At Khadr hearing, U.S. officer explains changing battle report

At Khadr hearing, U.S. officer explains changing battle report

By Michelle Shephard
National Security Reporter

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – A U.S. special forces commander testified Saturday that he altered a post-battle report about the firefight where Canadian Omar Khadr was captured to correct his “historical” record, not because he had been pressured to do so.

Khadr’s previous defense lawyer had accused the government of doctoring the report to fit their case – calling it “manufactured evidence.”

Khadr, now 23, was shot and captured in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and faces a murder charge for allegedly throwing a grenade that fatally wounded U.S. Delta Force soldier Christopher Speer.

The prosecution claims that Khadr was the only one alive in a compound after the grenade was thrown at the end of a lengthy firefight. Three bodies of other fighters were later recovered.

But doubt was raised about the government’s case in March 2008 when it was revealed that there were two versions of the battle report written by the U.S. Special Forces commander, who can only be identified as Lt. Col. W. due to a military judge’s order.

http://www.thestar.com/specialsections/omarkhadr/article/803317--at-khadr-hearing-u-s-officer-explains-changing-battle-report?bn=1

Remember that if the US invades your country, and you defend yourself against the foreign invader you are liable to be charged with murder, even if you are a child at the time.

Time to bury US imperialism for the sake of the world!

that powerhouse 'thestar'?

Seriously, who is she? A lot of this is her opinion.

She is reporting the story, and it is a fact that Khadr was 15 years old when we snatched him from Afghanistan, a country and a war that we already lost!

have happened. I wish that was the case. And my apologies, I didn't know thestar was from Toronto.

Also see washingtonindependent.com; Spencer Ackerman is in/has been in Gitmo watching the trials going on.

Nothing like that warm fuzzy feeling that things remain very much the same as they were.