Omar Khadr will be transferred to the United States from Guantanamo Bay to face charges in a military commission as the Supreme Court of Canada considers a federal government appeal.
It is unclear where the 23-year-old inmate will be transferred, but he is one of 10 high-profile inmates to be sent to the U.S. to face justice, The Associated Press reported.
Five of those inmates, including alleged Sept. 11, 2001, mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be on trial in a federal civilian court in New York City.
Five other inmates, including Khadr, will be headed to military commissions in the United States on a variety of terrorism charges.
News of his transfer comes as the federal government is appealing a Federal Appeal Court decision to uphold a lower-court ruling that required Ottawa to try to repatriate Khadr, the only Western citizen still being held by the United States at its Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba.
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Apparently, the SCC case has just been rendered moot.
Omar Khadr killed and terrorized people in Afghanistan, that is where he should face trial.
Either in Afghanistan or the International Court at the Hague. Let the Euro-weenies play with Khadr and his ilk.
Nobody I know cares what happens to this terrorist. Most people don’t want to foot any bills to ‘deal’ with him. He is a US prisoner, his fate is on the US plate.