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Not sure how much press David Hicks has got outside of Australia, but he is an Australia who was captured in Afghanistan and taken to camp X-Ray at Guantanimo Bay. He's been there for 5 years now, still held without charge. Saw this article on news.com.au yesterday about the legal team trying to get David Hicks home. I dont think he's completely innocent, but think 5 years is a long time to be couped up without charge, so charge in a legal court or let the guy go on hiw way, that's my stance.... but you've got to love the irony in the statement by his lawyer on radio:
"Hicks' Adelaide-based lawyer David McLeod said earlier on ABC radio that he hoped to have Hicks home by Christmas."
Christmas? Seriously? Hicks was detained on the premise of fighting in a jihad on the West after converting to Islam. Now they want him back in time for Christmas?!? I'm not sure how a jihadist feels about being back in time to see the gluttony of pre-christmas (or god-forbid [any god] the Boxing day sales!)
Here's the article: Court allows urgent Hicks case. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,20880915-2,00.html
December 21, 2006 2:41 PM
I would have to agree with you whole heartedly on that one. 5 years is a long time to be locked up. If the US could legally mount a case I think they would have by now. Surely they have copped enough crap to want to resolve the situation if they could. top
January 04, 2007 11:35 PM
heh. i agree quite passionately that the government should act immediately upon any australian citizen detained for any extended period of time without charge (as any of the trashbags will affirm, as they have been on the receiving end of many of my tirades on the subject).
however, i don't think it's an accident that hicks' lawyers are pushing to get him home before christmas despite his purported affiliation with islam - if anything, associating him with christianity (or at least the good old "australian value" - whatever that term means these days - of reuniting the family at christmastime) in the mind of the australian public would only strengthen public support for his return.
btw, it's melski. reason i'm here is that i saw your blog title in our web history on the mac while i was looking for something else. sorry for the scary stalking. top
February 16, 2007 10:50 AM
just puting this thought out there.
Re: Hicks being charged with attempted murder.
At the time the US were at war with Afghanistan. If Hicks chose to fight for afghanistan as the US claim. How can he be charged with attempted murder? Surely due to the US classification of War any enemy persons captured should be treated as prisoners of war. Hence making the charge of attemped murder completely undeserved and against the UNs prisoner of war declarations.
Not that the US have listened to the UN at all throught this whole war against Terror. Sadam and the Taliban were bad people but surely history should also regard Bush as an awful tyrant disobeying the UN.
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