Omar Khadr

Omar Khadr : Child Soldier Have you ever considered how many times you have heard the name Omar Khadr on the news this year? Most people will agree that his actions as a youngster have created tons of debate, sadness and grief for his family and others. When Omar was fifteen years old he murdered Christopher Speer, an American soldier, by throwing a grenade. Despite being a minor, the United States military captured Omar and sent him to prison in Guantanamo Bay for ten years.This created a lot of controversy over the years with people debating and protesting whether he was a terrorist or simply a child soldier. More recently there has been talk about him being released from prison.The Canadian government wanted Omar to come back, so when he…

The War on Second Chances I think that young people’s actions are the result of their parents/caregivers influence as long as they are living under their roof.. Parenting styles are known to have an impact on the development of children, so if their offspring are acting out, parental influences are usually the predominant factor. As I was reading The War on Second Chances, I made a connection to Omar Khadr being taught that something morally wrong, such as ‘the enemy deserves to die’, is the…

An example, Omar Ahmed Khadr, former child soldier, was detained for eight years, according to Andrea Prasow in an article titled “The Child Soldier on Trial at Guantanamo”, published in The Daily Beast. She said that in those eight years, more information was gathered about Khadr to use against him. There was information that Khadr had supposedly ‘bragged’ about killing a U.S. soldier, as well as claimed that the day he planted landmines to kill U.S. troops was the ‘happiest day of his life.’…

We can't just go around and charge all the child soldiers in the world. That would absolutely be ridiculous, first of all that would cost too much money and not all child soldiers are like Omar Khadr. But that also doesn't mean we become too lax, giving on amnesty. There needs to be boundaries and limits. If a child was given so many drugs to the point where they can't think clearly then yes, they should be given amnesty because the drugs controlled them. But if they killed someone, then there…

In the brilliant film, Love and Basketball directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood she combines a sport genre with a drama. The movie follows two people that share a very similar strong passion for basketball. It begins when they’re kids after a girl who is played by co-lead actor “Sanaa Lathan” moves into the neighborhood of a young star played by co-lead actor “Omar Epps”. Their mutual passion for basketball is evident from the start. Not only is their shared passion obvious, but the audience is…

After some time of doing nothing he was called in by his old friend Omar Bradley. Bradley had a plan that President/General Ike picked for him before he was relieved of his duty with the Seventh Army. When he assumed the role of Commander of the Third Army. His Third Army broke through into northern France and was pursing Nazi Forces. In 1954 Patton led his army into Germany while getting his hands on 10,000 miles of Nazi territory and insure it was out of Nazi control. General Patton was…

and the Taliban. Even with their leader gone the taliban insurgency is still strong. ”Within 24 hours insurgents killed at least 50 Afghan civilians in Kabul, the capital, and injured more than 300. It was the worst civilian toll in years. Early in the morning a bomb in a lorry killed 15 people. Then a suicide-bomber murdered 28 police cadets, and eight Afghan contractors and an American died in an attack on an American military base.It looks as if the Taliban's leaders are trying to prove to…

Near the end of the 20th century, Afghanistan did not have a stable ruler and continued to switch between the soviets and its independence. But it was soon taken over by the Taliban through multiple civil wars and its influence towards its people (The Taliban). There was one slight problem, its leader Mullah Omar. Omar was not on friendly terms with America and did not support its involvement in the middle east with relations to terrorism (The Taliban). For example, Mullah Omar did not tell the…

nonsense, and pugnacious general stuck in the middle of the fight in North Africa after a humiliating American defeat in the Battle of Kasserine Pass. Patton quickly realizes how poorly disciplined the American troops in North africa truly are and quickly whips them into shape. After defeating Erwin Rommel’s German-Italian Panzer Army in Africa, Patton goes on to lead the successful invasion of Sicily but is soon after put on leave for slapping a G.I. whom Patton accused of being a coward. While…

Al-Qaeda too has had a torrid time in 2016. Tribal fighters and forces loyal to Yemeni president Mansur Hadi backed by the Saudi coalition have retaken broad swaths of AQAP-held areas in Yemen’s Hadramout province, including the port of Al Mukalla. Moreover, faced with crushing pressure from US-armed secular forces in Syria, its Jabhat al-Nusra faction also filed for divorce this month, announcing henceforth the group would profess "no affiliation to any external entity." Though IS’s media…