured, and > >has been denied medical care or psychiatric evaluation. > > > >http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/329/7474/1066-a?etoc > > > >I submit that this kid is a "terrorist" because they want to pressure > >his family. He's not high-value. His family is. > > > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/08/AR2005060802358_pf.html > > > >On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255325 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5