Michael Collins was born on 16th October 1890 near Clonakilty in West Cork. He spend his short working life in London and returned after 9 years to take part in the 1916 Rising. In 1917 he was elected to the Sinn Fein executive and when in January 1919 the Anglo-Irish War began, Collins became the main instigator of a Sinn Fein terror campaign against British administration in Ireland.

How do I know? Because my maternal grandfather was executed for being a terrorist. Why is this pertinent to the Hicks case, because terrorism is nothing new. Yet the majority of your posts infer we need a different set of laws to deal with terrorism.

My point is that we do not. Your view is that Collins strove for Irish freedom, but he was seen as a terrorist by the British. Get my point?

If you read your last post you will find many similarities between Ireland and the Middle East, although I suspect you don't realise you have again shot yourself in the foot.

“the struggles of a tiny nations attempt to overcome the institutionalized feudal oppression of a larger more powerful nation”

Nothing has changed. Larger more powerful nations continue to oppress smaller weaker ones, to take their resources and look after “our interests in the region”.

Keep going aqvarivs each post reveals your lack of knowledge and your bigotry. :)

OMG! You've now got the Irish fight for national freedom, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the general situation in the Middle East all implicated in Hicks trial/non-trial/civil courts/military tribunal debate. Oh ya, and it's all my fault. You poor simple creature.
I guess it's up to me to put an end to this. There is no end to your circuitous convoluted prevarications.
I'm outta here dude.