bushbasher, you know about secret prisions? Some secret. Torture? Do I really care if they waterboard some creep who has taken it as a life choice to coerce little boys and little girls to strap on a semtex bomb vest and blow up themselves along some street cafe or bus stop in the name of Allah? The terrorist do a lot worse with their captives and give them much less judicial consideration. You self-professing seekers of justice act as if hundreds of innocent people are chosen at random every year and abused as terrorist. While willingly forget or dismiss the hundreds taken captive and abused and murdered in the name of the terrorists special cause. The freak is getting three square meals a day, and every consideration that they themselves with hold from society. I'd say justice is well served. Real justice would be tit for tat, beheading's and dragging their corpses through the streets as they do. That and lots of video.

You better check out the Foreign policy of Arab Nations and Africa- even France- how many prisoners does France have incarcerated with out charge- even China- hell you people are clueless; Your interpretation of History would be best served in the latrines in Guantanamo bay if this is the best of supposed intelligent people can conger up; that only represents a fantasy of some other lobotomize moron.
Al quada is a product of M I; 6 UK secret service just after WW11 to eradicate the New State of Israel. Alquida, to which was abandoned by the Nazi’s; {for obvious reasons}, and on sold to the C I A at a later date under false pretences.( Cambridge Uni; Communist infiltration and plot)
Throw your Fantasy books into the garbage a get real journals and real information; or it will only back fire eventually.You can only live off lies and propaganda for a short time; Then the number is up.

And now the number is up.

Well aqvarivs:"There is no real past experience to relate back to for guidance." OH REALY.
One of the problems the US has about trying Hicks is what may come out. After all, nobody else in the world, repeat nobody, but the US financed and armed (to the tune of hundreds of millions) the Islamic fundamentalist opposition that the Taliban emerged out of. This was done to undermine the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and drag them into a quagmire like Vietnam.
Later on well into the 1990’s author Ahmid Rashid explains "The Clinton administration was clearly sympathetic to the Taliban, as they were in line with Washington’s anti-Iran policy and were important for the success of any southern pipeline from Central Asia that would avoid Iran. The US Congress had authorised a covert $20 million budget for the CIA to destabilise Iran, and Tehran had accused Washington of funnelling some of these funds to the Taliban."
Of course, the pipeline referred to is Mr.Cheneys 'bringing the oil from the Caspian to market.'

It’s going to irk and annoy me if Hicks sues for damages when he returns to Australia. His brother in faith or Afghan tourist Habib is going for damages and has a barrage of lawyers pressing for the usual “fair and equitable reward” that will see him in comfort for the rest of his life. Hicks carried weapons and fought in Kosovo, Kashmir and Afghanistan and probably cried the usual ”God is Great” as he killed non-Muslims. He is going to make a great citizen of Australia on his return.

Sille

It will be interesting upon his return what sort of a character he has become and whether he will hold a devine hatred for the establishment.

I think they are out to use time to weary this merchant soldier of ever wishing to return to arms.

His capture by the US was he was said to have been returning to Afghanistan to retrieve his passport.

You have to commend his father, who is fighting for his sons return and freedom.

Something any respectable father would do for one of their children, no matter what the circumstances were.

Although Australian Law has been able to be changed in a split second eg. Dick Cheney and his own guns, it would appear our government is not giving us the chance to with an Australian citizen, quiet possibly caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Perhaps.

WHY HAS THE ARABS BEEN SENT BACK AND NOT A WHITE AUSTRALIAN. WHY HAVE THESE ARABS NOT BEEN HEARD, AND WHY HAVE WE NOT LISTEND.
WOULD IT MAKE IT A DIFRENCE IF IT WERE A WHITE AUSTRALIAN, WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM IN BOSNIA. WHEN THE MURDERING OF MUSLIM MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAS HAPPENING. AND WE WERNT LISTENING, WOULD WE LISTEN THEN. HOW DID DAVID HICKS END UP IN AFGANISTAN? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND HEAR IT FROM HIM. KNOWING WHEN HE SPEAKS ITS NOT FROM FEAR OF PERSICUTION FROM THE AMERICANS. WHY DO WE LIVE IN A FREE WORLD AND WATCH OUR BROTHER BE OPPRESED. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE WE HAVE BEEN SHOWN OTHER THAN PARTS OF A CLIP ON THE NEWS (NO FULL VERSION). MAKE AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIANS FREE LIKE IT WAS. LIKE NO OTHER COUNTRY LIVING TOGETHER ALL NATIONALTYS AND RELIGONS. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DAVID WHY DID YOU GO RISK YOUR LIFE AND FREEDOM? WERE IS THIS FREEDOM OUR SOLDIERS ARE FIGHTING FOR, FIGHTING WARS THAT IS NOT OURS. WE NEVER HELPED POOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF BOSNIA. BUT NOW WE ARE IN IRAQ KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. CREATING TERRORIST OVER SEAS AND AT HOME. GIVE A FAIR GO TO OUR OWN AND LETS TRY AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO?
IN AUSTRALIA WE GIVE THE WORST OF CRIMINALS A FAIR TRIAL. HICKS DID NOT BLOW PLANES, BUILDINGS, TRAINS, OR ANY OF THE SORT. ANY TERRORIST IS A CRIMANAL, TO ANY RELIGON ESPECIALY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RELIGONS JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND MUSLIM. LETS KILL THE ANGER AND THE DEVIL, NOT EACH OTHER. LETS SHOW THE WORLD AUSSIE THE WAY WE WERE A PEACE FULL COUNTRY. BRING OUR BROTHER HOME AND CONVICT IF SO AT HOME. HERE WE ARE CAPABLE OF JUDGING OUR OWN, NO ONE LIKES A TERRORIST. PEACE BE TO ALL AND LETS FIND IN OUR HEART TO ASK WHY?