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OTTAWA — The United States is growing frustrated at Canada’s reluctance to follow through on a plea bargain deal and ask for convicted war criminal Omar Khadr to be brought back to Canada, a U.S. military defence lawyer says.

Lt.-Col. Jon Jackson, Khadr’s lead U.S. military lawyer, described the frustration of American officials that he’s spoken with over why Canada has not formally requested that Khadr be transferred to Canada from his U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Jackson was one of four lawyers for Khadr — one of two to wear U.S. military uniforms — who made an impassioned plea for the return of the last Western national to held at the much-maligned U.S. military prison.

So far, their request continues to fall on deaf ears in Ottawa, which has yet to formally ask the U.S. for Khadr’s return.

Khadr poses no threat to Canada, his lawyers argued. He has not been ground down by his decade of incarceration and has resisted the lure of Islamic fundamentalism.