- INDEPTH : The Khadr Family
The 24-year-old, who returned to Canada this month after being released from a Pakistani prison, is the subject of a U.S. extradition request based on allegations that he supplied weapons to al-Qaeda and conspired to kill Americans outside the United States.
In her ruling on Friday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy said he is a flight risk and that al-Qaeda could assist him in escaping the jurisdiction.
Abdullah Khadr
Khadr denies links to terrorism, although he admits he attended an al-Qaeda military camp in Afghanistan when he was 13.
His grandmother broke down in the courtroom on Thursday when she heard the allegations against him. The 66-year old woman wept as the government lawyer asked her if her grandson had bought weapons for al-Qaeda.
- FROM DEC. 7, 2005: Abdullah Khadr now a free man in Toronto
Khadr returned to Toronto on Dec. 7 after a year in custody in Pakistan. It was unclear who held him and why he was released.
He was arrested in Toronto on the request of American authorities on Dec. 17.
- FROM DEC. 18, 2005: RCMP arrest Abdullah Khadr
Court documents say he is wanted in Massachusetts on charges of possession of a destructive device to further a crime of violence and conspiracy to murder Americans outside the United States.
He is accused of purchasing about $20,000 US worth of mortar rounds, landmine materials, grenades and ammunition for AK-47 assault rifles for al-Qaeda militants in eastern Afghanistan.
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