There’s a bit more to this story about the Canadian teem allegedly abused at Gitmo than meets the eye.

Michelle Malkin re-posts some of her previous commentary on this boy.

Before you cry buckets over the poor, abused tots at Gitmo, let’s make one thing clear: We are not talking about hordes of peace-loving, cherubic grade-schoolers (like the kind who were freed from Saddam’s prisons by American troops). We are talking about four male juveniles captured as active enemy combatants against U.S. forces – and suspected of having links to the al-Qaida terrorist network of Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime.

These “children” weren’t playing Nintendo or lolling around in a sandbox when they were taken into custody. They were at war, armed and dangerous, carrying out jihad.

One of the youths reportedly in custody at Gitmo is 16-year-old Omar Khadr, who, as I noted last week, is a suspected al-Qaida soldier accused of lobbing the hand grenade that killed Sergeant First Class Christopher Speer, a 28-year-old medic with the U.S. Special Forces. At least one eyewitness said Khadr was no confused little boy. He knew exactly what he was doing: trying to kill Americans.

From the Toronto Free Press:

“We have evidence that one of Canada’s children has been tortured by the United States, Ahmad said.

With his mother weeping in the background and Edney demanding that the federal government fight more vigorously to protect Khadr’s human rights, a fusillade of questions about the Khadr family’s checkered past all but dominated the news conference.

A roundup of the Khadr family (under the clever title “Welcome Back Khadr”) from The Forrest For The Trees.

Father Ahmed: Was a friend of Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahari. He was killed in a shootout in Pakistan in 2003.

Eldest son Abdurahman: Was released from Guantanamo after flipping on al-Qaida and becoming a CIA plant. He later turned on his CIA overlords.

Middle son Omar: Is currently in Camp X-ray after being captured in Afghanistan fighting with the Taliban and al-Qaida terrorists.

Younger son Abdullah: Is in hiding but denies claims he blew himself up in a suicide bombing as al-Qaida had reported in 2003.

Mother Maha: Still lives in Canada where she cares for youngest son Karim, who was paralized after being wounded in the same shootout that killed his father.

In other torture news, there is a new British reality show about “torture” at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

Over a period of 48 hours, US interrogation experts subjected them to a range of torture techniques known to be used at the notorious Cuba prison.