Comments on: Omar Khadr: The Youngest Terrorist?

Was Only 15 Years Old When He Was Captured In Afghanistan

[glaswolf]

Combatants in warzones show up at 6 years old. It is a mindset that is adverserial and dangerous, not the age of the body. Young kids would spot for ambushers at forks in jungle pathways, they sent people to their death. In our streets, young teenagers kill with abundance. Some of history''s greatest warriors began a youngster attuned to battlefields by incident. Attenburg''s should not feel anything but neutral to prosecuting Kadr, it is wrong to try to play on Kadr''s youth. Military units kill, he was part of such a unit, he is guilty of treason if he claims his Canadian identity as Canada is assisting us, as much as Canadians can given their political condition.

[gordonitis]

Don''t blame the victim for the crime. Just because the murderer is 15 years old does not excuse him from his crime, whatever it is, especially murder. Nor does laying the another person. I don''t feel sorry for him at all. But those who incite others to commit crimes should be prosecuted as if they did it themselves.

[gordonitis]

Don''t blame the victim for the crime. Just because the murderer is 15 years old does not excuse him from his crime, whatever it is, especially murder. Nor does laying the another person. I don''t feel sorry for him at all. But those who incite others to commit crimes should be prosecuted as if they did it themselves.

[gordonitis]

Don''t blame the victim for the crime. Just because the murderer is 15 years old does not excuse him from his crime, whatever it is, especially murder. Nor does laying the another person. I don''t feel sorry for him at all. But those who incite others to commit crimes should be prosecuted as if they did it themselves.

[feelfree1]

It''s not enough that we imprison without charge, torture, rape, soddomize, and execute people, in secret prisons and illegal detention centers like Guantanimo. We have to engage in this sub-human behavior against children as well.

What a disgraceful nation we have become.

[kanbee]

To portray this TERRORIST as "only 15" only speaks to the seriousness and danger of the enemy of today''s modern world. Be naive and think of him as only a child and see how fast you die at his hands. Having been personally attacked with 19 separate IEDs, I can tell you this - Never underestimate the enemy''s vile ability to use the mask of innocence as a weapon of destruction. Any religion that touts heaven is only obtainable through the killing of other humans is NOT a beautiful religion, but if martyrdom is what they seek, I certainly agree with helping them down that road.

[jetranger7]

Frankly my dear, I''d just like to get my hands on "72" of those Terroists !!! Sincerely-Dr.Hannibal Lector !!

[myidoncbs]

"unlawful enemy combatant", IS NOT a euphemism for "terrorist". It is an ENTIRELY BOGUS TERM, MADE UP BY BUSH''S LAWYERS TO ALLOW THEM TO TORTURE PEOPLE BY PRETENDING THEY ARE SOMEHOW "OUTSIDE THE LAW, SO NO LAWS APPLY TO THEM".

Bush is the real terrorist. He has terrorized our nation into abandoning its principles. Bush is a war criminal.

[artcampbell1]

Omar Khdar has killed one person. George Bush has killed thousands of Iraqis and Afghanis and nore than 4000 Americans. Why is George Bush not on trial?

[dixie001]

I am Candian, and take exception to the 60Minutes segment referring to Omar Khadr as Canadian. He is not - his family emigrated here & for some unknown reason we allowed them to! He is not representative of my country. It was a grievous ommission to not have even 1 comment from the family of the young soldier/medic Omar killed. One sided reporting like this is beneath 60 Minutes. Next week, let''s hear from the soldier''s family.

[downtowner97]

Thanks to what we''ve done in Iraq, we''ve created a lot more terrorists, some probably even younger.

[be1850]

The business of the 72 virgins always hits an odd note. It sounds like a trip to paradise is a ticket to licentious plunder -but its the opposite. 72 is a numerical expression for the infinite and virgin is an expression for purity. Muhammad inculcated the same diciplines and virtues that Christ did and having enjoined modesty and saintly conduct upon his followers, their reward is to be attended to lovingly in a state of infinity purity. Any thought that the pleasure of the afterlife means the gratification of earthly cravings absolutely misses the power of what is really being conveyed.

[be1850]

The business of the 72 virgins always hits an odd note. It sounds like a trip to paradise is a ticket to licentious plunder -but its the opposite. 72 is a numerical expression for the infinite and virgin is an expression for purity. Muhammad inculcated the same diciplines and virtues that Christ did and having enjoined modesty and saintly conduct upon his followers, their reward is to be attended to lovingly in a state of infinity purity. Any thought that the pleasure of the afterlife means the gratification of earthly cravings absolutely misses the power of what is really being conveyed.

[nyckate]

How and why this kid ended up in Gitmos is the fault of his father and his family. If he was old enough to build a bomb then he shouldn''t be tried as a child. He should be out of Gitmo - and in federal lockup and spend the rest of his life with the likes of the shoebomber, end of story.

[rita48]

I am shocked that, during this segment, you broadcast a picture of a dead person who had the back of his head blown open. BOTH of Janet Jackson''s breast do not insult or shock anywhere near to that picture. I suspect that if it had been the picture of a dead American soldier, the government would be all over your case. Shame on you for doing that.

[xtradk]

I was so moved by this story that I had to comment. The soldier that was killed lost his life to the defense of his country and only got a mere mention. The young man lived and is now using the laws of our country to try to get him out of prison. In his country he may be a hero for the murder of a U.S. soldier but now that he is in our country let him be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. He sure had no problem wiring the bomb he was making on the video so I have no problem watching the wiring of the electric chair.

[tedrivington]

In the story on Omar Khadr, 60 Minutes kept referring to him as Canadian. As a Canadian, I am offended by that. He is not Canadian. His family emigrated here but that is it. He is not Canadian, he does not think like a Canadian, and he does not represent Canadians.