Canadian detainees at Guantanamo Bay
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The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding two Canadian captives in Guantanamo, two teenage brothers, Abdurahman Khadr and Omar Khadr.[1] A total of 778 captives have been held in
Abdurahman Khadr
Abdurahman has described himself as the "black sheep" of his family, who was disgusted by the celebrations he witnessed of the attacks on
Omar Khadr
Omar was captured after a skirmish in Afghanistan on July 27, 2002, where he was accused of throwing a grenade which fatally wounded
Canadian residents and former residents in Afghanistan
In addition Guantanamo held approximately half a dozen men who had lived in Canada, either as refugees, candidates for citizenship, or illegal immigrants.
Guantanamo Bay files leak
On April 25, 2011, the Guantanamo Bay files leak started. These previously unpublished documents had been drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo, whereas all the previously published documents from Guantanamo had been drafted by the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants of the Office of Military Commissions. Sixteen captives secret files were not leaked, including Abdurahman Khadr's.[2][3][4]
References
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OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
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Jeff Kaye (2011-05-01). "Important Files Missing in WikiLeaks Guantanamo Release". Firedoglake. Archivedfrom the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ^ "Wikileaks: Leak reveals new Guantanamo secrets". The Independent. 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
External links
Media related to Canadian captives Guantanamo detainee assessment briefs at Wikimedia Commons
- New York Times