Silence Broken David Hicks tells all - Afghanistan, Guantanamo, politics, guilt.
Liberal Demockracey | 04.04.2007 04:06 | Analysis | Repression | Terror War | World
1. Why I made a guilty plea 2. The guilty plea: how I advised David 3. My island home: first weeks at Guantanamo 4. Ten torture techniques in 12 months 5. Solitary confinement was one thing, just don't get me started on the food 6. I never met a DFAT official I didn't like. Come to think of it, I never met a DFAT official
Special Edition: David Hicks tells all - Afghanistan, Guantanamo, politics, guilt, and redemption
Because we live in a true Liberal democracy, we’ve decided to publish a special edition. A special David Hicks edition.
Containing 21 stories, we present the inside David Hicks story -- by the man himself and by those key figures around him, including his father Terry and Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock.
We hope you find this special edition useful in understanding the important legal, political and societal issues in the Hicks case.
It won’t take long to read (because we live in a true liberal democracy).
Because we live in a true Liberal democracy, we’ve decided to publish a special edition. A special David Hicks edition.
The Hicks Case
1. Why I made a guilty plea
2. The guilty plea: how I advised David
3. My island home: first weeks at Guantanamo
4. Ten torture techniques in 12 months
5. Solitary confinement was one thing, just don't get me started on the food
6. I never met a DFAT official I didn't like. Come to think of it, I never met a DFAT official
7. Afternoon tea with Osama: My thoughts on a terrorist mastermind
8. The orange people: The daily grind of Guantanamo
9. After three years in solitary, I lost my mind on a Tuesday
10. Things my son has told me
11. Afghani diary: training for Al-Qaeda, a day by day account
12. How a shy Adelaide boy became an international political pawn
13. The real story of my long hair and those prison pyjamas
14. What the US Senator said when he saw me in chains
15. What the judge said I couldn’t say and when I couldn’t say it
16. How I’ll be voting in this year’s election
17. Why even Adelaide was better than Guantanamo
18. Gitmo diet: How to lose 30 pounds in a month
19. The thrill of war: my Afghan adventure
20. On release: why I'm not planning to take my revenge on the West
Comments
21. Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Hicks Case
1. Why I made a guilty plea
David Hicks writes:
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2. The guilty plea: how I advised David
Major Michael Mori writes:
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3. My island home: first weeks at Guantanamo
David Hicks writes:
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4. Ten torture techniques in 12 months
David Hicks writes
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5. Solitary confinement was one thing, just don't get me started on the food
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
6. I never met a DFAT official I didn't like. Come to think of it, I never met a DFAT official
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
7. Afternoon tea with Osama: My thoughts on a terrorist mastermind
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
8. The orange people: The daily grind of Guantanamo
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
9. After three years in solitary, I lost my mind on a Tuesday
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
10. Things my son has told me
Terry Hicks writes:
Back to Top
11. Afghani diary: training for Al-Qaeda, a day by day account
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
12. How a shy Adelaide boy became an international political pawn
Phillip Ruddock writes:
Back to Top
13. The real story of my long hair and those prison pyjamas
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
14. What the US Senator said when he saw me in chains
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
15. What the judge said I couldn’t say and when I couldn’t say it
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
16. How I’ll be voting in this year’s election
David Hicks writes:
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17. Why even Adelaide was better than Guantanamo
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
18. Gitmo diet: How to lose 30 pounds in a month
By David Hicks
Back to Top
19. The thrill of war: my Afghan adventure
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
20. On release: why I'm not planning to take my revenge on the West
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
Comments
21. Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Malcolm Fraser writes:
Barry Humphries writes:
Robert Richter writes:
Andrew Bolt writes:
John Howard writes:
A 73 year old migrant waits for an overdue privatised bus on an unprofitable route to take her to compulsory English lessons instead of caring for her grandchildren while their parents are working unpaid casual overtime in a factory that is failing to compete with a flood of deliberately unregulated imports....ah Liberal democracy !
...............
Because we live in a true Liberal democracy, we’ve decided to publish a special edition. A special David Hicks edition.
Containing 21 stories, we present the inside David Hicks story -- by the man himself and by those key figures around him, including his father Terry and Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock.
We hope you find this special edition useful in understanding the important legal, political and societal issues in the Hicks case.
It won’t take long to read (because we live in a true liberal democracy).
Because we live in a true Liberal democracy, we’ve decided to publish a special edition. A special David Hicks edition.
The Hicks Case
1. Why I made a guilty plea
2. The guilty plea: how I advised David
3. My island home: first weeks at Guantanamo
4. Ten torture techniques in 12 months
5. Solitary confinement was one thing, just don't get me started on the food
6. I never met a DFAT official I didn't like. Come to think of it, I never met a DFAT official
7. Afternoon tea with Osama: My thoughts on a terrorist mastermind
8. The orange people: The daily grind of Guantanamo
9. After three years in solitary, I lost my mind on a Tuesday
10. Things my son has told me
11. Afghani diary: training for Al-Qaeda, a day by day account
12. How a shy Adelaide boy became an international political pawn
13. The real story of my long hair and those prison pyjamas
14. What the US Senator said when he saw me in chains
15. What the judge said I couldn’t say and when I couldn’t say it
16. How I’ll be voting in this year’s election
17. Why even Adelaide was better than Guantanamo
18. Gitmo diet: How to lose 30 pounds in a month
19. The thrill of war: my Afghan adventure
20. On release: why I'm not planning to take my revenge on the West
Comments
21. Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
The Hicks Case
1. Why I made a guilty plea
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
2. The guilty plea: how I advised David
Major Michael Mori writes:
Back to Top
3. My island home: first weeks at Guantanamo
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
4. Ten torture techniques in 12 months
David Hicks writes
Back to Top
5. Solitary confinement was one thing, just don't get me started on the food
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
6. I never met a DFAT official I didn't like. Come to think of it, I never met a DFAT official
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
7. Afternoon tea with Osama: My thoughts on a terrorist mastermind
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
8. The orange people: The daily grind of Guantanamo
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
9. After three years in solitary, I lost my mind on a Tuesday
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
10. Things my son has told me
Terry Hicks writes:
Back to Top
11. Afghani diary: training for Al-Qaeda, a day by day account
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
12. How a shy Adelaide boy became an international political pawn
Phillip Ruddock writes:
Back to Top
13. The real story of my long hair and those prison pyjamas
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
14. What the US Senator said when he saw me in chains
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
15. What the judge said I couldn’t say and when I couldn’t say it
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
16. How I’ll be voting in this year’s election
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
17. Why even Adelaide was better than Guantanamo
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
18. Gitmo diet: How to lose 30 pounds in a month
By David Hicks
Back to Top
19. The thrill of war: my Afghan adventure
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
20. On release: why I'm not planning to take my revenge on the West
David Hicks writes:
Back to Top
Comments
21. Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Malcolm Fraser writes:
Barry Humphries writes:
Robert Richter writes:
Andrew Bolt writes:
John Howard writes:
A 73 year old migrant waits for an overdue privatised bus on an unprofitable route to take her to compulsory English lessons instead of caring for her grandchildren while their parents are working unpaid casual overtime in a factory that is failing to compete with a flood of deliberately unregulated imports....ah Liberal democracy !
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US Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantánamo appeals
04.04.2007 07:07
Tom Carter
Parents of 'American Taliban' plead for release after Hicks deal
04.04.2007 21:41
Lawyers for Lindh's family have told a press conference they will file a petition with Mr Bush and the Justice Department, calling for the 26-year-old's 20-year sentence to be commuted.
They claim Lindh's sentence is unduly harsh compared to the nine-month term Hicks received at a US military hearing last week which saw him agree to plead guilty to a terrorism charge.
"Given the result in the Hicks case we are filing with the President and the Department of Justice a request for commutation of John Walker Lindh's sentence," lawyer Jim Brosnahan said.
"It is very simple. It is a question of proportionality, it is a question of fairness."
Lindh was detained in Afghanistan in December 2001 while fighting for the Taliban against the Northern Alliance forces in the wake of the US-led invasion of the country.
In 2002 he pleaded not guilty to a 10-count indictment which included charges of providing support to foreign terrorist organisations as well as contributing services to the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
In a later plea deal, however, all terrorist-related charges were dropped in exchange for Lindh pleading guilty to two counts of serving in the Taliban army and carrying weapons.
He was jailed for 20 years without parole in October 2002 and is currently being held at the Supermax maximum-security federal prison in Colorado.
Lindh's mother Marilyn Walker says her son has never fought against US forces and never endorsed terrorism.
"We hope that President Bush will respond today with sympathy and compassion," she said.
"We ask President Bush to please commute John's prison sentence.
"John has been in prison for more than five years and it is time for him to come home."
Lindh's father, Frank Lindh, says his son had been wrongly accused of fighting against America and being involved in terrorism.
"We really do hope the President will commute John's sentence and allow him to come home," he said.
Mr Brosnahan says Lindh has been a victim of the climate of fear that gripped the United States in the months following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
"The time following 9/11 was a time of tremendous turmoil, of concern and worry," he said.
"And there was a feeling that anybody connected to the Taliban should be treated very harshly.
"And John was treated very harshly."
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