US paid $500,000 to Pakistan for suspected Canadian terrorist

WASHINGTON - The US government paid Pakistani military a $500,000 bounty to capture Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian citizen facing terrorism-related charges, according to Canadian media reports, citing Federal Court documents made public Monday.

Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley issued a decision that the information, which Khadr wants to use to fight his extradition to the United States from Canada, can be publicly disclosed.

Khadr was arrested in Pakistan in 2004 and sent back to Canada in 2005. Canada detained him in December 2005 and since February 2006 the United States has sought his extradition on charges that he sold rockets and other weapons to al Qaeda and conspired to kill Americans in Afghanistan.