The sister of Canadian terrorist Omar Khadr is suing the federal government for not allowing her to fly back to Canada..In a earlier suit, Omar was handed $10.5 million from the feds to compensate for time being held at the notorious U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terrorists in Cuba..On Friday, Zaynab Khadr filed an appeal in Federal Court seeking a ruling demanding the minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness remove her name from Canada’s no-fly list..In the suit, Zaynab says she is a Canadian citizen and was denied boarding in Europe in February while trying to travel back to Canada with her five children. .CTV reports Zaynab, 41, was last living in the country of Georgia with her husband and children..She has become known as the matriarch of “Canada’s first family of terrorists.”.Zaynab said she was put on the no-fly list because of her past support of Osama Bin Laden but she has never been charged with any offences.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters on Monday that while he can’t comment on matters before the courts, “the passenger protection lists that we develop and manage with Transport Canada is intended to maintain the safety and security of all Canadians.”.“If someone objects to being on that list, there is a process for them to bring those concerns forward and if they don’t like that decision there’s another process that allows for that to be reviewed at the federal court level,” Blair said.. Omar-KhadrOmar Khadr Courtesy CNN .Omar killed a U.S. soldier in a firefight in Afghanistan in 2002, when he was 15 years old. He was transferred back to Canada in 2012 and later released on bail..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
