Khadr to remain in Guantanamo, U.S. official insists

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Source: CanWest News Service

Norma Greenaway, CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, August 10, 2007

WASHINGTON - ~snip~ The American government is determined to bring Khadr to justice in the United States, said Jeffrey Gordon, a spokesman for the U.S. Defence Department. ~snip~

Khadr, captured six years ago, is the lone Canadian held at Guantanamo. Human rights groups have urged Harper to bring him home, but Foreign Minister Peter MacKay has made clear the government has no plans to protest U.S. plans to put Khadr on trial.

Khadr's military trial has, however, become bogged down in legal challenges. ~snip~



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