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Feds appeal court order to bring Khadr home

The courts should not force Canada to ask the United States to return Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay, federal lawyers argued Tuesday.

The federal government has filed an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that it seek the return of Khadr, 22, from the U.S. military prison in Cuba.

Justice Department lawyer Doreen Mueller told three Federal Appeals court justices that Canada has gone out of its way to help Khadr.

She recounted several visits Canadian officials paid to Khadr… Continue

Jun 24 2009

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In Brief

Omar Khadr is a Canadian who is being held in Guantanamo Bay for crimes he apparently committed when he was a 15 year old child soldier.

He has been in US custody since 2002 and has not yet been found guilty of anything.