David hicks is very guilty. He helped the guerilla forces in kosovo and apon returning to Australia he converted to radical islam. Then he went to pakistan where he fought indian forces in kashmere then went to afghanistan to help the taliban. He has trained with al quida (or however ya spell that camel jockey word) and fought against allied forces and that is HIGH TREASON! I say let him ROT.
And for all those muslim terrorists who have been caught in Australia there should be two choices for our government to make.

1- Retain prisoner in solitary confinement for life.
The reason i state this very harsh measure is if you only give the terrorist only a 20-50 year sentence
when he gets out,he will commit on his attack or alternatively he will convince others to do it. in solitary confinement he cannot communicate with others and therefore is rendered harmless to society.

2-Deportation.
This measure is perhaps best but has a good point and a bad point.
The good point is the tax payer will not have to pay for his upkeep and will free up room for other prisoners. The bad point is where ever he is sent he will continue his terroristic program in his new country AND there is also the chance he could return under a different guise and carry out his evil mission here.

Heres my theory on why the U.S have kept him so long before trial.......
Its happened before in history!
On the 8th of november 1939 an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler failed at the burgerbraukeller on the anniversary of the munich putsch. The would be assassin was George Elser. He placed a timebomb in one of the timber pillars just behind the podium. He had set the bomb to explode at 9:30 pm,half way through hitlers address. This night though,Hitler started his speech early due to the war at 8:10 pm and finished at 9pm.He escaped the blast.
Later that week the Gestapo caught Elser trying to cross the swiss border illegally and was searched,finding plans and watch parts.
Here's where i make my comparison.  George Elser was then sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where he was retained for the duration of the war. The plan was that when germany won the war, they would parade him to the defeated british ( hitler beleived elser was a british agent) as a humiliation to the allies. Of course germany eventually lost the war so in 1945 George Elser was moved to dachau and shot.
The U.S is doing the exact same thing with hicks, the U.S im sure planned to boast about their victory over bin ladens lot to the world. And unfortunatly the U.S is about to lose their war once Obama gets in (if he does). So as history shows, hicks will be judged very soon.(unfortunatly,not shot).

I agree with your principle 100% He should have had his trial immediately after capture and interrogation. Yes the judicial system is the main culprit, for people who murder,rape,molest children and defraud the system, they only really get a slap on the wrist. CHANGES ARE NEEDED!
And dont worry, im not at war with the left...........yet!

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Gosh I hope they don't here about our AWB exec  They funnelled in more money than David could dream of.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/PM-using-Hicks-to-save-political-skin/2007/02/18/1171733601188.html

The Australian Greens have accused John Howard of tawdry politics over a deal with the United States to return Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.

Under the deal, Hicks would be returned to Australia following his trial on terror charges by the end of this year - and possibly before the October/November federal election.

I hope he stays there forever.Rightly or wrongly our elected government of the day has gone with Bush to fight terrorism.This idiot was on the opposing force,thats treason.
3 keywords here
Elected
Terrorism
Treason
A 4th one could be idiot but that would be unkind

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"US President George Bush is pledging to do all he can to speed up David Hicks' trial, promising the Australian will be "first in line" to get his day in court.

Mr Bush made the promise to Prime Minister John Howard during a telephone call this morning, in which he vowed to "do everything he could to make sure the process was pushed along".

"He said that Hicks was the first in the line, and he understood very much the concerns that I had," Mr Howard said.

Under growing pressure from his own backbench and aware of increasing concerns in the community over the US handling of the Hicks case, Mr Howard has put Washington on notice that it needs to act without delay.

A Crikey Morgan Poll of 400 voters in Mr Howard's electorate of Bennelong found 62 per cent of people wanted the government to ask the US to return Hicks to Australia.

Thirty one per cent believe Hicks should remain in US custody to face trial.

Mr Howard, who will raise the matter with US Vice President Dick Cheney when they meet on Saturday, said Mr Bush understood his concerns.

"He was sensitive to that," he told ABC Radio.

"I said that there could be no more significant slippage in the process of moving towards David Hicks in getting his day in court, that the concern in this country was in relation to his continued detention without trial."

Adelaide-born Hicks, 31, has been in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for more than five years since being picked up in Afghanistan in late 2001.

Former military judge Susan Crawford is considering the charges recommended against Hicks - attempted murder and providing support from terrorism.

Once the charges have formally been served, there is a 120-day deadline for the military commission trial to begin.

But if Hicks' trial is further delayed by appeals outside his control, the government has hinted it is looking at alternatives to return him to Australia.

Under current laws the government cannot impose control orders to manage a situation like Hicks' return but Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says he is examining his options.

"There are difficulties and these are matters that I have to look at, if these matters are going to be pursued," he told SBS Television's Insight program.

"I am looking at all the potential options that I might have to address in various circumstances."

Mr Ruddock raised the issue of how Hicks might feel if he was brought home before getting a chance to clear his name.

But Hicks' US military lawyer, Major Michael Mori, said: "David Hicks won't complain if they bring him home (and) he didn't get to clear his name."

"David will do whatever he's asked," he said.

And as Treasurer Peter Costello urged the public not to sanctify Hicks, Mr Ruddock maintained he was entitled to a presumption of innocence"

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/bush-pledge-to-howard-over-hicks/2007/02/20/1171733756081.html

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His sudden emapathy and urgency is so touching I do declare.!!

Auzgurl..