No More, Omar

Prediction: approximately 20,000 anti-proroguing protesters will soon be 20,000 pro-Omar protesters following a Facebook campaign by the usual suspects.

Love the outcome and am happy that the Supreme Court seemed to place national interests as determined by the government ahead of individual human rights.

But the court left final say on repatriation up to the government, concluding it is in the best position to assess the impact on foreign relations, while taking into account Canada's broader national interests.

And this without the resort to the "Notwithstanding" clause!

Drat. I was hoping that Harper would get the chance to pummel that bunch of Supreme activists with a big notwithstanding stick.

Interesting, the court said his Charter Rights were violated when the Liberals were in power. I wonder how much emphasis that will get in the news tonight.

INP - he would never do that IMHO. I must say, I think our western squeamish worm is turning, bit by bit.

By all means, bring him back to Canada, and
try him for treason, as fighting against one's
own country is.

Can I hear a WHOOAH!?

GREAT NEWS!

The sissy left should be happy. Thier guy, Obama is in charge now. I'm sure he'll be much kinder to terrorists than if McCain were at the helm.../sarc.

CBCpravda All Khadr All the Time

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/01/29/omar-khadr-supreme-court.html

the 1070th story on CBCpravda about this POS and the first family of Canadian Terrorism.

cant wait for Iggys response.

Al the fish, here in Kelowna the grassroots anti-proroguing rally gathered 100 people on last Saturday afternoon, a reasonably warm day about plus 5. Population of Kelowna is about 90,000 on this side of the lake.

The Olympic torch ceremony was held Tuesday night at the City park downtown, 15,000 of the "grassroots" showed up for that ceremony, in the dark and cold.

Canadians do have their priorities straight.

cal2,Ignatieff was on CTV this morning saying the usual talking point BS,but we can't be too hard on him,after all he wasn't in Canada way back in 2003.

"Oh, please give little K back to us!"
"Ok, right after the trial and, hopefully, execution."

Iggy too busy hiding.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100129/poll_numbers_100129/20100129?hub=Canada

Iggy in flipflop mode again.

I thought Gitmo was closing. And there wouldn't be any more military tribunals. Obama, Obama, where art thou?

What is the most surprising to me is that the lower courts felt it to be within their power to order the Canadian government to act in a certain way on the international stage. This case should never have gotten anywhere near the Supreme Court.

Poor L'lil Omar, when are we going to do the right thing and bring this vile creature to his rightful home. That he hates.

Red Bob and Taliban Jack will be fighting to take him into their homes, I am sure, so he can be tucked in properly.

I am sure, that by now, PLO (Hmm) has come to love this country, and will be a model citizen from here on. Maybe he could become a pilot.

CTV's imitation of CBC on sweeet little Omar. The first person they interview is Khadr's lawyer. The CTV meat puppet clearly sides with the lawyer,but does raise an eyebrow when the lawyer says that our gov't is ignoring Khadr because of his colour ( at 4:45).--- http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100129/court_khadr_100129/20100129?hub=TopStoriesV2#commentSection

My apologies,wrong link above.--- http://watch.ctv.ca/news/#clip261023,---

Wow. Not the outcome I expected, which is good. It will be interesting to see how his military trial goes in the U.S.

I agree with one of the commenters in the NP. This guy was an un-uniformed enemy combatant. The Yanks could simply have shot him on the battlefield.

Because a Canadian interrogated him at Guantanamo, his Canadian Charter Rights have somehow been violated. Uh, huh.

They must have really had to turn the thumbscrews down to get Madame Justice Abella to go along with this one.

So the little terrorist/bomb maker/murderer rights were violated in 2004 by the Liberal Govt, i think Harper should call for a full inquiry...let`s get to the bottom of this..Canadians want to know!!

No doubt Lefty Boob Rae will be crapping himself over this one, it was/is one of his pet projects, calling for the return of Kid Khadr to his home sweet home. Never mind the Liberals ignored him while in power, not on their radar at all,like so many other issues which become extremely urgent when a Conservative government wins power like women's affairs, Native affairs,Taliban supposed torture, etc, etc.

Let's not forget how UNDEMOCRATIC prorogation is under the Harper government. Bob Rae, the hypocrite used the right to prorogue as a Dipper premier three time and had the gall to say "that was different. Yeah, it was different, it's always different, he was in a hell of mess and left the province in a bankrupt state.

The politics of the inane continues to play out accompanied by their media trumpets, loony tunes all around.

So the little terrorist/bomb maker/murderer rights were violated in 2004 by the Liberal Govt, i think Harper should call for a full inquiry...let`s get to the bottom of this..Canadians want to know!!

As an American I am still ashamed this fool even made it to Guantanamo.

All this crap should be a non issue. Ship these idiots back already.

I blame Bush AND the Muslim Nerd!

How were Little Omar's consitutional rights violated and by whom? I presume the court referred to Canadian constitutional rights but he is not and has never been in Canadian custody. So no Canadian rights (real or imagined) have come into play. And our court doesn't have jurisdiction over the US or its military so it cannot be US rights they were referring to.

Aside from this sop to the leftards about rights, it was a good decision. The courts have no business telling an elected government how to conduct foreign affairs.

@dmorris
I am glad that a vast majority of the people of Kelowna have their heads on right!
Three cheers for Kelowna!!!
(I hope to think my relatives out there would have been part of that huge torch run crowd.)

Perhaps Omar can apply for refugee status in Obama Land.

The sooner that Khadr is tried and executed, the better the world will be. Don't let this infected POS loose!! He'll delight in either killing or arranging for the killing of innocent people, more than likely Canadians. It's too bad that they didn't shoot him in the field. Killing a Medic is usually thought to be a capital offense.

Harper: G'day eh Barry, Steve here, say remember the Khadr issue I mentioned at the G20 meeting? No? Well, this one is about to blow up on me what with the court leaving the extradition decision to me an all , you know how risky making actual decisions can be. Well Barry, ya think you can get the pentagon to let this one little terrorist go, say just for US/Canada relations?

BO: Nope! Can't be done. I don't control the pentagon. They have their own little government and do their own thing and I do mine, we don't tread on each others toes, you know how it is. If I press the issue one of their intell people may "leak" my real birth certificate to the public.

Harper: Great news! Uh I mean that's too bad. Well thanks anyway Barry at least I tried.

Click!

Ignatieff's comments were to the effect that Khadr should be brought back to Canada immediately by the government. Past polls have shown that Canadians don't care about Khadr - we don't want him back. So why does Ignatieff drone on about an issue that Canadians don't care about. And this certainly isn't the first time he has done that.

catbird-- It's not about what Canadians care about
- it's about working with the MSM to give you the government they think you should have.

"Interesting, the court said his Charter Rights were violated when the Liberals were in power. I wonder how much emphasis that will get in the news tonight." - SDH @ 11:53AM

So far none.

I love the MSM's attempt at trickery, often times citing the current gov't for its scorn and derision by labelling it the "Conservative gov't". But whenever Khadr is referenced as a child soldier in their reports, they'll generically use the "Canadian gov't at the time" as their description, unwilling to remind Canadians that when they see the interrogation videos so often shown by MSM to garner sympathy for the little terroist, the Liberals were in power at the time. For the uniformed and undecided voter, which in many ridings can determine who wins and who loses, it leaves an impression that the Conservatives and PMSH were in power when those videos were made. Khadr was 19 when the Conservatives came to power. "Child soldier" and "Conservative gov't" should not be put in the same sentence. It's patently misleading.

Free Omar! After you put the bullet back in him.

The MSM always forgets to mention that he was saved from life threatening gun shot wound after the firefight. Those dam american imperialist pigs...

This post points out something overlooked in most of the TV coverage today--who was in power when Mr Khadr's rights were judged to have been abused with Canadian government complicity:

"The Khadr scandal: Bring on the Parliamentary investigation"

Mark
Ottawa

Buy one omar - get second free.

That's how our multiculty immigration works.

I do not want that horrid, little monster anywhere in Canadian airspace. The Americans can try, convict and execute that killer. Neither he nor his family should be welcome in Canada.

I see that CBCpravda and CTVtass have finally updated their pictures of the puke.

for 5 years they posted his grade 8 junior high picture , never this one.

http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/omar_khadr1.jpg

I just took a quick gander at the SCOC decision, and it is obvious the decision is a poor reflection on the Liberals who were then in power.

For all the hue and cry about Afghan detainees rights, the Liberals themselves contravened their own Charter through staff at CSIS and DFAIT in the matter of Omar Khadr.

Guantanamo is clearly an 'extra-judicial detention site' from the Court's point of view.

Given that the Charter doesn't apply outside of Canada the SCOC doesn't have jurisdiction to compel the US to abide by it's rules. Sovereign state and all that...and defaults foreign policy decisions to the Canadian government.

Long and short of it is that Canadian goverment employees are bound by the Charter...no big surprise there.

I do disagree with the National Post describing the Omar Khadr as a 'child soldier' as he never donned a uniform while in action. Perhaps a more accurate description would be 'child combatant without a uniform'.

http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/7c4d08d9b287a42141256739003e636b/6fef854a3517b75ac125641e004a9e68

Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions:

(a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
(b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;
(c) that of carrying arms openly;
(d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.

http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/genevaconventions

In the old days spying, wearing no uniform, or donning the opposing side uniform, would earn you a cigarette, optional blindfold and firing squad.

Omar Khadr should be grateful he has not met a meaner and quicker fate.

We'll see what the military trial from the US authorities bring.

KSM on the other hand may not be so lucky...

Cheers

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief

1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North"

And on a releated note:

Hey everybody check this out!

When it comes to foreign-devil Terrorists this time *WE* win one.

Check out this story of a convicted Indian terrorist stinking up Canada for the last fifteen years as a bogus refugee.

Well guess what?

He just got his sorry ass kicked back to India where they sent him straight to Maximum Security PRISON for the REST of his life!

Hey "Singh",don't drop the soap!LOL!

"From freedom in Mississauga to Indian jail"

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/757457--from-freedom-in-mississauga-to-indian-jail

I believe the Americans were in violation of the Geneva Convention. Young Omar should have been shot instead of captured.

Talking heads on the CBC just said Omar's civil rights were violated, which opens the doors for a huge lawsuit against the gov't, and will make Maher Arar's settlement look like chump change....

See, I tune into the CBC for the odd 10 second intervals a few months apart at a time, and instantly, INSTANTLY they piss me off....that should teach me, shouldn't it??

Sure, bring him back, and pick up the rest of the family in the same aircraft, and drop 'em all off in the Islamic country of their choice.

welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaaack

any CBCpravda types mentioning an American MEDIC's civil rights being violated? no? didnt think so

FIRE.THEM.ALL

Hans I don't know what to think. I agree with your analysis, yet we seem to be considering terrorists as enemy combatants. Fine, I can handle that; perhaps the Geneva Convention is out dated, right? (Perhaps the Geneva Convention is discriminatory and insensitive to soldiers in armies/terror organizations that cannot afford or provide uniforms for the workers./sarc) But it seems(as per usual) that Omar advocates (the left) want their cake and to eat it too. If Omar is an enemy combatant and entitle to Geneva Convention rights, then wouldn't Omar be a POW? If Omar is a POW, is he entitled to Miranda rights, or a "fair" trial? I thought POWs are held until the war is finished, not extradited . All of this, Omar related or not, seems to stink of lawyers and politics to me, not winning a war.

What peace advocates fail to realize, or realize but don't care because of their real agendas: is that in future conflicts real victims, child soldiers, and POWs will be less likely to walk away from the battle field because of their political shenanigans. Well done leftards!

Good news/bad news IMO.

How are his rights violated when he is not on canadian soil?

We need a SC vetting system that has rigourous public scrutiny - not one run by the CBA machine.

Should he return to his home and native land CBC could do a series called Welcome Back Khadr. He'd be a real hit among the Loopy Left. Bobby Rae et al could do guest appearances.

Allthe Kharde's can EFF OFF. They are not Canadian, except for convenience. This young cnut is brfed to hate the West. Let him rot.

In all seriousness, the "supreme court" could not justify assuming control over foreign policy, much as they would like to.

If he were brought to Canada, he would have to be immediately released as he has committed no crime by Canadian law, on Canadian territory. So, then, he could run home and live with the rest of his vile, Canadian-hating, familly who are only here because of the evil free health care.

Bastards. Throw them out.