Campaign to free Khadr escalates

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Is Canadian Omar Khadr a child soldier in need of protection, not prosecution?

It's a question garnering international attention and one that a military judge in Guantanamo Bay will soon be asked to answer.

The former U.S. prosecutor for Sierra Leone's war crimes trials has joined those now pushing for Khadr's release and rehabilitation.

In an interview with the Toronto Star, David Crane questioned how the U.S. and Canada could be sympathetic to the plight of Africa's child soldiers who are forced to commit atrocious crimes but not Khadr, who was 15 when he was captured in Afghanistan.

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