By CBC
Canadian Omar Khadr is expected to be one of up to 100 terrorism suspects transferred to a state prison in Illinois from the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba, CBC News has confirmed.
A source told CBC News that 23-year-old Khadr, accused of killing a U.S. army medic in Afghanistan, is slated to be among those transferred to Thomson Correctional Center, but it is unclear how soon this will happen.
A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said that so far they have not received any official confirmation from Washington that Khadr will be among the detainees moved to to the Illinois detention facility.
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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/12/15/guantanamo-detainees.html
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This post was written by mcarl on December 17, 2009
