Konrad Shourie
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Sgt.
Konrad Lionel Shourie is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) officer assigned to the Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams
.
On December 5, 2002, while attached to the Oshawa
RCMP branch, he was one of three Canadian police officers awarded the Medal of Bravery
for their role in the UN rescue of civilians and police officers during a Kosovo
riot in the Mitrovica district
.
Shourie has taken a lead role in monitoring members of the Khadr family
. Shourie was part of the team that seized Zaynab Khadr
's papers, tapes and laptop, when she returned to Canada on February 14, 2005. He also oversaw the December 4 interview of Abdullah Khadr
by American FBI agents.
When the original 90 day warrant for the seizure of Zaynab's papers expired it was Shourie who penned a request for a one year extension.
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Konrad Lionel Shourie is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
(RCMP) officer assigned to the Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams
Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams
Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams are Canadian counter-terrorist security forces operating under the auspices of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada...
.
On December 5, 2002, while attached to the Oshawa
Oshawa, Ontario
Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most...
RCMP branch, he was one of three Canadian police officers awarded the Medal of Bravery
Medal of Bravery
The Medal of Bravery is a decoration that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the third highest award for bravery, and one of the three Canadian Bravery Decorations gifted by the Canadian monarch, generally through his or her viceroy-in-Council...
for their role in the UN rescue of civilians and police officers during a Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
riot in the Mitrovica district
District of Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica District is one the five districts of Serbia in Autonomous province Kosovo and Metohija, with seat in the city of Kosovska Mitrovica.-Municipalities:It includes the municipalities of: * Kosovska Mitrovica* Leposavić* Srbica...
.
Shourie has taken a lead role in monitoring members of the Khadr family
Khadr family
The Khadr family is a Canadian family noted for their ties to Osama bin Laden and alleged connections to al Qaeda. The family maintains that they have not broken any Canadian laws, and they have never been charged with any crimes by Canadian authorities.The Khadr family comprises:*The father,...
. Shourie was part of the team that seized Zaynab Khadr
Zaynab Khadr
The eldest child of the Khadr family, Zaynab Khadr was born in Canada to Maha el-Samnah and Ahmed Khadr.Following the 1992 injury that left Ahmed disabled, Zaynab became a "second mother" to the younger children....
's papers, tapes and laptop, when she returned to Canada on February 14, 2005. He also oversaw the December 4 interview of Abdullah Khadr
Abdullah Khadr
Abdullah Ahmed Khadr is the oldest son of Ahmed Khadr and brother of Omar Khadr who has been charged with war crimes before the Guantanamo military commission....
by American FBI agents.
When the original 90 day warrant for the seizure of Zaynab's papers expired it was Shourie who penned a request for a one year extension.