yeah well he doesn't make the most appealing poster child so it's easy to understand their inclination to do nothing. He is still however a child, caught up in a system most people consider kafkaesque.
By the way, I see all the other answers but it's gotten kinda busy over here. Later on those. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >1. I carry weapons in a war zone when I am there as a LEGAL combatant. > > Not some 14 year old kid, with no uniform, fighting against an ally > >of his supposed country (Canada right?). So will/should he be tried for > >treason in Canadian courts, especially seeing that Canadian soldiers are > >fighting and dying in Afghanistan? > > Probably not. He'd be charged under the Mercenaries act - its a Spanish Civil > War era law intended to stop Canadians from fighting overseas for foreign > governments or revots. Problem is that once that's enacted what's to stop the > thousands of Canadians who served in Vietnam in the US army from being > charged as well, or those currently serving with the US. > > As for treason, it wouldn't necessarily apply. > > Over all I suspect that this is part of the reason why the Canadian > government isn't really involved in the case. They'd rather let the US do > Canada's dirty work so to speak. > > Another point to make, since he is > >from an involved third party country, and continues to claim his > >Canadian citizenship, he certainly cannot be granted Geneva convention > >rights. He was in civilian clothes and not part of any nations > >military. Should we have just shot him down as a saboteur and been done > >with it? > > > >2. It wasn't a rock, it was a hand grenade. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr > > > >3. Do citizens of countries that aren't involved in the conflict have > >the right or ability to carry weapons in the area of conflict in your > >eyes? International law say they don't, I'm wondering what you think. > > > >4. If he is a Canadian citizen wtf was he doing there? > > > >5. He hasn't been denied medical and psychological care, he's been > >denied outside care, there is a difference you know. > > > >Honestly, the simple fact that you can compare our treatment of > >prisoners with theirs shows just how little thought you've given this, > >or how little understanding you have of our policies in this matter. > > > > > >Dana 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:255370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
