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|WpIntro=The Wikipedia page has been improved since 2011, but minimises his abominable torture and mistreatment over 8 years of mostly solitary confinement. It takes a credulous attitude to the 'plea-bargain' that offered him freedom in a few years if he pleaded guilty - or incarceration for life otherwise. It fails to scrutinize the nature of the 'legal process' that prosecuted the alleged offences, and doesn't question the assumption that US soldiers can legally go abroad and ambush Khadr's family members, but that returning fire was illegal.
 
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|WpIntro=This Wikipedia page is a particularly egregious example of the insidious ''[[Project:Definitions|Official Narrative]]''-supporting nature of [[Wikipedia]]. Anyone visiting that page will immediately be drawn to the photograph and its accompanying caption information. For the casual visitor, if they read anything at all, that is pretty much guaranteed to be it. For everyone else it is likely to be the first impression.
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'''In summary the impression is that Khadr is a 24 year old, convicted war criminal and terrorist, and alleged al-Qaeda member.'''. Whilst much of the background to this summary is covered in the rest of what is a detailed article, in most cases that is likely to be the over-riding impression they are left with. i.e. nothing about:
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*His being 15 years old when his alleged 'Offences' took place
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*His extended torture and mistreatment over 8 years in mostly solitary confinement
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*The 'plea-bargain' agreement that offered him freedom in a few years if he pleaded guilty; or incarceration for life if he did not
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|WsLink1=Document:Child Soldier Coerced Into Plea-Bargain
*The nature of the so-called 'legal process' that prosecuted the alleged offences
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|WsLink1Desc=An article by Keith Jones, published by WSWS on 27 October 2010
*The assumption underlying that process: that it was legal for US soldiers to attack and kill Khadr's uncle and others in an ambush in their own country, but that returning fire was illegal
 
Much of the above IS contained in the body of the article; but the vast majority of visitors to that page will pigeon-hole Khadr as a ''"convicted terrorist and war criminal"'' and move on.
 
 
 
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|ExLink2Name=The Psychiatric Demonization Of Omar Khadr
 
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 3 July 2013


Omar Khadr Omar Khadr
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Censorship Spin  The Wikipedia page has been improved since 2011, but minimises his abominable torture and mistreatment over 8 years of mostly solitary confinement. It takes a credulous attitude to the 'plea-bargain' that offered him freedom in a few years if he pleaded guilty - or incarceration for life otherwise. It fails to scrutinize the nature of the 'legal process' that prosecuted the alleged offences, and doesn't question the assumption that US soldiers can legally go abroad and ambush Khadr's family members, but that returning fire was illegal.


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Document:Child Soldier Coerced Into Plea-Bargain Document:Child Soldier Coerced Into Plea-Bargain - An article by Keith Jones, published by WSWS on 27 October 2010

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