Sarah101 your credibility is in tatters after just one post.

"He did not"..... kill.. you know this for a fact ?

but guess what.. "HE WAS GUARDING THE TANK WHICH DID THE KILLING"

-which is equal.

But wait :) the Taliban...those luminaries of social justice and fair treatment of your gender.. were simply carrying water to underprivileged children on the TANK....right ? :)

You cannot presume to know the facts which were obtained on the battle field. We don't put every enemy soldier we capture on trial.. for goodness sake. there were HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Prisoners of war in WW2 no..they are in detention camps until the war ends.

Please announce when the war between Al Qaeda and the West ended ?

He is lucky to be even ALIVE let alone detained.

You appear to be rather naive about realities of war.

Mentioning the 600,000 killed in Iraq...good one.. why did you NOT mention that most of them were killed by Muslim on Muslim.. Al Qaeda trying to destabilize the country ? Why ? Well..I'm just guessing, that you are naive..... or.. are peddling a political agenda called "DAMAGE Howard at all costs" (one of those costs is balance and truth)

The whole media circus reminds me of the immoderate attention paid for a short while to Bindi Irwin.

Manufactured news.

We'll soon get tired of it.

We should be thankful that it is only the media that gives two hoots about the convicted terrorist aid and sub-human, Hicks.

After all, we are all capable of thinking for ourselves, are we not?

Terry Hicks

Should put a sock in it.
The Government cant win. Had they put Hicks on a normal flight and somebody or a mob were waiting at the other end to punch David on the nose it would have been their fault.

Had the media been waiting and tricked David into speaking it might have put David at risk of breaking his Gag. It would have been again their fault.
Had somebody picked him on the domestic flight and picked a fight again the Government would have got been accused of not protecting him.
So they brought him home safely for his own good and still his father isnt happy.

I might add he was probably wearing bangles and one can only imagine the complaints from his father if his son was humilitated.

So we paid and he is back in Australia.

The media`s job is to report the news.
He is big news which ever side of the fence your on.

I am just wondering what more you people want from the Government or the media for that matter.
Clearly this is a pro labour thread.
We have enough problems in the world without people looking for them.

Wonder who David takes after because Dad ought to consider threats to breal gags wont help his Son.

Really as they both dont like Australia or our Government its a big world.

It disturbs me that some people can't see past their own ignorance to understand the difference between someone who supports Hicks, the individual... and someone who fights for the civil rights of the nation and its citizens, either domestically or internationally.

Its disturbs me that people dont know the difference.
As I said its the job of the media to report the news.
Its the job of the Government to get him home without dramas.
They both seem to have done their job in this case.

No I dont think he should have been put on a domestic flight for his own saftey.
The reasonsible steps were taken
We get to pay the Bill ok. What bugs me is Terry Hicks is now complaing about the fact that his Son was brought home safely at the cost of the public.
Cant see much to complain about personally.
Regardless if its Hicks or anybody else.
Hes been kept safe. The Government have no way of guessing how public might act sitting on a plane with somebody who has caused a lot of drama.
So they looked after Terrys Son.
Whats his problem Now?

David wont stay in Australia either. Given a few years he will be off to do what he likes best.' We wont get into that ah'

I am personally pleased for Terry Hicks his sons home.
It would be awful to see your Son regardless of what he had got himself involved with treated like that and be powerless to help.

I hope David doesnt go off again in a few more years and cause his Dad more stress.
I hope he knows now Australia is the best country in the world to live in.
The media have done a wonderful job in the interests of this person.
They ought to receive a medal for following through on the story for years.
David and Terry ow them a great deal.
Maybe a free interview one day