Gitmo's youngest detainee returned to Canada

Started by NewsCaster, Sep 29, 2012, 07:30 PM

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ReutersOmar Khadr is seen at left in an undated family handout photo and in the most recent artist rendering from a courtroom. By NBC News staff and wire servicesA one-time teen al-Qaida fighter who was also Guantanamo Bay’s youngest prisoner and last Westerner has been transferred to his native Canada on Saturday, the Canadian government confirmed.

Follow @NBCNewsUSCanadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Omar Khadr, 26, was flown from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday on a U.S. government plane and transferred to Millhaven maximum-security prison in Bath, Ontario.

Khadr's case has been controversial both in Canada and abroad given his age when he was captured, the nature of his detention and hearing, and the reluctance of Canadian officials to accept his return.



"I am satisfied the Correctional Service of Canada can administer Omar Khadr’s sentence in a manner which recognizes the serious nature of the crimes that he has committed and ensure the safety of Canadians is protected during incarceration,” Toews said.

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Look at what he has metamorphosized into...all that beard and he doesn;t even look remorse.