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- ↑ Omar Khadr: Coming of age in a Guantanamo Bay jail cell. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Tuesday, June 23, 2009. URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/omar-khadr-coming-of-age-in-a-guantanamo-bay-jail-cell-1.782774. Accessed on: November 13, 2009.
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