If it means he will be bought back home more expiditiously  why shouldnt he ?

Is this straight forward or would he have to watch his back that if he did that that the Americans might throw the book at him?

Not if he is innocent.

well, if a person thinks they are innocent, why should they admit that they are guilty?

personally, i reckon if it took 5 years to get to gather enough evidence to go to court, then i'm guessing the evidence against David Hicks is weak at best. that doesn't matter, since regardless of the result of the trial, he will still be seen as a terrorist in most people's eyes.

freediver wrote on Mar 9^th, 2007 at 3:07pm:


i doubt he will be free, even if he is found to be not guilty.

if his guilty, he will get life in prison (or death penalty).
but if he is not guilty, then he would probably be locked up on some lesser charge or if he is set free then he would probably be killed by someone else who thinks his a terrorist anyway.

alot of people have judged him as a terrorist already, even before his trial. i think in this case, people forget the "innocent, until proven guilty" rule.

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Hicks to enter not-guilty plea
Paul Maley


SYDNEY: David Hicks would plead not guilty to terrorism charges when he fronted a judge in 11 days' time, his defence lawyer said yesterday.
The announcement of his first court appearance came as a Federal Court judge dismissed yesterday a bid by the Australian Government to stop an attempt by Hicks's lawyers to bring him home.

Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday that Hicks would appear in a US military commission for arraignment on March 20 at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The 31-year-old Hicks has been a prisoner at the US base for the past five years.

Hicks's American civilian lawyer, Joshua Dratel, said the former Adelaide man would plead not guilty to a single charge of providing material support to a terrorist organisation.

"What did you expect him to do?" Mr Dratel asked The Canberra Times.

Chief prosecutor Colonel Mo Davis said the purpose of the hearing would be to advise Hicks of his rights, resolve any questions about who would serve as his legal counsel and establish a preliminary trial schedule.

He said he did not think recent legal challenges to the military commissions would delay the hearing, which should only last a few hours.

"As far as I know everything is progressing and is on schedule," he said. "

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this just in... INSANITY.

yes that too freediver..but no more that he intends to plead 'not guilty'..prolonging his own detention isnt he?

Isnt there an investigation by the courts against the government for NOT intervening on his behalf and if this is so, which I believe it is ,,what a shameful indictment on our 'Government' that we care so little about our pple in trouble?

Gavin, a lot of pple perhaps..but thankfully not all the pple.


I dont think there are many American sympathisers left in th world. Although America thinks there is.

Like most Australians, we're not convinced that the latest steps by the
Australian and US governments on David Hicks mean that much, except that
he's going to stay in Guantanamo Bay longer at this rate, without his
day in court.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/US-document-shows-reported-abuse-of-POWs/2007/02/07/1170524142519.html

A junior US officer reported witnessing Taliban prisoners of war being sexually abused in Afghanistan weeks after Australian terrorist suspect David Hicks says he was anally penetrated by his American captors.

Documents obtained by AAP show the officer reported a Taliban prisoner was abused on February 11, 2002.

"I noticed that one of the MPs (military police) was lubricating two of his fingers preparing to perform the anal probe instead of the medical person," says the officer's sworn statement, made in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

"Without warning the EPW (Enemy Prisoner of War), and in a cruel way, he push both his fingers into the EPWs anus.

"This caused the EPW to scream and fall to the ground violently."

Hicks's father Terry Hicks said last year the Australian "suffered beatings and anal penetration".

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SBS Insight program...David Hicks.. http://ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1172466549