Khadr arrested for sexual assault

A member of Canada's favorite family, "The Osama family", Abdulkareem Khadr has been arrested for sexual assault of a minor.

Ahmed Said Khadr, the father of the family, was friends with Osama bin Laden. Ahmed was killed in a firefight with Pakistani forces which also left his youngest son, Abdulkareem, paralyzed from the waist down. Abdulkareem was brought back to Canada on an Emergency passport issued by the then Liberal government of Canada, and was treated for his injuries.

The eldest son, Abdullah, sold weapons to al Qaida and is currently in Canadian prison waiting for extradition to the US. The most famous of the family would be Omar Khadr who killed Sergeant First Class Christopher Speers when Omar threw a grenade and critically injured Speers. National Post

TORONTO — The partially paralyzed son of the late Canadian al-Qaeda associate Ahmed Said Khadr has been arrested in Toronto for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor.

Abdulkareem Ahmed Khadr, 21, was arrested 10 days ago by Toronto Police and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on July 15.

“He has been charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation,” Constable Tony Vella, a police spokesman, said on Monday. The alleged victim was a minor but is now 18 years of age, Const. Vella said.

Reached at the family apartment on Monday, Mr. Khadr said: “Don’t worry about it. I’m pretty sure the law is going to do what it’s supposed to do.”

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Aly Hindy

Yesterday I posted about the PR campaign, "the khadr legacy", Zaynab launched on behalf of her family, Canada's first family of terrorism. I then posted an excerpt from the 2004 CBC clip that made Khadr a household name in Canada. The beginning of the video features a Toronto Imam, Aly Hindy, who stated he was friends with the Khadr family and was "shocked" to learn of their connections to Osama bin Laden and al Qaida.

Aly Hindy is the imam of a Toronto area mosque, the Salaheddin Islamic Centre. It is believed a number of the "Toronto 17" would be terrorists "worshipped" at the mosque. Abdullah Khadr, who is currently waiting in jail for extradition to the US for selling weapons to al Qaida, wanted to work at the mosque as part of his bail proposal. His bail proposal was turned down.

Aly Hindy knew 9 of the 17 terrorists who were arrested in Toronto for plotting to blow up the CBC building and to kidnap the Prime Minister of Canada and behead him. I guess he was "shocked" to learn that those 9 were charged with plotting to carry out terrorist attacks. Well actually he didn't see it that way. He thought they were common crimminals..."It's not terrorism. It could be some criminal activity with a few guys, that's all,".

Back in May of this year Hindy caused some waves in Canada by suggesting that polygamy should be legalized in Canada because muslims living in Canada already practice it. On radio, Hindy stated he alone performed 30 polygamous marriages in the past 5 years alone.

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Khadr Family Launches PR Campaign

The remaining members of the Khadr family, the ones who haven't been killed or arrested, have launched a PR campaign to erase their image as Canada's First Family of Terrorism. That's a pretty tall order considering Ahmed Said Khadr, the father of the family, was friends with Osama bin Laden. Ahmed was killed in a firefight with Pakistani forces which also left his youngest son, Abdulkareem, paralyzed from the waist down.

The eldest son, Abdullah, sold weapons to al Qaida and is currently in Canadian prison waiting for extradition to the US. The most famous of the family would be Omar Khadr who killed Sergeant First Class Christopher Speers when Omar threw a grenade and critically injured Speers.Toronto Star

WASHINGTON– The notorious Khadr family has launched their own public relations campaign in an effort to quash their reputation as "Canada's First Family of Terrorism" and put the case of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on the federal election agenda.

The move was condemned by Khadr's U.S. military lawyers, who are trying to maintain distance between Khadr's views and those of his family.

TheKhadrLegacy.com went online yesterday as a press release quoting Khadr's sister Zaynab was emailed to reporters.

"Our brother is being held in Guantanamo Bay based on the lies told by both the American and Canadian governments," she stated. "(An) election is the perfect opportunity to tell those politicians that we are not going to be their bogeyman any longer."

Oh and the sister Zaynab? OBL attended her wedding. These guys have nothing to do with terrorism. Yeah.....Right.

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Omar Khadr Sues Canadian PM Stephen Harper

A desperate attempt by Omar Khadr's lawyers to avoid trial. Ottawa Citizen

Omar Khadr, the Canadian man accused of war crimes, is suing Stephen Harper, asking that a judge order the prime minister to step in to help repatriate him from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The lawsuit, filed yesterday with the Federal Court of Canada, argues that this country has an obligation to co-operate in the rehabilitation and social reintegration of children illegally used in armed conflict.

Mr. Khadr, born in Toronto, was 15 when he was captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The United States alleges he threw a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier and has held him for six years awaiting trial on war crimes charges.

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"This is predictable," said Mr. Kory Teneycke, the prime minister's director of communication. "It's an attempt by Mr. Khadr's lawyers to avoid a trial.

"Our position is the same as the previous Liberal position: Mr. Khadr should face these charges through a trial process and not through a political process or through the media."

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Abdullah Khadr Denied Bail

Some good news. Abdullah Khadr, the elder brother of Omar Khadr, is denied bail. His defense lawyers had asked that Khadr be released on $500000 bail and for him to work at a local mosque. The Globe & Mail

TORONTO -- A Canadian judge has denied bail to the eldest male member of the Khadr family, saying he is dangerous and his family members generally not credible. At the same time, however, the judge rejected a Crown suggestion that a Scarborough mosque frequented by the family is a hotbed of terrorism.

Abdullah Khadr, 27, has been jailed in Toronto since he returned to Canada in 2005, fighting extradition on a U.S. warrant that alleges he sold arms to al-Qaeda while living in Pakistan. He will remain jailed for the foreseeable future.

"Mr. Khadr is alleged to be an arms supplier for al-Qaeda," Mr. Justice Gary Trotter writes in a 25-page Ontario Superior Court decision released late Tuesday. "... I am hard pressed to think of a more serious set of offences."

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But Crown lawyers argued Mr. Ibrahim or any Salaheddin official was unsuitable as a bail surety, given that several prominent terrorism suspects have prayed at the mosque.

Judge Trotter, while upholding that Mr. Khadr was unsuitable for release, also found the Crown overreached in its arguments concerning the mosque.

"I accept that, over the years, there may have been persons involved in questionable activities with questionable associations, who have passed through the centre from time to time," Judge Trotter wrote. "In my view this in itself is not sufficient to taint the centre in any way."

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Defense Lawyers for Abdullah Khadr Ask for Bail

Abdullah Khadr's, the eldest son of Canada's al Qaida family, lawyers are proposing Khadr be released on $300000 bail and be allowed to work at a local mosque. Are you freakin' kidding me? We're gonna let someone who's charged with aiding al Qaida work at a mosque?? That's like letting someone charged with pepophilia go out on bail and work at a child day care facility. Toronto Star

The eldest son of Canada's infamous Khadr family should be released on $300,000 bail and allowed to work at a local mosque pending the outcome of his extradition fight with the United States, where he is wanted on terrorism-related charges, his lawyers plan to argue today.

Ottawa-born Abdullah Khadr, in custody since his arrest more than 2 1/2 years ago, was denied bail in December 2005 after the judge decided the case for his extradition appeared to be solid.

The U.S. is seeking to try Khadr, 27, on charges of buying weapons for Al Qaeda and plotting to kill Americans in Afghanistan.

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Under his bail proposal, Khadr would hold an office job at the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in east-end Toronto.

Khadr's defence is also proposing he reside with his maternal grandparents in the city's east end and that he wear an electronic monitoring bracelet capable of tracking his whereabouts at all times.

His grandparents have pledged their house as $250,000 surety, while the Islamic centre and community have raised $50,000.

In an affidavit, however, Crown lawyers argue the centre has ties to terrorism because Khadr's father, who had known links to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, once had his charity's corporate office at the mosque.

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