Passport of Convenience: Canadian Citizenship and Canadians Who Endorse Terror
You have heard of "flags of convenience" for ships; well, Canada has become the "passport of convenience" for the Muslim terrorist thugs of this world, for their widows and for their children -- especially if one needs medical care. This is the family which has already "lost" and had to replace the odd passport, as I have reported previously.
Ahmed Said Khadr came to Canada from Egypt in 1977, married a Palestinian, Maha, and began a family here. But the Khadrs moved to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets in the 1980s, and took a walk on the dark side.
They befriended Osama bin Laden, yet denied links with terror. They lived with bin Laden in Afghanistan. They raised money in Canada from hard-working, law-abiding Muslims and others who believed they were aiding Afghan orphans. They had their sons trained in Al Qaeda camps to handle guns and explosives. They encouraged them to become martyrs for Islam, even suicide bombers. They nursed their hatred for Americans.
In 2001, in a grotesque family get-together, they celebrated with "smiling, laughing" when Al Qaeda-comandeered jets slammed into the World Trade Center and other sites, killing 3,000, including 23 Canadians.
Yet even today, years after leaving Canada and five months after Ahmed was killed in a battle with Pakistani troops after being identified as an Al Qaeda founder and financer, Maha finds her Canadian citizenship handy.
Incredibly, from Pakistan, she is pressing Ottawa to issue her and her children new passports so they can roam the world armed with their extremist views. One son, Abdul Karim, was paralyzed in the battle in Pakistan that killed his father; another, Abdullah, is hiding in Pakistan; and a third, Omar, is in the American detention centre in Cuba as an "enemy combatant." A daughter, Zaynab, is with the mother.
"We are an Al Qaeda family," a fourth son, Abdurahman, flatly told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. this week. And he admitted to the Star he had been "lying to everyone up until this point" about his role in the saga.
[. . . . ] While Abdurahman [in Canada] now condemns Al Qaeda as "bad people," the same cannot be said of his mother and sister who admire the 9/11 terrorists for wanting "to hit the American government where it will hurt."
And that raises a tricky question for Canadian diplomacy. What to do with the unreformed members of this Al Qaeda family? Should they be stripped of their citizenship? Barred from re-entering Canada? Should Canadian passports be documents of convenience for friends and admirers of the world's most wanted terrorist?
The short answer must be: No.
As Canadian citizens, they cannot be stripped of their citizenship on a whim. [What about for cause? NJC] Nor should they be prevented from coming "home," where their links to terror can be probed. But Ottawa, in the midst of a war on terror, would be irresponsible to issue them passports to travel where they wish.
If any of the Khadr clan do arrive in Canada, they should be immediately detained until our security services can ensure they pose no threat to the public. Osama bin Laden admirers who hate Americans and back suicide bombers must not be waved through immigration with a nod and a smile.
My Commentary:
Why allow traitors to the West to return to Canada at all? Should Canadians' taxes pay for the medical needs of paralyzed Karim Khadr? They have been in Pakistan--or in the border region with Afghanistan--for years--part of Bin Ladin's Al Qaeda.
When are Canadians going to start demanding a higher standard of conduct of its foreign born, naturalized citizens--a worthiness to be Canadian and to teach their offspring Canadian values of tolerance and non-violence?
When are Canadians going to force their government to stop allowing the Canadian passport to be one of convenience -- one to be brought out only when Canada's services are needed? To be claimed when they need a new passport -- or medical care -- or old-age pensions -- or, as in the case of Mama Khadr, when they are widowed and can batten on Canadian taxpayers for the social services benefits that accrue to a Canadian widow and her child Karim who is now disabled?
Let the Bin Ladins support Mama, daughter, her husband (another terrorist?) and assorted offspring. Let the Bin Ladins and Al Qaeda provide medical care in the hospitals of Pakistan. They have been warring for Al Qaeda in Pakistan/Afghanistan -- or bringing up their children to do so. The daughter stated that she was happy about what the murder of Americans on 9/11. These are not Canadians! NJC
