Gitmo trial: Obama's child soldier case
Canadian Omar Khadr is the first Guantanamo detainee to face the revamped military tribunals under the Obama administration. Khadr, now 23, but captured at age 15 by US troops in Afghanistan is set for trial on Tuesday at the Naval base in Cuba. Attorney Eric Montalvo was the military defense attorney for Mohammed Jawad, another young detainee, who was held at Guantanamo. Montalvo weighs in on the upcoming trial, what might be different this time around and also argued that the tribunal does not have jurisdiction over the case. He also pointed out that a Canadian high court requested in a legal opinion that Khadr be returned to Canada.
Canadian Omar Khadr is the first Guantanamo detainee to face the revamped military tribunals under the Obama administration. Khadr, now 23, but captured at age 15 by US troops in Afghanistan is set for trial on Tuesday at the Naval base in Cuba. Attorney Eric Montalvo was the military defense attorney for Mohammed Jawad, another young detainee, who was held at Guantanamo. Montalvo weighs in on the upcoming trial, what might be different this time around and also argued that the tribunal does not have jurisdiction over the case. He also pointed out that a Canadian high court requested in a legal opinion that Khadr be returned to Canada.
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