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I just read a facebook post shedding more light on that guy who got 10 million bucks and an apology out of the Canadian government. He was apparently detained for ten years without a trial, only offered a trial if he took a plea deal, and the reason he got $10m is because he successfully sued the Canadian government.

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For your information, the Canadian government did not simply offer up an apology and $10m for no reason. They were sued. The Canadian Supreme Court found in favour of Khadr, in that the Canadian government was in breach of Canadian and International law. That money will mostly be covering his legal fees. But here's where you should be more concerned about the money. The Canadian government spent $120m of your money, defending itself for committing what is legally, war crimes. Seriously. Your government, was just successfully sued, for war crimes. Crimes they committed not only against Khadr, but against the entire Canadian public. They assured us that we would all be given a fair trial, but now we know that is not true. They assured us that we will always be presumed innocent until proven guilty. We know that is not true. They took your money, money which could have been spent on building half a hospital or something, and spent it instead, on committing war crimes, and crimes directly against the Charter on which our country was founded.

So yeah, "urr they apologized to a terrorist! stupid fucking liberal pussies taking over the world!" sounds like a load of horse shit. The "terrorist" sued Canada, their Supreme Court ruled in favor of him - basically confirming that a decade of torture and other garbage in Gitmo was unlawful as fuck, and that he had every right to compensation.

The "terrorist" sued the government for unlawful actions, and the "terrorist" won. The Supreme court ruled in favor of him. That means that the US and Canada must have done some incredibly illegal shit, otherwise the fucking Supreme Court wouldn't have ruled in favor of the guy. Think about that next time you smear this guy as a terrorist - the reason he got ten mil and an apology is because the US and Canada were in the wrong.
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