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| Youngest detainee at Guantanamo |
| Youngest detainee at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 26-October-2010
9:39:49 AM |
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Canadian Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay has pleaded guilty to war crimes, including murder of an American army personnel in Afghanistan in 2002.
A plea bargain struck with the prosecution averted a trial that could have led to a life sentence for Canadian citizen Khadr, who was 15 at the time he threw a grenade at an American slider during a firefight in Afghanistan.
Under the plea bargain, the US will repatriate Khadr to Canada after he serves one more year at the detention facility and his total prison time will be not more than eight years, according to the Wall Street Journal.
In 2002, Khadr was captured in Afghanistan and the decision to send him to Guantanamo, at age 15, led to widespread criticism of the US government.
After Khadr, now 24, is repatriated, his attorneys are likely to challenge his continuing confinement as violating Canadian legal standards regarding juvenile offenders, the newspaper said.
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