Wikipedia:Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr

	This Wikipedia page is a particularly egregious example of the insidious 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. 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: His being 15 years old when his alleged 'Offences' took place His extended torture and mistreatment over 8 years in mostly solitary confinement The 'plea-bargain' agreement that offered him freedom in a few years if he pleaded guilty; or incarceration for life if he did not The nature of the so-called 'legal process' that prosecuted the alleged offences 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.

Related Wikispooks Pages

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

The Omar Khadr Case - A comprehensive archive maintained by the University of Toronto
The Psychiatric Demonization Of Omar Khadr - An article from 'The Public Record' web site