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Canadian Teen At Guantanamo to Face Military Tribunal

HeadlineNov 08, 2005

The Pentagon filed war crimes charges against five more detainees at Guantanamo. Those charged include Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who has been held by the US since he was 15 years old. Khadr’s attorney Muneer Ahmad protested Monday’s decision saying “Through torture, abuse, and three years of illegal detention, this government has robbed Omar of his youth… The fact that this Administration has seen fit to designate a child for trial by military commission is abhorrent.” The Bush administration has refused to provide assurances that they will not seek the death penalty against him. Khadr was detained in Afghanistan allegedly after throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier.

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