The Canadian "war zone"

I am sick and tired of the Khadr family. Now, we have claiming that Canada is a "war zone" similar to Afghanistan because one of the Khadrs is facing charges under the Criminal Code for his alleged membership in al-Qaeda and attempts to procure weaponry for their efforts in Afghanistan. They make no bones about the fact that at the very least, they were members of al-Qaeda as late as 1998, the year that two US embassies were bombed in Africa.

"All I care about is what's going to happen to my brother," Abdurahman Khadr told reporters Monday.

"It seems like we're still in a war zone because we're not being able to live peacefully. Someone is always in, out, jailed."

The documents also allege that the whole Khadr family stayed with al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan in 1997 and 1998. Abdurahman said that his family's ties to al Qaeda were over.

"We're back and it's done. Whatever was is in the past and that's over," he said.

Sorry, pal, but once a terrorist, always a terrorist in my books. Alumni of the terror camp the Khadrs were involved with include 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta, shoebomber Richard Reid, and millenium bomber Ahmed Ressam.

As for our esteemed PM, so much for not commenting on police investigations and cases before the courts. Is there an election on or something?

Prime Minister Paul Martin said Khadr will have all the rights of any Canadian citizen during a police investigation, despite the Khadr family's alleged links to al Qaeda.

"The family came (to Canada) many, many years ago and they obtained Canadian citizenship many years ago," Martin said in Regina on Sunday. "They have Canadian citizenship, and we don't have two classes of citizens."

"But the fact is the arrest warrants have been issued and the legal process will now take place."