Canadian In Gitmo Charged With Murder
The Pentagon charged Canadian Omar Khadr with murder today, starting a process that will put the former Toronto resident on trial in Guantanamo Bay for war crimes.Khadr is accused of throwing a grenade that killed U.S. Delta Force soldier Sgt. Christopher Speer during a firefight in Afghanistan July 27, 2002.
He was 15 at the time and was held for three months in Afghanistan before being transferred to Guantanamo Bay, where he remains today.
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