Omar Khadr lawsuit: U.S. soldiers awarded $134M US by default

A U.S. federal judge in Utah has awarded a $134.2million US default judgment in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two U.S.
soldiers against Omar Khadr.

Lawyer Laura Tanner says that collecting the award fromKhadr, 28,could be a challenge, but she's looking for aCanadian law firm to help begin the process.

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The judge decided by default after the suit got no answer fromKhadr, who was released from a Canadian prison last month.

Khadr pleaded guilty to committing war crimes in Afghanistan in 20012when he was 15. He admittedthrowing a grenade that killed U.S.solider Christopher Speer and injured Layne Morris, but hisattorney Dennis Edney, later said Khadr pleaded guilty under duress and thatthere's no evidence he committed the crime.

Khadr spent 10 years inthe U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and was transferred to an Edmontonprison in 2012. He was released on bail in May of thisyear.