Originally posted by scitpeks
I hope we hear the truth about the treatment handed out by the US military on these "so called" terrorists..

Well. you certainly will not hear any truth coming from Hicks...

The Hicks confession was given only so he could get out of that place.

Sure it was, and everyone in prison is innocent as well!!

Originally posted by dereks

Originally posted by scitpeks
I hope we hear the truth about the treatment handed out by the US military on these "so called" terrorists..

Well. you certainly will not hear any truth coming from Hicks...

The Hicks confession was given only so he could get out of that place.

Sure it was, and everyone in prison is innocent as well!!

edit on 15/10/10 by dereks because: fixed quote

Yeah i'm not saying i think he is innocent or guilty, although he pleaded guilty and also served his time and still proclaiming his innocence so that makes me wonder.....

Oh and false imprisonment? well thats not at all possible....hmmm

I would plead guilty to get out of that place as well.

Its good to see David out of goal and good luck to him for making money out of his experiences. Thousands of others have done the same thing before him and thousands will do that same after him.

I agree with the other comments amde above. It is clear that he pleaded guilty as part of a deal to get out of the place as most of us would do faced with the same circumstances. Bear in mind; who knows how much information was witheld from him when it came to deciding what to do when a chance comes along to get out and remember, he only got out becasue the prime minister of Australia was facing an election and there was a growing sentiment that David should be brought home and the PM did not want his case to become an election issue.

This in it self shows that the players involved went from describing Hicks as one the worst of the worst to 'well-he's-not-so-bad-he-cant-be-brought-home" in a short space of time when it suited Bush and Howard.

I gotta say that I thought the American military lawyer who represented him done an excellant job, "without fear or favor" as they say. No doubt the lawyer would have come under consdierable pressure from his miltarly "friends" to tone down his defence of David Hicks. That lawyer is a very courageous man and deserves a distinguished service medal of some sort and should be held up as a military lawyers hero. I From what I remember he made himself unpopular with the military establishment as a result of his defence of David Hicks. I would.nt be supprised to learn that he has been demoted since.

I find it unforgiveable that the Australian goverment has permitted a foregin power to indefinatley detain one of it's citizns without trial and in violation of all human rights. Just goes to show how much of a pet dog the Australian goverment is to the US.

What do you think would happen if the Australian goverment detained an Americian citzen and sent them to a detention camp for interregation and possible torture? The US goverment would screaming words like, "hostage," "terrorist state." "illegal detention" "lets invade" etc etc.

Absolutely gutless lap dog you are Howard!!!!!!!.

cheers

well all i can say is, yes he was with them when court, yes he might of fired at the americans , but he defanetly shouldnt of been treated they way he was, an good on him for making some money out of his ordeal

Originally posted by bussoboy
and good luck to him for making money out of his experiences.

What makes you think he is making any money out of it? Australia has laws to stop criminals like Hicks profiting from their crimes...

he had to wait 1 year before he could say,publish anything an untill now hes been prity quiet, couple years ago he got married but ather than that i havent herd anything

Originally posted by scitpeks
Yes, I saw this on the news today. I hope we hear the truth about the treatment handed out by the US military on these "so called" terrorists..

The Hicks confession was given only so he could get out of that place..
I would have confessed to shooting JFK to get out of that place!!!

Well, I am 3/4 through it now and you are right about the confession. And you hear plenty about his treatment.

I've also read "Enemy Combatant" by Moazzam Begg, a British muslim who also ended up in Guantanamo Bay. Backs up a lot about what he said too. Both are excellent books and I recommend them.

In both cases the guards were terrified of these individuals because of the propaganda they were told about them - that they were sort of some type of super terrorists. The stories the guards were told about them is actually incredibly funny and it is amazing they most of them actually believed them.

So does anyone think this guy was innocent ?

7 years was a light sentence IMO.