1) I believe that Omar is not at fault for his actions. It was his parents that brought him overseas into the training camps, and he was taught to hate America and that being a suicide bomber was an "honor". Just like we are brought up with morals and taught right from wrong; being nice to somebody, sharing, using kind words, Omar was taught these things and believed them to be true. He was brainwashed and emotional damaged and thought what he was doing was right. How could you stand there are prosecute someone for something they thought was right.. He believed in what he was doing because he was taught so.
2) I think he should be charged guilty by the US Military and he should use as his defense mentally insane.. even if he may seem normal.. he was messed up and brainwashed. I feel sorry for this kid..put yourself in his shoes
I was very disturbed when I read this article. I believe that Canada should have no say in this and how he is tried, he barely spent any of his childhood there. He was born and raised to hate the Americans, and was taught by Bin Laden. He is not as innocent as he is making it seem. I might seem harsh but he shouldn't be getting all this pity from people. I bet most of Canada doesn't want him back in their country. He honestly had the choice to not listen to his families beliefs just like his brother did. If he was born and raised by this family he probably would have not murder one of our soldiers, but he had the power. He had the grenade and he didn't have to throw it but he did.
I think that the kid is at fault and should be prosecuted as an adult and should not be released back to canada because he will get away with everything. even though he tells everyone that he was forced to please his dad he should still be charged. he killed insint people that he should not of. there should be no mercy for him because he try to kill our soliders.
2)how should he be tried.
he should be tried as an adult and he should serve life in prison. if i was the judge i would put him at death because he killed our soliders for no reason
3)who should charge him? canada,us military,etc...
i think that the us military should charge him because he killed soliders.
I think that everything happened because of everything around him. It wasn't that he chose to live with who he did when he was younger, he did because that is where his parents were. From him being around all that it influenced him. I think he should be tried as a juvenile because I don't think it was something that he intended to do, he just was around the wrong people which turned him the wrong way. We, the United States should be the ones to charge him because it happened to one of our people.
I dont really understand the circumstances. If there was a guy there that died right after the bomb was thrown, then why would they charge Omar with the killing? If he was crying like a baby better yet, why would he be sentenced like that. Did they find and bomb residue on him? Did they have hard evidence that he was the one who threw the bomb? no, it was all circumstantial. After everything that family has been through, i think he didnt throw that bomb. i think that the government of all the country's involved, are just trying to pin the blame on someone who is still alive. I dont think he was the one who threw that bomb wats so ever. it jsut doesnt make sence. Expecally with the technology we have today. It should prove he is either inoccent or guilty.
1. Khadr is a terrorist and he should be treated as such. A 15 year old boy is old enough to realize what he is doing, especially if he is killing people.
2. Khadr should be tried as an adult for terrorism, murder, conspiracry, etc.
NICK EROH- This boy in question guilty of said charges. He was the only one capable there and he has been trained to do what he did. He also used his injuries to get sympathy from gitmo employees. He should be tried in a murder case. It should have a jury and grand jury. In the case the US Military should charge him. He was doing the crime to our people and to keep the punishment fair we should make him be tried inside our country.
He was brainwashed when he was a child. They trained him to kill americans, what makes you think that he won't do it again. He most likely did throw the grenade. They should try him as a terrorist and should be tried on a war tribunal. The Canadians won't punish him, the americans will hang him high if he gets a trial.
here is the real comment, not a test comment. First off there is a different outlook to this because it was a juvenile that committed this act. Also, being that it was not committed in Canada, the idea of being a Canadian citizen does not come into play. Also, this kid was under the direct influence of his family, especially his father, so there was a lot of circumstances surrounding this situation. With the defense of this kid, the idea here was that there was not clear cut evidence that he was the one that threw the grenade. According to the article, there was another person that was in the ruble that could have possibly thrown it.
Will this kid get a fair military trial? I am not sure. The kid should be on trial - but then you must take into account the law of the country in which the action took place and if there are exceptions to the rule during war time.
It is an interesting case and one that should be handles with kid gloves so the precedent set is one that is correct. Not one that is a spur of the moment - get the terrorist ideology - but one that is geared to the justice of the accused.
I feel that Omar acted in the way he did because he was kind of brain washed by his father. His parents lived with Osama bin Laden so of course he was brain washed in some ways. But just because people may say he was brain washed that doesn't mean he had the right to do what he did. He killed a man that had a family and it wasn't like he did it accidently. He was caught on video making bombs with other people. Although his family life had something to do with it thats not an excuse for what he did. Maybe if he was raised differently and raised with different beliefs then it wouldn't have happened but it did and now a family is suffering because of what they lost so i think Omar should suffer also. I also think that he should be charged as an adult because he committed a terroristic crime. And if he is charged as a juvenile then he is going to get a lighter sentenced and his record isn't going to follow him for the rest of his life it will be seen as a juvenile act and that isn't fair. Canada shouldn't have a say in his trial he should be sent to prison for life because he deserves to suffer also.
1) That's how he was raised, he doesn't know that it was wrong that's what he believed and what he was taught from his parents.
2) I think he should be guilty, and seek mental help. Kids his age shouldn't know how to do things like that, his parents obviously had dealings with what he did.
I think its a sad story to see united states soldiers die. i understand that he's been brainwashed and its sad to see, but who knows if he will strike again. i feel bad for him that he's been brought up around the killing and the training camps, but we need to keep our country safe. he should be tried as an adult in canada. If he killed american soldiers once who knows if he will kill again... mike sanute
1. Reaction: Khadr was a juvenile when the incident occurred. Whether or not he was the one to have thrown the grenade is irrelevant. He was a scared a confused child whose life was dependent on others including his father. He simply did what he was taught to do. His perception of right and wrong was skewed from how we (as people and as the United States of America.) see it. He is not a criminal or a terrorist; he is as much of a victim as the solider the grenade killed.
2. How should he be tried? If anyone can honestly believe that at age 15, Khadr deserved to be charged for the mistakes of his parents and the life he was pulled into then he has already served his time. Khadr has been punished. Let him go.
3. Who should charge him? Khadr needs help and guidance, not more time locked away. Yes, he may have killed an American solider, but he has already been punished by the U.S. Military. He is a Canadian citizen.
The United States might even see this as an oppurtunity to show mercy and forgiveness. We, as a nation, are often viewed are unforgiving and ruthless. Let this show that we aren't.
1. Omar should be held accountable for what he did. even though it was his parents that brought him overseas to the training camps, he should still know right from wrong.
2-3. He should be tried as an adult. The U.S. millitary should charge him. He killed a U.S. soldier and they should be the ones to charge him.
He should be trialed in the united states because he killed one of the US troops and he should be trialed as an ADULT. If we would send him back he would just be free
Jared Kalinowski: He is guilty of crimes, but it is understood that, at gitmo, you get tortured, and that's wrong. Try him as a Canadian citizen. He should just be returned to Canada, he's been punished enough.
1. I don't think Khadr is at fault. his parents are the ones who influenced him to be trained to hate Americans. They have told him when he was little that is was an honor to to be a terrorists. Through his life he was led to bad decisions and shouldn't be punished for it. He should just be trained back to a normal citizen and let go.
2. I think he should still be tried as a minor because it really wasn't his fault. I would just put him in juvenile detention and rehab to be a normal citizen and look at the outcome.
3. I think Canada should charge him because eh will get a lesser sentence and be freed more quickly.
1) I believe that Omar should not be punished as hard as he is being punished. Dont get me wrong, he deserves to be punished for his actions but to an extent. I can't believe anyone would be treated like that. He should not be tortured like that. By torturing him we are no better then other country's. This kid was 15 when all of this happened.He was young and brian washed by his family. It's not right to treat him this way.. I think his family had a huge influence on him, and he did the things he did whether he wanted to or not. He should have had a fair trial years ago. Khadr was taught to hate american its no wonder why he turned out the way he did.
2) I think that he should be charged by the US military and that canada should have nothing to do with it. He should be charged as an adult but not sentenced for life. He was only a kid when this happened. He was taught to do the things he did. He needs help not prison for life.
My reaction to this article is probably shared by many. Omar Khadr was born into a family that believed wholeheartedly in terrorism, and because of that, was raised with the idea that terrorism was a necessity of life. His family forced him to become what he was, so really, could he be held accountable for his actions? Growing up around people like that must have made life difficult and frightening. It is possible he did what he did simply to stay alive.
2) On how he should be tried for the murders and his terrorist activity, I believe they should try him as a juvenile by Canada. He did commit the crimes and should (and has been since he was 15) be punished for what he did, but they should take into consideration his youth and his family's influence on him. He has now sat in prison for years and perhaps unjustly. Maybe he has changed and maybe he is a good kid without his fathers ideas being forced on him, but we will never know if he isn't given that chance.
my reaction is that the kid shouldnt have done what he did. i understand that he was jut trying to make his dad happy and what he wished but omar already new what he was doing.
2.how he should be tried
i think that omar should be tried as an adult, only b/c he was charged with many different things that would normally fall under an adult trail and not an juvenile trail.
3. who should charge him
i believe that sense there are so many difeerent things being charged against him that the U.S Military should take care of it b/c they are more then serious charges. if there wasnt anything dealing with terrorism i would say let Canada handle it
I think khadr is not guilty of this his parents are the ones who made him hate Americans. He should be tried in Canada and get probation or something little to teach him a lesson and then be freed i mean you cant go around doing things like this to people he needs to be taught a lesson.I think he should go back to canada and get charged and then when his time is up the united states should charge him and then the us military should do something to him like he did to some of them.
1. My reaction is WOW! The fact of a 15 year old kid killing and injuring U.S. soldiers is unbelievable after all the training and to have a 15 year old show us up. And to read that the kid was already injured and wounded was a shock to.
2. I think the kid should be sentenced life because he killed men and not just any men, soldiers. He should do life since he had the nerve to kill and injure soldiers.
3. I think he should be tried in the U.S. because he shouldn't be able to get away and if he goes back to Canada, then all of this will be gone.
1. I think Omar needs to be broght back to the U.S and be prosecuted for the crimes. There is no reason that we have to hold out on the trial because there is evidence that he was a bomber maker which proves he is a terrorists, and say we take him to Canada and set him free, what is stopping him from going back to his old ways. 2. he should be tried as an adult because the crimes he is being accused of. 3. I thnk that the U.N. should here it because that way you don't have a completely biased opinion on the matter
1: That this is the craziest 15 year old boy in the world. Also how did he survive through the whole fire fight, and why did he not surrender. And how did he live after being shot seven times.
2: As and adult, because he killed a American soldier and wounded another. Plus he knew what he was doing, cause he lived with Osama bin Ladan. And got training from Al Qeuda, for that kind of stuff.
3: U.S. Military, cause we lost an American soldier. Also another was wounded. So it's our problem. Also if Canada let him free he would just do it all over again.
1)I believe that his parents should be the one's to be charged but that cant happen. They moved him and his family over there. I believe that if he had a choice to go or not to go he would have never gone. 2)I don't believed he should be charged. Look at his background he can't help how he was raised by his father. 3)If anybody charges him it should be Canada because he is not a U.S. citizen. He has no right to be charged in the U.S. Where he is at now they are just torturing him. Nobody deserves to be tortured like he is. He should be given a second chance. To show people that he can live a good life without his father.
1) My reaction to this article is that I am very stunned that Canada just wants him back and that he probably won't be tried in Canada and would be freed. I also agree with Shane he was brainwashed to kill Americans what makes you think he won't do it again if he gets out. The US may be able to get a peace bond/restraining order against him but who is to say that he will stay by that order.
2) He should be tried as an adult. He should be tried for murder, terrorism, and conspiracy. He was probably the one to throw the grenade and he put all of those soldiers lives on the line and now there are people who are hurt because of what he did.
1.I think this story is very sad and i don't think it was Omar fault it was his parents faults. His parents told him to hate the Americans an thats what he believe and to kill people too.
2. I think he should be tired as a juvenile. I think that will be the best thing because they would treat him better. When he tired as a adult they use to make him clean everything. I think it would be better if they tired him as a juvenile.
3. I dont think the Canada should charged him he didnt live in Canada that much. I think he should be charged in the U.S. Military because it would be much better in here then in Canada.
1. I think not all of it is Omar Khadr's fault. I think the way he is now is because the influence of his family. He was taught to be like that by his father. Kids listen to what their parents tells them to do, so I think hes just been a good kid and listen to what his father tells him to do. I think the person who should be tried should really be his father, but since his fathers dead. I think we should give him another chance to live and see how it goes.
2,3 Even though is not his fault. I think killing is wrong. Hes old enough to know that killing is wrong. So I think we should try him as a juvenile in US. I think he shouldn't be punished as hard as it should be, because he was taught to be like that ever since he was a child.
I think that Omar is not to blame for his actions. His parents are the ones who raised him to be like that. They sent him overseas to these camps that were looked at as a good thing, the right thing to do, and religious. He didn't realize he was being taught dangerous and terrible things. He was not taught to be a kind loving person, instead he was taught to bomb and kill people. He is a good person, just led in the wrong direction.
I feel that he should be charged as an adult. The U.S military should charge him. I think he should claim insanity because he went to those camps not knowing they were the wrong thing to do. When you are younger your parents are your role models, if they send you somewhere, your going to think that's the right thing to do. I feel bad for him he never had a regular life like most of us. He did do something wrong, but under the circumstances he was pretty much raised to think killing was a good thing not an illegal wrong crime.
This article made me very sad, it is hard to see the destruction and unjustness that goes on in this world. The government seems to be hiding more than a little.
I believe this man should be tried as a juvenile, or rather have no trial at all. He has suffered so long and very brutally, it is not right to make him suffer any more. He has done his time. Just look at how he was brought up and what he did in his life, he does not deserve this type of treatment.
I believe he should be tried in the United states because it was a crime of war, and it was against the united states. I also believe though that he should be given leniency do to his background and age.
I feel bad for Omar, he was sent overseas to training camps that he didn't choose to go to. He was brought up not to like America. His parents impacted him in a bad way, and he has a lot of room to turn himself around. He never really had a chance to make his own decisions, he was only following in his family foot prints, especially in his fathers.
I think he should be tried as an adult. Although he started committing his crimes at the age of 15 he still committed more up until the age of 22 .
Reaction to the story, Whoa. It's crazy to read how much connection he had with al Qaeda & all the terrorism. He had one-on-one training with the people that really hurt our country. It's a shocker. Especially the fact that he's only 15 yrs old. & he was thrown into all that madness since he was young. It's not like he had a choice either. His parents made him. They were the one's who sent him & the rest of his siblings as little kids.
-I think he should be tried as a juvenile by the U.S. He is 22 now but at the time that this happened he was only 15. If he is tried as an adult he may never get out of jail because of all that he has done. I mean like it was his nature. It was what he was taught. Ever since he was little. That was his life. If someone were to sit down with him & ask him he probably would've chose a different life style if he could've. We really have to take that into consideration.
- How could we let someone go into the world that was raised by terrorists? What is this world coming to? This article aggravates me simply because of the mentally of these people. You have to be pretty corrupted if you think the kid should be let free. He is obviously a threat to the U.S. He was trained to terrorize us. His parents did force him to do this, in his defense. But, you don't "feel sorry" for a kid who killed a father of two. There was another man the could have thrown the grenade. To me, Omar sounds like a liar. He is crying to save himself so he can go plant more bombs on the U.S. To set him free is like selling yourself out. We're at war with these people, you kill the terrorists. He should be killed or life imprisonment. We have a junior terrorist and we are willing to give him a chance? No, that is ridiculous. We are giving him American rights to someone who isn't even an American citizen? Wow, this really disturbs me that our country would even consider this. Omar didn't have much of a chance, but that isn't a reason to put our country in danger. He may just be the next Osama! We just shouldn't take these chances.
2. HOW should he be tried?
- He should be tried with life imprisonment or the death penalty. Someone like Omar should not ever be released to the world in this day of age.
3. Who should charge him? Canada, US Military, etc...
- The U.S. Military should charge Omar. Canada could care less about his threats because they are not in danger. They aren't at war with al Qaeda. That isn't even fair.
1.I think they should not treat people that are captured during war in this way. 2.he should be tried as a juvenile and in his place of birth even though he was taken to Pakistan at a young age. And charged with nothing he has endured torture and should be released 3. Canada his home country
It is definitely tough to decide where to put the blame. The young boy seems to be confused, because what he was taught seems right to him and suddenly he is being punished for it. Things are much different over there than they are here, that's for sure. In the end I think the US Military should definitely sue, and he should be tried in Canada. If he is let off too easily, he will most likely just think that he can get away with doing it again. He needs to learn a lesson for thinking that what he did was right in any way. It seems that he has to suffer for his family's mistakes, but it also seems like that is just what the world is coming to.
i believe that what he did was a terrorist attack and that it the parent's fault for putting him in bin laden training camp.i think that the 22 year old should stay in prison because he is training to kill and will kill again if you let him out and may be hill go crazy kill him self and other
i think that omar was a good kid at one time but his family had to much of that bad influence on him. they chnged from that good kid to one that is making bombs and is part of the al queda. i think it is right that he should be kept at guantanamo bay in cuba for his actions. although he was a good kid when he was young since then he has been burned with the mark of bin ladden(he has bee corrupted to the terrorism thoughts). He will never change back to what he was as a boy. He should not under any circunstances be withheld and sent back to canada where he woill be set free again. He is a menace to society and will probably go back to al queda and work with them again. he belongs where he is held for the rest of his life!
I was very disturbed and upset when I read this article. I believe that Canada shouldn't have anything to to do with this trial. He was pretty much just born there and thats it. He was taught at a very young age to hate americans and want to kill them for honor and prais from his parents, and if that what his partent taught him to do , then they too should be punished.they sent him to train and work for Bin Laden.I believe that he should be tried as an adult and as a terrorist. at age 15 you know right from wrong, and he knew that what he was doing was wrong. If he just gave up and let the Americans take him he most likly would be fine now and better off for it. He decided to try and finish off the job and kill more americans, I feel bad that he was "abused" at Guantanamo, but then again he knowingly killed American soldiers .
2. He should be tried as an adult, and given nothing less than life w\ out parole .
3.The United States Military should charge him, and to be fair, he should be able to have a lawyer from Canada. He committed a crime against the USA and there for the USA should charge him.
I thought this article was very interesting yet a bit disturbing. I don't think this is all Omar's fault. From what I read his parents were the ones bringing him up and rising him to be this way and hate American's. It was thoughtful of Omar to stick up for his father after he died by doing something Omar's father would probably appreciate, but I think Omar is way to young to be involved in killing. Omar does seem like he could be a nice boy. The way he was raised and the people he was raised by ruined him. You can tell Omar wants pity but what he did was extremely wrong. I do feel bad for Omar in a way though, the stuff he says hes been threw must be tough for a young boy who lost his father.
I think Omar should be charged as a adult and by the United States. I don't think he should be treated differently because of his heritage, but he needs to be taught right from wrong.
1. Reaction to the article I found it very shocking and heartbreaking, that this kid was basically forced into the whole Al Quaida scheme. In a way, it was his parents' fault early on. But now that he's been through all of the terrorist training, who knows what else he would be capable of now.
2. How should he be tried? He was plotting with terrorists, basically knew they were terrorists, etc. He could've tried to get out of the life that he had, but didn't. Instead, he went against the US and killed. But what I'm thinking: if so many of his siblings were convicted of crimes too, why didn't his mother get charged with anything? She was in on everything too and admitted to wishing death on the US.
3. Who should charge him? I think he should be tried in Canada first, and let them give him his first punishment. Then the US military should try him next. I don't know what the Canadians would give him as a sentence, but the US would have at least life imprisonment I think. We'd probably give him the death penalty but his age at the time of the crime would be a mitigating factor.
I was definitely shocked when i read this article. Who would do that to their children to teach them to be that way. Most people want their kids to grow up in a place where they will learn and become good people. But obviously they think this is the right thing to do in their minds. Granted Omar was definitely brain washed by growing up in learning camps run by bin Laden. Look at what he did to our country. There is no need for anyone to have to live by those rules and to be taught to do all of that but also at 15 you still know what you are doing in your head at the time. Why would Canada want him back in the society if he was this much of a threat at the age of 15, you only learn more as you get older. Yes, you can say that you have changed but once you are brought up that way it will always be in the back of your mind and anything could trigger that and he could back fire again.
2&3. He should be tried as an adult. if you are able to handle all the grenades and want to be a roadside bomber you should be considered an adult. He should be tried by the U.S. military. He killed a U.S soldier. If Canada charged him, he would be out in no time and be able to go back and plan something all over again and who knows if he would do the same thing again. The U.S. military should charge him and get it over with.
this don't surprise me, he was most likly raised up on killing. he was probably trained. he was brain washed when he was a kid and all he knew was terrorism. when he threw the grenade he felt it was his duty and nothing more. i feel that he should be tried as an adult even though he was only fifteen when he did it. he should be punished in the us. as a child a suicide bomber was right religiously, and that it was an honor.
This article was very shocking and disturbing at the same time. I think that Omar should be charged for an adult even though he was probably brainwashed by the camp and parents. He should know right from wrong at the age of 15. I also think that his parents should be punished too from teaching their son wrong from right.
SALLY REIGLE I wasn't surprised by the content of the article. I expected there to be controversy about Omar's age and how he should be tried. But it was kind of hard for me to read about what they did to try to get information out of him.
I think Omar shold be tried as an adult. At the time he was 15 years old and from birth he was taught the ways of al Qaeda and to hate America. Even though some may think that he's just a kid and that someone should give him another chance to do right. Because of the way he was trained it wouldn't be good to give him a second chance to be free. Not to sound harsh but, they should put him in jail and leave him there, because most likely, he's not going to change his ways of thinking. People who have seen him say that he's a good kid and likes to read Harry Potter. Honestly that doesn't matter. Yes, reading is a good thing, but killing a man isn't. If he were to go free in Canada, who knows what he would be able to do to us.
I think the U.S. government should put him on trial because he's the one who one of our men. Sending him to Canada would only set him free and that wouldn't be right because he killed someone. If we put him in jail now, we won't have to worry about him coming back and being a terrorist.
After reading this article I see show easy our parents are on us. I mean they don't send us to camps where we learn how to kill or do suicide bombs or whatever they teach at bin Laden's training camps. We can go out side and not see people dieing, family's being turn apart, Children crying over their family members in the streets, and Hear gunshots or see people shooting. Like people do in Afghanistan who see soldiers killing their family's. Afghanistan people do what they need to do to stay alive over there everyday and there kids are left terrified or thorn in to camps to learn to fight and kill.
I personally think Omar should have Charged as an adult but not the death penalty because him and his bothers were in bin Laden's training camps and they stayed with him for a while. They where taught probably how to kill and they where also probably told that Americans are bad. So when he saw the soldiers he might have took it as a threat and reacted but that still don't give him the right to kill. That's why i don't really think he should get the death penalty.An a lot of people say that he is a good kid but good kids don't kill people. He killed Christopher Speer a U.S. Sargent who had a family and I think they deserve the right to see him in prison for the rest of his life and if given the death penalty. I also think the U.S. Military should charge him.
While it's hard not to get emotional (the kid is accused of killing and wounding U.S. soldiers during wartime), it's important that real justice be executed. Seven years have now passed since the incident, the waters have muddied considerably since then. The military should be allowed to charge him and proceed with a trial, taking into consideration that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. Maybe time spent at Gitmo has helped to somewhat rehabilitate him, but there ought to be some form of punishment regardless of how he was raised or where.
1) I believe that Omar is not at fault for his actions. It was his parents that brought him overseas into the training camps, and he was taught to hate America and that being a suicide bomber was an "honor". Just like we are brought up with morals and taught right from wrong; being nice to somebody, sharing, using kind words, Omar was taught these things and believed them to be true. He was brainwashed and emotional damaged and thought what he was doing was right. How could you stand there are prosecute someone for something they thought was right.. He believed in what he was doing because he was taught so.
ReplyDelete2) I think he should be charged guilty by the US Military and he should use as his defense mentally insane.. even if he may seem normal.. he was messed up and brainwashed. I feel sorry for this kid..put yourself in his shoes
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ReplyDeleteI was very disturbed when I read this article. I believe that Canada should have no say in this and how he is tried, he barely spent any of his childhood there. He was born and raised to hate the Americans, and was taught by Bin Laden. He is not as innocent as he is making it seem. I might seem harsh but he shouldn't be getting all this pity from people. I bet most of Canada doesn't want him back in their country. He honestly had the choice to not listen to his families beliefs just like his brother did. If he was born and raised by this family he probably would have not murder one of our soldiers, but he had the power. He had the grenade and he didn't have to throw it but he did.
ReplyDelete1)reaction to the article
ReplyDeleteI think that the kid is at fault and should be prosecuted as an adult and should not be released back to canada because he will get away with everything. even though he tells everyone that he was forced to please his dad he should still be charged. he killed insint people that he should not of. there should be no mercy for him because he try to kill our soliders.
2)how should he be tried.
he should be tried as an adult and he should serve life in prison. if i was the judge i would put him at death because he killed our soliders for no reason
3)who should charge him? canada,us military,etc...
i think that the us military should charge him because he killed soliders.
I think that everything happened because of everything around him. It wasn't that he chose to live with who he did when he was younger, he did because that is where his parents were. From him being around all that it influenced him. I think he should be tried as a juvenile because I don't think it was something that he intended to do, he just was around the wrong people which turned him the wrong way. We, the United States should be the ones to charge him because it happened to one of our people.
ReplyDeleteI dont really understand the circumstances. If there was a guy there that died right after the bomb was thrown, then why would they charge Omar with the killing? If he was crying like a baby better yet, why would he be sentenced like that. Did they find and bomb residue on him? Did they have hard evidence that he was the one who threw the bomb? no, it was all circumstantial. After everything that family has been through, i think he didnt throw that bomb. i think that the government of all the country's involved, are just trying to pin the blame on someone who is still alive. I dont think he was the one who threw that bomb wats so ever. it jsut doesnt make sence. Expecally with the technology we have today. It should prove he is either inoccent or guilty.
ReplyDelete1. Khadr is a terrorist and he should be treated as such. A 15 year old boy is old enough to realize what he is doing, especially if he is killing people.
ReplyDelete2. Khadr should be tried as an adult for terrorism, murder, conspiracry, etc.
3. U.S. Military
- Dylan Callahan
NICK EROH- This boy in question guilty of said charges. He was the only one capable there and he has been trained to do what he did. He also used his injuries to get sympathy from gitmo employees.
ReplyDeleteHe should be tried in a murder case. It should have a jury and grand jury.
In the case the US Military should charge him. He was doing the crime to our people and to keep the punishment fair we should make him be tried inside our country.
He was brainwashed when he was a child. They trained him to kill americans, what makes you think that he won't do it again. He most likely did throw the grenade. They should try him as a terrorist and should be tried on a war tribunal. The Canadians won't punish him, the americans will hang him high if he gets a trial.
ReplyDeletehere is the real comment, not a test comment. First off there is a different outlook to this because it was a juvenile that committed this act. Also, being that it was not committed in Canada, the idea of being a Canadian citizen does not come into play. Also, this kid was under the direct influence of his family, especially his father, so there was a lot of circumstances surrounding this situation. With the defense of this kid, the idea here was that there was not clear cut evidence that he was the one that threw the grenade. According to the article, there was another person that was in the ruble that could have possibly thrown it.
ReplyDeleteWill this kid get a fair military trial? I am not sure. The kid should be on trial - but then you must take into account the law of the country in which the action took place and if there are exceptions to the rule during war time.
It is an interesting case and one that should be handles with kid gloves so the precedent set is one that is correct. Not one that is a spur of the moment - get the terrorist ideology - but one that is geared to the justice of the accused.
Ashley Miller
ReplyDeleteI feel that Omar acted in the way he did because he was kind of brain washed by his father. His parents lived with Osama bin Laden so of course he was brain washed in some ways. But just because people may say he was brain washed that doesn't mean he had the right to do what he did. He killed a man that had a family and it wasn't like he did it accidently. He was caught on video making bombs with other people. Although his family life had something to do with it thats not an excuse for what he did. Maybe if he was raised differently and raised with different beliefs then it wouldn't have happened but it did and now a family is suffering because of what they lost so i think Omar should suffer also. I also think that he should be charged as an adult because he committed a terroristic crime. And if he is charged as a juvenile then he is going to get a lighter sentenced and his record isn't going to follow him for the rest of his life it will be seen as a juvenile act and that isn't fair. Canada shouldn't have a say in his trial he should be sent to prison for life because he deserves to suffer also.
1) That's how he was raised, he doesn't know that it was wrong that's what he believed and what he was taught from his parents.
ReplyDelete2) I think he should be guilty, and seek mental help. Kids his age shouldn't know how to do things like that, his parents obviously had dealings with what he did.
3) He should be charged by the US Military,
I think its a sad story to see united states soldiers die. i understand that he's been brainwashed and its sad to see, but who knows if he will strike again. i feel bad for him that he's been brought up around the killing and the training camps, but we need to keep our country safe. he should be tried as an adult in canada. If he killed american soldiers once who knows if he will kill again... mike sanute
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ReplyDeleteKhadr was a juvenile when the incident occurred. Whether or not he was the one to have thrown the grenade is irrelevant. He was a scared a confused child whose life was dependent on others including his father. He simply did what he was taught to do. His perception of right and wrong was skewed from how we (as people and as the United States of America.) see it. He is not a criminal or a terrorist; he is as much of a victim as the solider the grenade killed.
2. How should he be tried?
If anyone can honestly believe that at age 15, Khadr deserved to be charged for the mistakes of his parents and the life he was pulled into then he has already served his time. Khadr has been punished. Let him go.
3. Who should charge him?
Khadr needs help and guidance, not more time locked away. Yes, he may have killed an American solider, but he has already been punished by the U.S. Military. He is a Canadian citizen.
The United States might even see this as an oppurtunity to show mercy and forgiveness.
We, as a nation, are often viewed are unforgiving and ruthless. Let this show that we aren't.
Christina Graham
1. Omar should be held accountable for what he did. even though it was his parents that brought him overseas to the training camps, he should still know right from wrong.
ReplyDelete2-3. He should be tried as an adult. The U.S. millitary should charge him. He killed a U.S. soldier and they should be the ones to charge him.
He should be trialed in the united states because he killed one of the US troops and he should be trialed as an ADULT. If we would send him back he would just be free
ReplyDeleteJared Kalinowski:
ReplyDeleteHe is guilty of crimes, but it is understood that, at gitmo, you get tortured, and that's wrong. Try him as a Canadian citizen. He should just be returned to Canada, he's been punished enough.
1. I don't think Khadr is at fault. his parents are the ones who influenced him to be trained to hate Americans. They have told him when he was little that is was an honor to to be a terrorists. Through his life he was led to bad decisions and shouldn't be punished for it. He should just be trained back to a normal citizen and let go.
ReplyDelete2. I think he should still be tried as a minor because it really wasn't his fault. I would just put him in juvenile detention and rehab to be a normal citizen and look at the outcome.
3. I think Canada should charge him because eh will get a lesser sentence and be freed more quickly.
1) I believe that Omar should not be punished as hard as he is being punished. Dont get me wrong, he deserves to be punished for his actions but to an extent. I can't believe anyone would be treated like that. He should not be tortured like that. By torturing him we are no better then other country's. This kid was 15 when all of this happened.He was young and brian washed by his family. It's not right to treat him this way.. I think his family had a huge influence on him, and he did the things he did whether he wanted to or not. He should have had a fair trial years ago. Khadr was taught to hate american its no wonder why he turned out the way he did.
ReplyDelete2) I think that he should be charged by the US military and that canada should have nothing to do with it. He should be charged as an adult but not sentenced for life. He was only a kid when this happened. He was taught to do the things he did. He needs help not prison for life.
My reaction to this article is probably shared by many. Omar Khadr was born into a family that believed wholeheartedly in terrorism, and because of that, was raised with the idea that terrorism was a necessity of life. His family forced him to become what he was, so really, could he be held accountable for his actions? Growing up around people like that must have made life difficult and frightening. It is possible he did what he did simply to stay alive.
ReplyDelete2) On how he should be tried for the murders and his terrorist activity, I believe they should try him as a juvenile by Canada. He did commit the crimes and should (and has been since he was 15) be punished for what he did, but they should take into consideration his youth and his family's influence on him. He has now sat in prison for years and perhaps unjustly. Maybe he has changed and maybe he is a good kid without his fathers ideas being forced on him, but we will never know if he isn't given that chance.
I am not surprised. He is the enemy doing his job.
ReplyDeleteI think he should be tried as an adult because it is a murder. I'm really not sure. I think they should have killed him in action any way.
If anyone should charge him, it should be the u.s military. He did kill one of their men. It is no one else's business.
1.my reaction
ReplyDeletemy reaction is that the kid shouldnt have done what he did. i understand that he was jut trying to make his dad happy and what he wished but omar already new what he was doing.
2.how he should be tried
i think that omar should be tried as an adult, only b/c he was charged with many different things that would normally fall under an adult trail and not an juvenile trail.
3. who should charge him
i believe that sense there are so many difeerent things being charged against him that the U.S Military should take care of it b/c they are more then serious charges. if there wasnt anything dealing with terrorism i would say let Canada handle it
I think khadr is not guilty of this his parents are the ones who made him hate Americans. He should be tried in Canada and get probation or something little to teach him a lesson and then be freed i mean you cant go around doing things like this to people he needs to be taught a lesson.I think he should go back to canada and get charged and then when his time is up the united states should charge him and then the us military should do something to him like he did to some of them.
ReplyDelete1. My reaction is WOW! The fact of a 15 year old kid killing and injuring U.S. soldiers is unbelievable after all the training and to have a 15 year old show us up. And to read that the kid was already injured and wounded was a shock to.
ReplyDelete2. I think the kid should be sentenced life because he killed men and not just any men, soldiers. He should do life since he had the nerve to kill and injure soldiers.
3. I think he should be tried in the U.S. because he shouldn't be able to get away and if he goes back to Canada, then all of this will be gone.
1. I think Omar needs to be broght back to the U.S and be prosecuted for the crimes. There is no reason that we have to hold out on the trial because there is evidence that he was a bomber maker which proves he is a terrorists, and say we take him to Canada and set him free, what is stopping him from going back to his old ways.
ReplyDelete2. he should be tried as an adult because the crimes he is being accused of.
3. I thnk that the U.N. should here it because that way you don't have a completely biased opinion on the matter
i think his head should be bbbbblllllooooowwwwwwnnnnn off!
ReplyDelete1: That this is the craziest 15 year old boy in the world. Also how did he survive through the whole fire fight, and why did he not surrender. And how did he live after being shot seven times.
ReplyDelete2: As and adult, because he killed a American soldier and wounded another. Plus he knew what he was doing, cause he lived with Osama bin Ladan. And got training from Al Qeuda, for that kind of stuff.
3: U.S. Military, cause we lost an American soldier. Also another was wounded. So it's our problem. Also if Canada let him free he would just do it all over again.
1)I believe that his parents should be the one's to be charged but that cant happen. They moved him and his family over there. I believe that if he had a choice to go or not to go he would have never gone.
ReplyDelete2)I don't believed he should be charged. Look at his background he can't help how he was raised by his father.
3)If anybody charges him it should be Canada because he is not a U.S. citizen. He has no right to be charged in the U.S. Where he is at now they are just torturing him. Nobody deserves to be tortured like he is. He should be given a second chance. To show people that he can live a good life without his father.
1) My reaction to this article is that I am very stunned that Canada just wants him back and that he probably won't be tried in Canada and would be freed. I also agree with Shane he was brainwashed to kill Americans what makes you think he won't do it again if he gets out. The US may be able to get a peace bond/restraining order against him but who is to say that he will stay by that order.
ReplyDelete2) He should be tried as an adult. He should be tried for murder, terrorism, and conspiracy. He was probably the one to throw the grenade and he put all of those soldiers lives on the line and now there are people who are hurt because of what he did.
3) The US should definitely charge him.
1.I think this story is very sad and i don't think it was Omar fault it was his parents faults. His parents told him to hate the Americans an thats what he believe and to kill people too.
ReplyDelete2. I think he should be tired as a juvenile. I think that will be the best thing because they would treat him better. When he tired as a adult they use to make him clean everything. I think it would be better if they tired him as a juvenile.
3. I dont think the Canada should charged him he didnt live in Canada that much. I think he should be charged in the U.S. Military because it would be much better in here then in Canada.
1. I think not all of it is Omar Khadr's fault. I think the way he is now is because the influence of his family. He was taught to be like that by his father. Kids listen to what their parents tells them to do, so I think hes just been a good kid and listen to what his father tells him to do. I think the person who should be tried should really be his father, but since his fathers dead. I think we should give him another chance to live and see how it goes.
ReplyDelete2,3 Even though is not his fault. I think killing is wrong. Hes old enough to know that killing is wrong. So I think we should try him as a juvenile in US. I think he shouldn't be punished as hard as it should be, because he was taught to be like that ever since he was a child.
I think that Omar is not to blame for his actions. His parents are the ones who raised him to be like that. They sent him overseas to these camps that were looked at as a good thing, the right thing to do, and religious. He didn't realize he was being taught dangerous and terrible things. He was not taught to be a kind loving person, instead he was taught to bomb and kill people. He is a good person, just led in the wrong direction.
ReplyDeleteI feel that he should be charged as an adult. The U.S military should charge him. I think he should claim insanity because he went to those camps not knowing they were the wrong thing to do. When you are younger your parents are your role models, if they send you somewhere, your going to think that's the right thing to do. I feel bad for him he never had a regular life like most of us. He did do something wrong, but under the circumstances he was pretty much raised to think killing was a good thing not an illegal wrong crime.
This article made me very sad, it is hard to see the destruction and unjustness that goes on in this world. The government seems to be hiding more than a little.
ReplyDeleteI believe this man should be tried as a juvenile, or rather have no trial at all. He has suffered so long and very brutally, it is not right to make him suffer any more. He has done his time. Just look at how he was brought up and what he did in his life, he does not deserve this type of treatment.
I believe he should be tried in the United states because it was a crime of war, and it was against the united states. I also believe though that he should be given leniency do to his background and age.
I feel bad for Omar, he was sent overseas to training camps that he didn't choose to go to. He was brought up not to like America. His parents impacted him in a bad way, and he has a lot of room to turn himself around. He never really had a chance to make his own decisions, he was only following in his family foot prints, especially in his fathers.
ReplyDeleteI think he should be tried as an adult. Although he started committing his crimes at the age of 15 he still committed more up until the age of 22 .
The U.S Military should charge him.
Reaction to the story, Whoa. It's crazy to read how much connection he had with al Qaeda & all the terrorism. He had one-on-one training with the people that really hurt our country. It's a shocker. Especially the fact that he's only 15 yrs old. & he was thrown into all that madness since he was young. It's not like he had a choice either. His parents made him. They were the one's who sent him & the rest of his siblings as little kids.
ReplyDelete-I think he should be tried as a juvenile by the U.S. He is 22 now but at the time that this happened he was only 15. If he is tried as an adult he may never get out of jail because of all that he has done. I mean like it was his nature. It was what he was taught. Ever since he was little. That was his life. If someone were to sit down with him & ask him he probably would've chose a different life style if he could've. We really have to take that into consideration.
1. reaction to the article
ReplyDelete- How could we let someone go into the world that was raised by terrorists? What is this world coming to? This article aggravates me simply because of the mentally of these people. You have to be pretty corrupted if you think the kid should be let free. He is obviously a threat to the U.S. He was trained to terrorize us. His parents did force him to do this, in his defense. But, you don't "feel sorry" for a kid who killed a father of two. There was another man the could have thrown the grenade. To me, Omar sounds like a liar. He is crying to save himself so he can go plant more bombs on the U.S. To set him free is like selling yourself out. We're at war with these people, you kill the terrorists. He should be killed or life imprisonment. We have a junior terrorist and we are willing to give him a chance? No, that is ridiculous. We are giving him American rights to someone who isn't even an American citizen? Wow, this really disturbs me that our country would even consider this. Omar didn't have much of a chance, but that isn't a reason to put our country in danger. He may just be the next Osama! We just shouldn't take these chances.
2. HOW should he be tried?
- He should be tried with life imprisonment or the death penalty. Someone like Omar should not ever be released to the world in this day of age.
3. Who should charge him? Canada, US Military, etc...
- The U.S. Military should charge Omar. Canada could care less about his threats because they are not in danger. They aren't at war with al Qaeda. That isn't even fair.
1.I think they should not treat people that are captured during war in this way.
ReplyDelete2.he should be tried as a juvenile and in his place of birth even though he was taken to Pakistan at a young age. And charged with nothing he has endured torture and should be released
3. Canada his home country
It is definitely tough to decide where to put the blame. The young boy seems to be confused, because what he was taught seems right to him and suddenly he is being punished for it. Things are much different over there than they are here, that's for sure. In the end I think the US Military should definitely sue, and he should be tried in Canada. If he is let off too easily, he will most likely just think that he can get away with doing it again. He needs to learn a lesson for thinking that what he did was right in any way. It seems that he has to suffer for his family's mistakes, but it also seems like that is just what the world is coming to.
ReplyDeletei believe that what he did was a terrorist attack and that it the parent's fault for putting him in bin laden training camp.i think that the 22 year old should stay in prison because he is training to kill and will kill again if you let him out and may be hill go crazy kill him self and other
ReplyDeletei think that omar was a good kid at one time but his family had to much of that bad influence on him. they chnged from that good kid to one that is making bombs and is part of the al queda. i think it is right that he should be kept at guantanamo bay in cuba for his actions. although he was a good kid when he was young since then he has been burned with the mark of bin ladden(he has bee corrupted to the terrorism thoughts). He will never change back to what he was as a boy. He should not under any circunstances be withheld and sent back to canada where he woill be set free again. He is a menace to society and will probably go back to al queda and work with them again. he belongs where he is held for the rest of his life!
ReplyDeleteI was very disturbed and upset when I read this article. I believe that Canada shouldn't have anything to to do with this trial. He was pretty much just born there and thats it. He was taught at a very young age to hate americans and want to kill them for honor and prais from his parents, and if that what his partent taught him to do , then they too should be punished.they sent him to train and work for Bin Laden.I believe that he should be tried as an adult and as a terrorist. at age 15 you know right from wrong, and he knew that what he was doing was wrong. If he just gave up and let the Americans take him he most likly would be fine now and better off for it. He decided to try and finish off the job and kill more americans, I feel bad that he was "abused" at Guantanamo, but then again he knowingly killed American soldiers .
ReplyDelete2. He should be tried as an adult, and given nothing less than life w\ out parole .
3.The United States Military should charge him, and to be fair, he should be able to have a lawyer from Canada. He committed a crime against the USA and there for the USA should charge him.
I thought this article was very interesting yet a bit disturbing. I don't think this is all Omar's fault. From what I read his parents were the ones bringing him up and rising him to be this way and hate American's. It was thoughtful of Omar to stick up for his father after he died by doing something Omar's father would probably appreciate, but I think Omar is way to young to be involved in killing. Omar does seem like he could be a nice boy. The way he was raised and the people he was raised by ruined him. You can tell Omar wants pity but what he did was extremely wrong. I do feel bad for Omar in a way though, the stuff he says hes been threw must be tough for a young boy who lost his father.
ReplyDeleteI think Omar should be charged as a adult and by the United States. I don't think he should be treated differently because of his heritage, but he needs to be taught right from wrong.
1. Reaction to the article
ReplyDeleteI found it very shocking and heartbreaking, that this kid was basically forced into the whole Al Quaida scheme. In a way, it was his parents' fault early on. But now that he's been through all of the terrorist training, who knows what else he would be capable of now.
2. How should he be tried?
He was plotting with terrorists, basically knew they were terrorists, etc. He could've tried to get out of the life that he had, but didn't. Instead, he went against the US and killed. But what I'm thinking: if so many of his siblings were convicted of crimes too, why didn't his mother get charged with anything? She was in on everything too and admitted to wishing death on the US.
3. Who should charge him?
I think he should be tried in Canada first, and let them give him his first punishment. Then the US military should try him next. I don't know what the Canadians would give him as a sentence, but the US would have at least life imprisonment I think. We'd probably give him the death penalty but his age at the time of the crime would be a mitigating factor.
I was definitely shocked when i read this article. Who would do that to their children to teach them to be that way. Most people want their kids to grow up in a place where they will learn and become good people. But obviously they think this is the right thing to do in their minds. Granted Omar was definitely brain washed by growing up in learning camps run by bin Laden. Look at what he did to our country. There is no need for anyone to have to live by those rules and to be taught to do all of that but also at 15 you still know what you are doing in your head at the time. Why would Canada want him back in the society if he was this much of a threat at the age of 15, you only learn more as you get older. Yes, you can say that you have changed but once you are brought up that way it will always be in the back of your mind and anything could trigger that and he could back fire again.
ReplyDelete2&3. He should be tried as an adult. if you are able to handle all the grenades and want to be a roadside bomber you should be considered an adult. He should be tried by the U.S. military. He killed a U.S soldier. If Canada charged him, he would be out in no time and be able to go back and plan something all over again and who knows if he would do the same thing again. The U.S. military should charge him and get it over with.
this don't surprise me, he was most likly raised up on killing. he was probably trained. he was brain washed when he was a kid and all he knew was terrorism. when he threw the grenade he felt it was his duty and nothing more. i feel that he should be tried as an adult even though he was only fifteen when he did it. he should be punished in the us. as a child a suicide bomber was right religiously, and that it was an honor.
ReplyDeleteAmy Yagalla
ReplyDeleteThis article was very shocking and disturbing at the same time. I think that Omar should be charged for an adult even though he was probably brainwashed by the camp and parents. He should know right from wrong at the age of 15. I also think that his parents should be punished too from teaching their son wrong from right.
SALLY REIGLE
ReplyDeleteI wasn't surprised by the content of the article. I expected there to be controversy about Omar's age and how he should be tried. But it was kind of hard for me to read about what they did to try to get information out of him.
I think Omar shold be tried as an adult. At the time he was 15 years old and from birth he was taught the ways of al Qaeda and to hate America. Even though some may think that he's just a kid and that someone should give him another chance to do right. Because of the way he was trained it wouldn't be good to give him a second chance to be free. Not to sound harsh but, they should put him in jail and leave him there, because most likely, he's not going to change his ways of thinking. People who have seen him say that he's a good kid and likes to read Harry Potter. Honestly that doesn't matter. Yes, reading is a good thing, but killing a man isn't. If he were to go free in Canada, who knows what he would be able to do to us.
I think the U.S. government should put him on trial because he's the one who one of our men. Sending him to Canada would only set him free and that wouldn't be right because he killed someone. If we put him in jail now, we won't have to worry about him coming back and being a terrorist.
Mr. Kaminski its Rachel Scott just so you know.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I see show easy our parents are on us. I mean they don't send us to camps where we learn how to kill or do suicide bombs or whatever they teach at bin Laden's training camps. We can go out side and not see people dieing, family's being turn apart, Children crying over their family members in the streets, and Hear gunshots or see people shooting. Like people do in Afghanistan who see soldiers killing their family's. Afghanistan people do what they need to do to stay alive over there everyday and there kids are left terrified or thorn in to camps to learn to fight and kill.
I personally think Omar should have Charged as an adult but not the death penalty because him and his bothers were in bin Laden's training camps and they stayed with him for a while. They where taught probably how to kill and they where also probably told that Americans are bad. So when he saw the soldiers he might have took it as a threat and reacted but that still don't give him the right to kill. That's why i don't really think he should get the death penalty.An a lot of people say that he is a good kid but good kids don't kill people. He killed Christopher Speer a U.S. Sargent who had a family and I think they deserve the right to see him in prison for the rest of his life and if given the death penalty. I also think the U.S. Military should charge him.
While it's hard not to get emotional (the kid is accused of killing and wounding U.S. soldiers during wartime), it's important that real justice be executed. Seven years have now passed since the incident, the waters have muddied considerably since then. The military should be allowed to charge him and proceed with a trial, taking into consideration that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime. Maybe time spent at Gitmo has helped to somewhat rehabilitate him, but there ought to be some form of punishment regardless of how he was raised or where.
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