Guantanamo Detainee Transferred to Canadian Prison

The last Westerner detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay has been returned to his native Canada.

Canada’s public safety minister Vic Toews announced that 26-year-old Omar Khadr was transferred from Guantanamo Bay to a Canadian military base Saturday and was then sent to the Millhaven maximum security prison in Bath, Ontario.

Khadr is a controversial figure in Canada, both because he comes from a family of al-Qaida-linked militants and because he was only 15 when he was … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance


 

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