Omar khadr, "child soldier" awarded CDN $10.5 m

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CDN $20m wrongful imprisonment lawsuit.So at the age of fifteen he was in a firefight with US troops in afghanistan, he was in a house with a group of insurgents, one of which was his father. US army special forces medic sgt christoper speers was killed. Omar is the one who threw the genade, and entered guilty plea.  Another US service man was blinded by the same grenade blast , he and speers widow were awarded US $134 m in damages by US judge. It is unlikely they will collect.He was in guantanamo for ten yrs, i think he holds the dubious distinction of being the youngest detainee on record.High profile case in canada, anything south of the border?

HockeyTeeth · Answer

CDN $20m wrongful imprisonment lawsuit.So at the age of fifteen he was in a firefight with US troops in afghanistan, he was in a house with a group of insurgents, one of which was his father. US army special forces medic sgt christoper speers was killed. Omar is the one who threw the genade, and entered guilty plea.  Another US service man was blinded by the same grenade blast , he and speers widow were awarded US $134 m in damages by US judge. It is unlikely they will collect.He was in guantanamo for ten yrs, i think he holds the dubious distinction of being the youngest detainee on record.High profile case in canada, anything south of the border?

StumpTownStu · Answer

I read he settled for 12.5m. A bullet would&#x27;ve been a much cheaper settlement. I don&#x27;t get how an insurgent, a prisioner of war is entitled to litigation anyway. Am I missing something?

StumpTownStu · Answer

Pardon me. 10.5m.

XIaggie · Answer

Canada sucks.

Slobbasaurus · Answer

All countries can have their flaws, but Canada is phuckin great!  Awesome cities and people up there!

HockeyTeeth · Answer

Stu, Canada wrestles with the the same far left issues that plague the US. I think our country has tipped way to far to the left, as evidenced by the aforementioned verdict.

We have another case in canada where a transgendered parent refused to indicate the sex on their infants health card, doing so would, apparently violate the infants right to freedom of gender expression. The parents have been issued a health card already where the sex of the infant is declared as "U", rather than m/f.

Holy f, the world is going to hell in a handbasket as my grandmother used to say.

searchwarrant · Answer

Traveled the world for decade and always ran into Canadians on some excursion or another.. Absolutely cannot stand them and avoid at all cost. The dudes that is. All of them are exactly the same.... women are great.

HockeyTeeth · Answer

Search, precisely how are all canadian "dudes" the same? What is the common denominator? How many canadian dudes have you met? In what context, at bars or doing volunteer work, dating?

Omar khadr, "child soldier" awarded CDN $10.5 m

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