As Michelle Malkin reported on her site in 2012, jihadist Omar Khadr, then 26, pleaded guilty to five charges related to the battlefield killing of U.S. soldier Christopher Speer in Afghanistan. Sympathetically described by many as a “former child soldier,” Khadr, the youngest inmate at Guantanamo Bay, was sent back to his native Canada by the White House in September 2012, and just today was released from a Canadian prison on bail.
Justice Myra Bielby rules Omar Khadr, former GITMO detainee, can be released from prison on bail
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 7, 2015
Believe it or not, there was a party of sorts going on in the Twitter feed of Nate Whitling, one of Khadr’s lawyers.
#omarkhadr walks free. pic.twitter.com/e4AQJLaXN4
— Nate Whitling (@NWhitling) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/patrickgnugent/status/596378166731505664
@NWhitling Thks you for all.
We love you Omar ♥♥♥
We believe in your courage & perseverance #OmarKhadr is now a FREE MAN #Khadr— PhilharmonicOrchSept (@JeanYvesLeduc) May 7, 2015
@NWhitling May we use this moving and extraordinary picture ?
— Anne Sainte-Marie (@AnneSM02) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/stutchdes52/status/596387796887031809
Not everyone’s thrilled to see poor “child soldier” Khadr leave prison, or lose track of where he heads next.
https://twitter.com/Markus_music/status/596378875464175617
https://twitter.com/DelvinAhde/status/596379345784016897
And slips away from all media in the process! MT @NWhitling #omarkhadr walks free. pic.twitter.com/WqomMPlnqS
— Mike Hager (@MikePHager) May 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/Orakzai/status/596384232802373632
https://twitter.com/Orakzai/status/596387114834464768
How do Americans feel about a former Gitmo prisoner walking free in Canada?
Thanks Obama==>MT @shephardm Omar #Khadr will be free on bail after nearly 13 yrs in custody. Ottawa loses emergency motion to stop release.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) May 7, 2015
@michellemalkin @shephardm Another terrorist on the loose!
— Mary Banks (@MaryPharaoh) May 7, 2015
@michellemalkin @shephardm How is Khadr not designated a dangerous offender and forgotten about?
— Ed Hicks (@WannabeFunnyMan) May 7, 2015
@michellemalkin maybe Omar Khadr can get exec amnesty from Obama in time so he can vote for Hillary Robbem Clinton?#securethefnborder
— Tim Sullivan (@tsull5150) May 7, 2015
@jaketapper Omar will be ISIS 's newest member
— SOcean ?? (@SOcean5) May 7, 2015
He should visit Garland. RT @jaketapper Justice Myra Bielby rules Omar Khadr, former GITMO detainee, can be released from prison on bail
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 7, 2015
Update: Word is getting around:
https://twitter.com/SaqrQaedi/status/596479559073198080
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