TORONTO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A judge in Canada has refused to grant bail for a man sought by the United States for allegedly participating in a terrorist conspiracy.
Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian citizen, was arrested almost immediately on an extradition warrant after his return from Pakistan, where he spent more than a year in prison, the Toronto Star reported. Judge Anne Molloy suggested that he could flee the country with help from al-Qaida if he is released.
"That organization could well assist him in escaping this jurisdiction," Molloy said. "This is not a person I would trust to abide by any restriction I would impose upon his release."
Khadr's father, Ahmed Said Khadr, an alleged fundraiser for al-Qaida, was killed in Pakistan in 2003.
U.S. authorities say that Khadr admitted to Pakistani interrogators he bought weapons for use in Afghanistan and participated in a plan to assassinate Pakistan's prime minister. He says he made those admissions under torture.
