Last week Liberal MP Bob Rae, NDP MP Paul Dewar, and Block MP Paul Crete held a press conference at which they pushed the Conservative government to "act immediately" to bring Omar Khadr home. "It's in Canada's interest and it's in Mr. Khadr's interest to allow him to be reintegrated into...Canadian society," Rae said.
Later the same day a group of Muslim leaders, along with one of Khadr's lawyers, proposed a reintegration plan: upon his return Khadr would live not with his family, who, as this report notes, "had close ties to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden," but with host families, and he would receive spiritual counseling from leading Muslim clerics.
One of the members of the group proposing the plan for Khadr's reintegration is Zafar Bangash, the organizer of the recent Toronto area conference at which 9/11 was mocked, the actions of the Toronto 18 were described as "nothing of significance," and Israelis accused of having allowed the so-called underwear bomber to board the plane.
Joseph Breen, who was at the conference, which was held four days after the reintegration proposal: "(Bangash) said he told police that if protesters were to trespass, 'I guarantee nothing,' to which the audience responded with chants of 'Allahu Akbar.'"
In a 2003 article titled "Far too late to avert a clash of civilizations", Bangash wrote:
Those who claim otherwise, and try to convince Muslims that the West can be lived with, are - knowingly or unknowingly - serving the purposes of those who are bent on destroying the pristine principles of the divinely appointed and ordained faith.
This, from a man who is part of the group who have a "plan" to help Khadr "become a fully functioning member of the Canadian mosaic."
(h/t blazingcatfur)
Thanks for picking this up!
More at Blazing Cat Fur:
http://blazingcatfur.blogspot.com/2010/02/hey-remember-how-khaled-mouammar-ali.html
Wow, Taliban Jack missed a photo-op...
Here is a three minute CLIP where Congressional candidate Lieutenant Colonel West speaks out about Islam.
We need people like him in power. He tells the truth. Check it out. It's a good three minutes and one that those three stooges pimping for Omar need to hear.
Just what Baby Omar needs....more religon.
I think his re-education efforts should be run by Scientologists or Moonies, or maybe the raelians.
Bob rae, suckered again, first by hard left socialism, which he later recanted after his attempts at it were a failure and now by Islamists offering to de program Omar.
Bob, your arguments are stronger when you stick with secular ones around human rights. Proof again that his role in life is to be front man, or useful idiot, for hare brained schemes.
"It's in Canada's interest"? WTF? Give me a break.
Yep, meanwhile here in Manitoba, the provincial courts ruled that the children of a "white supremist" family will be permanent wards of the province, because the kids went to school had swaztikas drawn on their arms, but I guess it is okay for a radical Muslim family preach hatred and destruction, send their kids to "training camps", participate in armed skimishes, have a leader of their adopted country plead for the father's release from a foreign prison, preach open contempt for their adopted country (while enjoy its' standard of living) with no consequences.
CBC has brought us "Little Mosque on the Prairie.
Maybe now they can bring us "Radical Jihadi Loving Mosque in the Suburbs"
Fair is fair to Ontario.
If that fu#%ing A-hole,millionaire commie Boob Rae thinks that Khadr should be brought back to Canada then Boob Rae should put him up at his Rosedale home for a few years.
If it's in "Canada's interest" as Boob Rae says it is,then he should put his money where his mouth is and take Khadr in.
maybe little Omar can do a special with Rick Mercier on CBCpravda.
http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/omar_khadr1.jpg
"Helping Hands".
I'd like Bob Rae to explain how bringing Omar Khadr here would serve Canada's interest.
Too bad CTV doesn't have any real journalists that would ask a clarifying question like, "How does this serve Canada's interest Mr. Rae?"
sycophants
And the Left said that Stephen Harper not having a Parliamentary Press Gallery was to avoid being asked "the hard questions". Pffft.
The Omar Khadr issue could be a defining moment for Canada......
The SC of Canada has interfered with the Canadian witness in a US Murder Trial.... This is nothing short of criminal intimidation. The SC of Canada has ruled that the Witness violated Khada's rights..(without a trial record charging witness with such) It is a cheap-low life attempt to get the evidence ruled inadmissible in the US Courts..
If the Witness violated Khada's rights; do they not have a right to defend themselves?
Abe Froman at February 17, 2010 10:52 AM ... thanks very much for posting that link. 3.5 minutes of truth and moral clarity.
Remember that Next Election when you go to the polls Liberals/NDP are all for Khadr.
Khadr was off the Liberal radar screen until freedom fighter Rae arrived on the scene, they knew there would be public outrage. And why is the Leader so quiet on the subject leaving it up to his former bunk mate socialist Rae to do all the talking?.
And i agree with Oz time for the MSM in Canada to get to the crust of it and ask these Socialist Politicians how it serves in Canada's Interest to repatriot a terrorist.
But of course we all know the socialist answer Its his Charter of Rights to come home.
It is not in ANYONE's interest to repatriate that little killer. Rae isn't just a useful idiot; he is bringing the plague into the household.
Yup, this is a great idea.
Remember to two Indian babies left outside to freeze to death by the negligent drunk father(who managed to find shelter for himself)? It's this same mentality that has allowed this man and his wife to maintain custody of the remaining children. We wouldn't want the remaining kids to miss the opportunity to repeat history? Would we?
They should have shot the little fouker when they first encountered him and saved us all a whole of grief.
Bring him home? He killed a US soldier with a grenade. No metion of prison either while he gets back; living with a host family and "spiritual counselling."
Remind me to convert to Islam if I ever want to kill someone. At least I know I can get public opinion on my side.
He killed a US soldier with a grenade while dressed as a civilian and pretending to surrender.
emphasis on the pretending to be non-threatening
It's certainly not in Canada's best interest to repatriate Omar Khadr, or to allow the other orcs in his family to remain here.
If the USA should free him, our best option would be to press them to punt his sorry a$$ back to Afghanistan, and give a Canadian soldier the chance to be the one to put a slug in his festering brain.
Failing that, if they just dump him in Canada, which is what I would expect an Obama administration to do, he should be immediately arrested and held under a security certificate. Held indefinitely.
While he is in detention, constantly bombard him with information to the effect that his life is worthless if he ever gets loose in Canada. Convince him that there are vigilantes on every street corner, waiting to cut him down. Point out to him that the relatives and buddies of the U.S. medic he murdered are free to cross the border into Canada, and take care of him, and that we are essentially powerless to prevent it. Convince him that the only way for him to have anything approaching a normal life ever again is to voluntarily renounce his Canadian citizenship, and accept a free plane ticket to his 'stan of choice. And if he convinces his family to join him, well, there might even be some money to sweeten the deal. (Seeing as they are probably on welfare, anyway, it would be a net gain over the long run.)
The "thinks" bubble over Rae's head actually reads, "Hee-hee! It's in my CAREER's interest to allow this twerp to be reintegrated into Canadian society. (...as long as the nasty little creep doesn't come anywhere near me or any of mine, that is.)"
I'm pretty confident that neo-Liberal (versus classical liberal) thinking is a manifestation of some degree of cognitive disorder (and, no, I'm not being facetious). That Rae and his ilk can honestly believe that it's in the interest of the country to bring this piece of trash back is telling.
Compounded by their continued clinging to demonstrably failed collectivist economic and social policies, and it's pretty plain there is something wrong up in the gray matter.
That's interesting gord.
Musing: What if everyday WGs, BGs and whom ever else decided en mass to convert to Islam? How far would we get do you suppose instituting sharia law? Perhaps liberals would change their tune if it was Joe the Plumber saying: "where's your burka b*atch?"
I have yet to figure out why there are those who think that the Islamists do not really mean what they say. They continue to state openly that freedom and democracy must be destroyed and replaced by submission to allah. When this happens, and at the rate we are going it is only a matter of time, I predict without a crystal ball that these same people will be the first targets.
Omar Khadr must be sent to Afghanistan for trial, that is where he terrorized and killed people. Afghans deserve to see justice being done, allowing Khadr to walk away from his crimes undermines the entre NATO mission. A Western passport cannot become a licence to kill.
Bear in mind that this soldier was a corpsman with red crosses all over his uniform and helmet.Aries
Bear in mind that this soldier was a corpsman with red crosses all over his uniform and helmet.Aries
Any one in favour of repatriating Omar Khadr, please raise a hand (or three).
http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/omar_khadr1.jpg
The solution to this is so obvious. Bob and the two Pauls think Omar should be 'reintegrated' into Canadian society (didn't think he was ever integrated in the first place)? Fine, guys, you take him into your homes and let him live with you and your families.
Omar Khadr should be brought back to Canada and put on trial for treason.
He's not a war criminal. He may have been a very
brave young man. However, in fighting against his
country he did commit the crime of treason. And,
of course, he was fighting as an non-uniformed
combatant, and the Americans should have shot him
when they captured him.
Apart from huffing and blowing, have our little
leftists asked whether the Americans have the
slightest intention of letting him go? I thought
that they intended to put him on trial.
The question is
Canadian citizen ship
verses crime
if the criminal was nonmuslim and really did commit the crime killed the guy in Saudi Arabid all Canadian government tried to save the guy who was really did real crime
if person was arrested in Iran may be did wrong still Canada argue with Iran over human right
this is not matter of amount of degree of crime
still no trial was open to proof that
this is matter of citizen ship
Harper goverment can not say US criminal justice systme should save or jail some one and other country can not.
this is matter finish politic of hate Muslim and Islam in big picture
second study the crime and punish criminal by law of Canada not by law of Iran or Saudi or US as long as person is candian citizen
news.google.ca/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=ca&hl=en&q=omar+khadr
Still waiting for someone to notice that the post was about Zafar Bangash being part of the group who have a plan to "reintegrate" Khadr....
"Reintegrate" him where?
Into al-Qaeda?
Oh, I see we should be discussing whether or not Zafar Bangash would be a "moderating" influence.
No, Zafar Bangash wouldn't.
Has Pete Rose come back to Canada as a moderate?
Seems to me he still has all of his FLQ ideas intact, a stay in Cuba notwithstanding.
EBD @6:41
Of course we noticed that the post referenced Zafar Bangash's generous offer to help "reintegrate" Omar Khadr into Canadian society. Thing is, that's scarcely newsworthy any more. Just more of the standard self-serving blather from the Islamo-Leftist Axis. What do you expect from a pig, but a grunt?
Of course, it does beg the question, "How can one re-integrate into Canadian society a person who has never been integrated? Omar and his miserable family are not really Canadians; they are either alien colonists, or else are simply using Canada as a convenient hotel to get some R&R (and welfare $$) before getting back to the jihad trenches.
"How can one re-integrate into Canadian society a person who has never been integrated?"
Exactly. And if it's in the cards that Khadr will be brought back, and a process of integration undertaken, there's no worse way to go about it than to follow the "plan" of someone who says:
"Those who claim otherwise, and try to convince Muslims that the West can be lived with, are - knowingly or unknowingly - serving the purposes of those who are bent on destroying the pristine principles of the divinely appointed and ordained faith."
To be fair to Zafar Bangash, his group described their plan as being intended to help Khadr become "a fully functioning member of the Canadian Mosaic" - which is, when you think about it, entirely different than "integration."
"sure" please take your complaints to Lob laws. chicken department.
Omar is fine cutting off hands and feet on his own.
What grounds do Canadians have for trusting anything said by Omar Khadr or his supporters? It appears to me that the Khadr family have been, and still are, freeloaders on the backs of Canadian taxpayers and I'd like to know what any of the Khadrs have done to contribute in a positive way to their country of adoption. As far as I can make out, nothing.
PMSH and his government are not only within their rights not to "repatriate" him, I applaud their position on this issue. Give me a break: How long did Omar Khadr actually live in Canada? What did he ever contribute to our collective well-being? What was he doing fighting against the allied forces in Afghanistan? It's obvious that Omar Khadr put himself in a conflict of interest [situation] and acted as a traitor to Canada's interests in Afghanistan, so why would the Canadian government or Canadians want him back here in Canada?
What guarantees do we have that Khadr's "support group" has Canadians' interests at heart and not just Omar Khadr's desire to be out of jail in the U.S.? I don't have any confidence, after reading past remarks by Zafar Bangash or the comments made at the “Media War on Islam ” conference held at an Islamic Centre somewhere in Toronto that this "support group" has any genuine plans to "repatriate" or "reintegrate" Khadr.
In order to repatriate someone, they had to have been a patriotic Canadian, which Khadr clearly was not; in order to reintegrate someone, they had to have once been integrated into the Canadian way of life, which is clearly not the case.
I smell a rat, and not just because Liberal MP Bob Rae, Bloc MP Paul Crête, and NDP MP Paul Dewar think it's in Canada's "best interests" to bring Omar Khadr back to Canada.
GIVE. ME. A. BREAK.
Cross-posted at Stephen Taylor:
http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2010/02/the-latest-on-omar-khadr/#disqus_thread
Sure: This is NOT a citizenship issue... he gave up those rights when he became an illegal combatant in a war zone. READ THE GENEVA CONVENTION articles referring to the rules of warfare!
Why are these Colinizers allowed to reside here again?
There is no Innocent murdering Muslim they will not fight for against the whole World if need be. But the people who convert or leave the cult must be hounded to death for life. Those not part of it deemed even in their own Nations than told their inferior.
They come to change our laws, our religion, our ethics to those of a 7 nth century mad man like a David Koresh. Even raping children. Again why are we allowing a death cult not only access to our Country but the right above anyone else to force their female circumcision, Polarogram, child sex, animal sex,honor killings on us?
All they do is justified by cowards, all we do to sttop it is called racist.
Lets taker back Canada for Canadians or would be REAL Immigrants that want to be Canadians. NOT seekers of Empire or a Caliphate.
Why again are Muslims allowed into this Nation?
JMO
Revnant Dream:
Let's deal with it as much as possible on a case-by-case basis, m'kay? Who knows, that might even entail supporting - rather than smearing, while frothing at the mouth - those Muslims who are willing to risk their necks by standing up against their more extreme brethren.
There are a lot of reasonable people who are becoming increasingly aware of the scope of the problem with radical Islamists in the West. When people like you say things like "(Muslims) are forcing child sex, animals sex...on us", it just makes the legitimate discussion about the problem with radicalized Islam seem less and less legitimate; it makes people who might otherwise see a legitimate discussion start to think that those discussing it are just nutbars.
Had any animal sex forced on you recently?
Do tell.
Feel free to add to the discussion. Just back off a bit.
In Omar's case, isn't it "home is where the hands are"?
Apparently journalists lack the integrity or courage to ask Bob Rae the obvious question ... "How is it in Canada's best interests to bring Khadr back?" An even better question posed to Mr. Rae would be "Are you willing to provide food and shelter to Khadr in your own home and, if not, why not?"
The possibilities for "re-integration" are endless. Dewar and Crete could house Khadr on alternate weekends. Khadr could invite his jihadist buddies to Rae's house for sleepovers.
The bottom line is that buffoons masquerading as humanitarians should simply STFU about Khadr and let the chips fall where they may for the murdering little SOB. Canadians do not want or need this piece of trash back in our country.
Not like Dewar et al are breaking new ground here. Didn't we re-inetgrate the murdering Rose brothers during Trudeau's time?
Not like Dewar et al are breaking new ground here. Didn't we re-inetgrate the murdering Rose brothers during Trudeau's time?