For eight years the United States has operated a military prison at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The maximum-security facility is used to house prisoners charged with terrorist offences. Because it has a bad reputation, the new American administration has vowed to shut it down. But the status of one prisoner, a young Canadian named Omar Khadr, remains unclear. In this News in Review story we’ll look at Khadr’s story, and at the history of the infamous prison.
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Omar Khadr: Canadian in Guantanamo
Omar Khadr is a young Canadian who is being held at the U.S. detention camp for suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Khadr was just 15 years old when he was captured by U.S. forces in 2002, while fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. He is accused of killing an American soldier with a hand grenade. This News in Review story reviews the case of Omar Khadr and how a Canadian teenager became a child soldier in Afghanistan. (Length: 16:03)
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Spain’s 9/11: Terrorists Bomb Trains
In early March, 10 bombs exploded onboard four commuter trains in the Spanish capital of Madrid. The blasts killed 191 people and wounded almost 2 000 others. Police traced the attacks to members of an Islamic extremist group and arrested a number of suspects. In this story we’ll look at why the terrorists targeted Spain and how the police tracked them down. We shall also review how the Spanish people mourned their dead and voted out their government.
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Dying for Peace: Our Soldiers in Kabul
In February, another contingent of Canadian soldiers began arriving in Afghanistan, and a Canadian general took command of the NATO-led peace and security mission. The fresh troops began settling into their base near Kabul, only weeks after a suicide bomber attacked a Canadian patrol. Corporal Jamie Murphy was killed and three other soldiers were wounded. We look at the aftermath of that deadly attack, and how it led to charges that our troops don’t have the proper equipment. We also hear what our troops at Camp Julien have to say about Canada’s most dangerous military mission since the Korean War.
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