GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A judge says Omar Khadr's trial will go ahead August 10th after a roller-coaster day at the Canadian suspect's pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay.
Khadr told the military judge yesterday he wanted to represent himself at his trial or boycott the proceeding.
He called the U-S military tribunal process unfair, saying it isn't looking for justice.
But the judge, Colonel Patrick Parrish, said Khadr couldn't fire his court-appointed military lawyer, Lieutenant-Colonel Jon Jackson, if he was going to boycott the proceedings.
The Toronto-born Khadr also revealed he turned down an offer to plead guilty to war crimes, get a 30-year sentence, but serve only five years.
Military prosecutors accused Khadr of attempting to make a mockery of the process.
Khadr is charged with several crimes, including killing an American soldier in Afghanistan in July 2002 when he was 15.
Meanwhile, Ottawa says it will appeal a Federal Court ruling that ordered it to come up with solutions to breaches of Khadr's constitutional rights.
The court had ruled the government violated Khadr's Charter rights.
