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[[Image:Rebecca Snyder.jpg|thumb|Rebecca Snyder, while working on Omar Khadr's case.]]
'''Rebecca S. Snyder''' is an [[United States|American]] appellate defense attorney in [[Washington DC]].
She is notable for her work, along with Lt. Cmdr. [[William Kuebler]], as [[counsel]] for [[Omar Khadr]], a [[detainee]] at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]], charged with [[murder]] for the death of an American soldier during a skirmish in [[Afghanistan]] on July 27, 2002.<ref name=ReginaLeaderPost20080501>
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| title = Ruling called 'an embarrassment'
| publisher = [[Regina Leader Post]]
| author = [[Steven Edwards (journalist)|Steven Edwards]], [[Juliet O'Neill]]
| date = May 1, 2008
| accessdate = 2008-05-27
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As part of her efforts on Khadr's behalf Snyder appeared before the [[Human Rights]] [[subcommittee]] of the [[Parliament of Canada]].<ref name=GlobeAndMail20080429>
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| title = Khadr lawyer takes case to Parliament Hill
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|work publisher= [[The Globe and Mail]]
| author = [[Omar El Akkab]]
| date = April 29, 2008
| accessdate = 2008-05-27
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| title = MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
| publisher = The Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
| date = April 29, 2008
| accessdate = 2008-05-25
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The next day Snyder and [[Kuebler]] met with [[Stéphane Dion]], leader of the Opposition.<ref name=Liberal20080530>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.liberal.ca/story_13916_e.aspx
| title = Khadr Must Be Repatriated to Receive Just Treatment
| publisher = [[Liberal Party of Canada]]
| date = April 30, 2008
| accessdate = 2008-05-29
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|archivedate = June 11, 2008
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On February 4, 2008 Snyder argued that even if Khadr had killed an American soldier during the invasion of Afghanistan, it was not a [[war crime]] since killing soldiers was "part of what war is about". However, the U.S. position that Khadr should be tried at the military tribunal as he operated without a uniform and quartered himself amongst civilians contra to the [[Laws of war|Laws of Land Warfare]] was summed up by Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Groharing, who said "The accused and the terrorists he was working with did not belong to a legitimate army. They belonged to al-Qaeda,":<ref name=Cbc20080204>
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| url =http https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2008/02/04/lawyers-for-khadr-want-charges-dropped-1.html753613
| title = Lawyers for Khadr want charges dropped
| publisher = [[CBC News]]
| date = February 4, 2008
|access-date accessdate= 2008-05-27
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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080610183029/http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/02/04/khadr-charges.html
|archive-date = June 10, 2008
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On January 13, 2009, Snyder was quoted predicting that charges against Khadr would be dropped, when [[Barack Obama]] became Presidentpresident.<ref name=NationalPost2009-01-13>
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| title = Khadr charges will be dropped, lawyer predicts
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| date = 2009-01-13
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According to the ''[[National Post]]'' she said:
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:"<blockquote>We can't imagine that the new president will move to close the camps without also addressing the military commissions. Otherwise, it may seem that he may end up giving [Mohammed] {{sic}} a fairer trial than Omar Khadr, a former child soldier."</blockquote>
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