| 1981 |
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| 1983 |
- Travelled to Bahrain, when father taught at the Polytechnic University
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| 1992 |
- Father Ahmed injured by a land mine
- Entire family moved back to Canada for a year for medical care
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| 1994? |
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| 1995 |
- Travelled to Pakistan with mother and siblings when father was captured by Pakistani security officials
- Met Prime Minister Chretien, who told him he might be PM some day.
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| 1996 |
- Moved permanently to Afghanistan with family
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| 1999 |
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| 2001 |
- Some news reports say the Americans claim 19 year old Abdullah started working with in acquiring arms for al Qaeda in early 2001
- Al Qaeda attack the USA on September 11, 2001.
- US invades Afghanistan in October 2001.
- With the exception of Abdurahman male Khadrs go underground
- Abdurahman is captured by Northern Alliance, and is handed over to CIA custody.
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| 2002 |
- Some news reports claim Abdullah continues to work with his father in trading arms
- July 27, 2002 little brother Omar captured in a skirmish where American GIs are wounded, one wounded mortally
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| 2003 |
- still selling arms according to some American reports
- Ahmed Said Khadr is killed, and baby brother Karim is crippled in a firefight in Pakistan
- Abdurahman returns to Canada.
- Abdurahman gives a press conference where he denies being trained in an al Qaeda camp, but admits being trained in an "al Qaeda related camp"
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| 2004 |
- A suicide bomber kills a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan.
- The bomber's DNA is sent to Canada, to check to see if he was Abdullah.
- The documentary "Son of al Qaeda", about Abdurahman, is broadcast.
- Abdurahman is presented as the "black sheep" of the family, who was the most opposed to terrorism, while Maha, Zaynab and Abdullah are presented saying positive things about Osama and martyrdom.
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| October 14, 2004 |
- Abdullah is captured by Pakistani authorities
- Abdullah's version of his capture is that he was visiting a friend of his father, and that his arrest was accidental, when the Pakistanis arrested the other man
- The US account of his capture is that Pakistani authorities captured Abdullah, and others, in the middle of an Arms purchase.
- Khadr is to later tell his RCMP interrogators that he was tortured after his arrival in the Pakistani prison. His first beating left him bleeding from his ears for several weeks.
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| November 2004 |
- Canadian lawyer Dennis Edney is asked by the Khadr family to ask the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make inquiries as to whether any foreign governments had captured Abdullah.
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| November 18, 2004 |
- Foreign Affairs responds telling Edney that they can't tell him anything about Abdullah's whereabouts without Abdullah's permission
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| January 12, 2004 |
- Canadian consular officials visit Abdullah
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| April 2004 |
- RCMP Sergeant spends three days interviewing Abdullah
- RCMP affadavit says Abdullah is sad when the RCMP officers tell him they are leaving, and he will have to return to prison.
- Abdullah asks them to tell his family his whereabouts. But consular officials tell Shourie that he has requested his family not be informed of his whereabouts. Khadr family remain unaware of Khadr's location.
- Edney is later to call the RCMP interrogations a breach of Abdullah's charter rights:
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- Canadian citizens are entitled to treatment, from Canadian officials, that conforms to the charter of rights and freedoms, whether they are inside Canada, or overseas.
- Canadian citizens are entitled to consult a lawyer before police interrogation.
- Canadian citizens are entitled to a warning prior to making statements that might be incriminating.
- According to Edney, Abdullah should have been made to sign a waiver, prior to uttering incriminating statements
- Abdullah is also interviewed
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