Ahmed Khadr - Legacy

Legacy

"In one of the latest Musharraf-led campaigns, several mujahidin were killed, including brother martyr Ahmad Said Khadr, nicknamed Abu Abdurahman al-Kanadi. Al-Kanadi is one of thousands of Arab supporters whose blood was spilled in every valley and mountain in Afghanistan..."

After his death, the media began referring to a "Khadr effect", arising from the Prime Minister's earlier intervention to ensure that Khadr got a fair trial, only to be accused of similar activities after his release. The suggestion was that politicians and the public were equally unwilling to lend any support or benefit of the doubt to the remaining family.

On February 7, 2008, it was reported that a biography of Khadr was published on an "al Qaeda web-site" as part of an on-line book entitled "Book of 120 Martyrs in Afghanistan." Seven months later, his family launched TheKhadrLegacy.com in a bid to fight allegations that Khadr had been anything but a relief worker caught in a hard situation who was trusted by militants and peasants alike.