Abdullah Khadr released after court ruling

Abdullah Khadr, accused by the U.S. government of procuring weapons on behalf of al-Qaeda, is a free man after an Ontario court ordered his release Wednesday from a Toronto detention centre.
Khadr, the elder brother of Omar Khadr, the only Canadian held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was originally detained by Pakistani authorities before his arrest by RCMP at the request of U.S. officials upon his return to Canada in 2005.

U.S. authorities paid a $500,000 US bounty to Pakistani police to hold him for 14 months before he was returned to Toronto.
He has been detained without bail since Dec. 23, 2005, while the courts dealt with the U.S. request to extradite him.

Speaking to reporters on the courthouse steps, Khadr was relieved by the ruling. "I think this is going to be a new beginning for me in life," he said. "What can I say? I want to start new now. I don't want to think about it anymore."

I don't know what to say about this post. On one hand I'm outraged that a possible terrorist was released. On the other hand I'm always suspect when the US detains somebody. $500,000 US bounty to hold him for 14 months? What the heck is all that about?

I would like to know what evidence the US had against him. He may be innocent, as his younger brother may also be. That they have been detained this long without a trial is nonsense.

I hope Abdullah does start a new life; a peaceful life, and this experience has not pushed him over the line as a minor terrorist supporter into a radical one.

History will tell....