Comments on: Moazzam Begg recalls the suffering of Omar Khadr http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/07/22/moazzam-begg-recalls-the-suffering-of-omar-khadr/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andy Worthington http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/07/22/moazzam-begg-recalls-the-suffering-of-omar-khadr/comment-page-1/#comment-28516 Andy Worthington Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:33:52 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=338#comment-28516 This was my reply to the above post: Hi Angela, Petition your politicians. Write to them. It sounds futile, but it isn't necessarily. People can make a difference. Explain that the Canadian government needs to make amends for its illegal activities, both in endorsing the US detention of a juvenile, and in sending Canadian interrogators to Guantánamo. Point out that Canada leads the world in encouraging the rehabilitation of child soldiers from other countries, and should be ashamed that it has turned its back on one of its own. Explain that Omar is being scapegoated for the supposed sins of his family, and that this is always unjust - and especially so because he was a juvenile when seized. See what they say. They should be obliged to respond to you, and there's no way that they can legally justify what's been done to Omar. Best, Andy This was my reply to the above post:

Hi Angela,
Petition your politicians. Write to them. It sounds futile, but it isn’t necessarily. People can make a difference. Explain that the Canadian government needs to make amends for its illegal activities, both in endorsing the US detention of a juvenile, and in sending Canadian interrogators to Guantánamo. Point out that Canada leads the world in encouraging the rehabilitation of child soldiers from other countries, and should be ashamed that it has turned its back on one of its own. Explain that Omar is being scapegoated for the supposed sins of his family, and that this is always unjust – and especially so because he was a juvenile when seized.
See what they say. They should be obliged to respond to you, and there’s no way that they can legally justify what’s been done to Omar.
Best,
Andy

]]> By: ANGELA DAY http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/07/22/moazzam-begg-recalls-the-suffering-of-omar-khadr/comment-page-1/#comment-28515 ANGELA DAY Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:04:52 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=338#comment-28515 My fellow Canadian friends and I want to help but don't know how. My fellow Canadian friends and I want to help but don’t know how.

]]> By: laura macleod http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/07/22/moazzam-begg-recalls-the-suffering-of-omar-khadr/comment-page-1/#comment-28212 laura macleod Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:56:51 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=338#comment-28212 I am absolutely disgusted by the treatment of this boy. Who is helping him? It is evil and terrifying. I want to help him - as most people who have any humanity would want to - how can we help him? I am mother and I am aghast at the evil shown to this boy - the west says it supports human rights but how can this boy be imprisoned like this? I am absolutely disgusted by the treatment of this boy. Who is helping him? It is evil and terrifying. I want to help him – as most people who have any humanity would want to – how can we help him? I am mother and I am aghast at the evil shown to this boy – the west says it supports human rights but how can this boy be imprisoned like this?

]]> By: paul Siemering http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/07/22/moazzam-begg-recalls-the-suffering-of-omar-khadr/comment-page-1/#comment-28158 paul Siemering Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:59:54 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=338#comment-28158 Thanks for this close up view of young Omar. There is no case against this boy. In the first place, nobody knows he threw that grenade. In the second place, child soldiers are victims, not perpetrators. And finally, the heroes who shot him in the back are members of the U.S. armed forces, the most powerful military machine in the world. For this reason they are also the worlds biggest cry babies. For the first time in the history of armed conflict this mighty force insists that when they attack somebody, their victims CAN"T SHOOT BACK! The most powerful, yes. But most especially the most cowardly. Thanks for this close up view of young Omar.
There is no case against this boy. In the first place, nobody knows he threw that grenade. In the second place, child soldiers are victims, not perpetrators.
And finally, the heroes who shot him in the back are members of the U.S. armed forces, the most powerful military machine in the world. For this reason they are also the worlds biggest cry babies. For the first time in the history of armed conflict this mighty force insists that when they attack somebody, their victims CAN”T SHOOT BACK! The most powerful, yes. But most especially the most cowardly.

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