There was a documentary on
CBC last week for two nights.
Abdul-Rahman Khadr who came to
Canada last Oct. and claimed he has been recently released by
Americans from
Guantánamo,
Cuba, and denied any relationship with
Al-Qaeda, told another story, a full long one, which took almost 2 hours.
A. R. (Stands for
Abdul-Rahman from now on) said once to the reporters that he was trained not in an
Al-Qaeda camp, but in an
Al-Qaeda related camp!!! Obviously it’s nonsense and might just be used to fool
Canadians and
Americans and such people ‘cause everybody knows there’s no difference between these two terms.
The documentary sets in two places, A. R.’s Mom and sister (
Zaynab) in
Islam-Abad and A. R. in
Toronto.
First of all he claimed that his father, who was killed by
Pakistani troops, last Oct. was a very close friend to
Osama Bin-Laden and they used to live in a compound with
Bin-Laden’s family in late 90’s. He also said that his father fought against
Russians in 80’s with
Bin-Laden and other Muslims. Second he told the reporter that although he loved his father but he didn’t like what he used to do. His Mom and sister, mostly correlate with what A. R. said.
Shortly after
Taliban got kicked out of
Afghanistan by Northern Alliance and
Americans’ effort, all
Al-Qaeda members and families fled from major cities, mostly
Kandahar, which was
Taliban's capital as its closeness to
Pakistan, and went to tribal areas in
Pakistani-Afghan border.
The day
Pakistani troops surrounded
Ahmad Said, A. R.’s father and his allies, which ended to his death, two of his sons were with him,
Karim and
Abdullah.
Karim got shot in his spine during that 12 hour firefight and now is in a hospital in
Pakistan, paralyzed from the waist down.
Abdullah escaped from the scene and he is still at large.
The other son,
Omar was shot by Americans, lost one eye sight, is now in
Guantánamo,
Cuba. A. R. himself, as he said, was captured by
Americans when
Taliban regime collapsed and stayed in
Kabul, helping
CIA and showing safe houses and guest houses of
Al-Qaeda. Then he was sent to Camp X-ray in
Guantánamo to spy on other inmates. After months staying there,
Americans found him useless and decided to send him to
Sarajevo to track
Al-Qaeda recruitment for
Iraq. But he said he was sick and tired of doing this job, although was being paid fair enough by
CIA. He came back to
Canada after making
CIA promise not to reveal what he has done for them and that’s the end of the story.
What do you think? I, personally don’t believe him. They put him on lie-detector machine and he passed but I don’t trust that machine. How could he reveal his role as a
CIA agent while he promised them? Are they goin’ to let him go? What would be the reaction of Muslim community of
Canada to this? Is he known as a traitor? Or a double-agent? What will
Al-Qaeda do, after knowing his role as a spy for
Americans in
Afghanistan? How does his Mom and sister, his brother,
Abdullah who is at large now, his brother
Karim, who is in
Americans’ custody in
Guantánamo and the other brother
Omar in
Pakistani hospital react to his story? Do they forgive him?
(Photo: The map shows where the US naval base of Guantanamo is located)
