Khadr arrested

Khadr arrested on U.S. charges
Eldest son faces terrorism-related charges in Toronto
Abdullah Khadr, the eldest son of a reputed Canadian
Al Qaeda financier, was arrested by the RCMP yesterday
on terrorism-related charges at the request of American
authorities.
The 25-year-old Canadian recently returned from
Pakistan, where he was held for 14 months without
charge. He was arrested last night after agreeing to meet
an RCMP officer at a McDonald's near his Scarborough
apartment, his relatives said.
His mother,
Maha Elsamnah, tried to intervene in the arrest and was
also taken into custody but later released without
charges. Khadr's brother, 22-year-old Abdurahman,
was also at the fast food restaurant.
An RCMP spokesperson confirmed the arrest last night
but said officers were acting only at the request of
American authorities.
"We arrested Mr. Khadr on the grounds of a provisional
warrant issued by the department of justice, after the
U.S. government petitioned the Canadian courts to
allow for his arrest," said Cpl. Michele Paradis.
"The process had nothing to do with the RCMP.
We received it today and acted on it."
But according to court documents, the RCMP has
been investigating both Khadr and his sister Zaynab,
who also returned to Canada earlier this year, under
terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code introduced
in 2001.
Khadr's Edmonton-based lawyer Dennis Edney said
last night Khadr now faces two charges: possession
and use of a destructive device in furtherance of a
crime of violence and conspiracy to murder a U.S.
national outside of the U.S.
According to Western intelligence services, Khadr r
an an Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan in the late
1990s. But in an interview with the Star he claimed
he's not a terrorist and only attended
the notorious Khaldan camp in Afghanistan when
he was 13.
"I just want everybody to know I have nothing
to do with anything," he said in an interview earlier
this month.
Khadr was detained by Pakistani authorities in
October 2004. Until his return to Canada Dec. 2,
his whereabouts had been unknown.
The Star revealed the fact that Khadr had quietly
returned, accompanied by Canadian officials.
He was questioned at the airport by RCMP
investigators, then dropped off at his grandparents'
home in Scarborough and told he was
a "free man," according to relatives.
But a U.S. source told the Star that American
authorities were looking to issue a provisional warrant
for Khadr's arrest.
The following week Khadr told the Star in an interview
that he was tortured during the first 48 hours of his
detention. During that interview another
lawyer representing Khadr, Nate Whitling, said if Khadr is
charged he would argue that any
information provided during these sessions in Pakistan
would be inadmissible due to
his harsh treatment and the fact he was never charged or
provided a lawyer.
Khadr is the eldest son of Egyptian-born Canadian Ahmed
Said Khadr, who was killed in a battle with Pakistani forces
in 2003.
There are six children in the family that was raised travelling
between Scarborough, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Khadr is being held at the Toronto West Detention Centre
and will appear in court this morning for a bail hearing.
With files from Robyn Doolittle

Election move ARE WE SURPRISED!
"Khadr family has Canadian rights: Martin"
Prime Minister Paul Martin said Abdullah Khadr will
have all the rights of any Canadian citizen during a
police investigation, despite the Khadr family's
alleged links to al Qaeda.
What alledged link...they admitted it on tv?


Newfoundland family charged with money laundering
Last Updated Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:51:26 EST
CBC News
Police have charged a Newfoundland couple and their
two sons with money laundering, seizing $680,000
in cash that officers say came from a drug-smuggling
operation.
Police allege the family – who live in Marystown, about
300 kilometres west of St. John's on the Burin peninsula
– were trying to hide the proceeds after bringing
marijuana worth hundreds of thousands of dollars into
Newfoundland and Labrador.

Hope this family gets canadian rights too.