Posted AT 8:55 PM EDT on 19/03/08
Khadr came within seconds of death in firefight
OTTAWA — U.S. soldiers were seconds away from killing Omar Khadr when Special Forces members told them not to, newly released documents show.
According to the diary of a U.S. military officer who was present at the end of the 2002 Afghanistan firefight where Mr. Khadr was captured, another soldier had the then-15-year-old Canadian in his sights.
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