Guantanamo detainee calls home (AP/CNN) {after FOUR YEARS}

[eppur_se_muova]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A Canadian detainee told his family in a phone call from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that he wants to boycott his upcoming trial because he believes it will not be fair, his mother said Thursday.

Omar Khadr, 20, who is accused of killing an American soldier while fighting alongside the Taliban, had not spoken with his family since he was brought from Afghanistan to the U.S. detention center in southeast Cuba in 2002.
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"It was just overwhelming excitement, happiness mixed with sadness," she said from her home in Toronto. "He's always one to make us feel everything is OK. He said, 'Don't worry about me. I'm OK."'

During the conversation, Khadr said he had little hope of justice from the military commissions and said "he would try, if he can, not to attend the court," Elsamnah said.

The chief military prosecutor for Guantanamo has prepared charges against Khadr that include murder, conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism and spying. The charges, however, have not been formally filed and U.S. authorities may alter them as they did this month in the case of Australian detainee David Hicks.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/03/08/gitmo.phone.call.ap/index.html

[proud patriot]

1. was he 16 in 2002?

:(

[Clark2008]

2. Dear Lord - you're correct.

* shakes head in disgust at our government *

[Auntie Bush]

3. Good luck getting a fair trial under this mis-administration.

At least he got to call home!