Hicks has Landed
budgie | 20.05.2007 06:52 | Anti-militarism | Other Press | Repression | World
Hicks has landed, the Eagle is moulting, the Roo has been shot, the Emu has impaled itself on a boundary fence and local mass media outlets are falling over themselves to toe the propaganda line. The first hysterical element of local reporting is the strained phraseology in use by servile journos, “convicted terrorism supporter … confessed terrorism supporter … Australian Qaeda supporter”, etc. Few media outlets seem to have any idea of the implications of the word “convicted”, which implies the result of a legitimate, legal process; a process that was clearly denied David Hicks. History will record it thus as the Truth is widely known!
A far more accurate lead-in would read: ‘Guantanamo torture victim delivered into the hands of local regulators’ or ‘illegally detained torture victim arrives in SA’ or ‘torture victim denied his rights arrives home to face local regulators’; perhaps even, ‘ill-educated and foolhardy Australian adventurer learns bitter lessons of government neglect’ or maybe, ‘Aussie political pawn abused by U.S. and Australian governments returns home’! LET THE READER BE THE JUDGE and cease the BIASED reporting please, it simply doesn’t ‘cut it’!
The ‘elephant in the kitchen’ that everyone is at pains to avoid is the coerced confession, legal liability for criminal abuse, illegal deprivation of liberty, human rights abuses, criminal compensation, and the indictment of the administrations and their political lackeys for war crimes and other crimes against humanity – the truth is already in the public domain and history will no doubt record further injustices suffered by Hicks.
Numerous efforts to neutralise the heroic aspects of the Hicks case prior to Hicks' transfer to (servile) Australian regulators indicate the acute sensitivity and guilt of the Australian and U.S. authorities in relation to David Hicks.
Press releases stating that Hicks was a harmless adventurer with a less than average IQ; that Hicks confessed to everything for the price of a hamburger, to the absurd claim made by an extraordinarily ‘intelligent’ American military prosecutor, that Hicks is a ‘lucky’ man, “lucky”! Now there’s an interesting term in the circumstances, only the American military could have made such a moronic remark!
We do not regret to inform the Howard and Bush (criminal) governments that the Hicks case is far from over, advice from various local and international legal advocates would indicate that it has barely begun. The Australian people will no doubt take the entire experience of Howard’s neglect and cynical exploitation of David Hicks to the ballot box in the forthcoming elections – and perhaps to the international criminal court. The world is in no confusion regarding the identity of the REAL criminals in this matter!
As for David Hicks welcome home, mate!
Source:
http://cleaves.zapto.org/clv/newswire.php?story_id=509
The ‘elephant in the kitchen’ that everyone is at pains to avoid is the coerced confession, legal liability for criminal abuse, illegal deprivation of liberty, human rights abuses, criminal compensation, and the indictment of the administrations and their political lackeys for war crimes and other crimes against humanity – the truth is already in the public domain and history will no doubt record further injustices suffered by Hicks.
Numerous efforts to neutralise the heroic aspects of the Hicks case prior to Hicks' transfer to (servile) Australian regulators indicate the acute sensitivity and guilt of the Australian and U.S. authorities in relation to David Hicks.
Press releases stating that Hicks was a harmless adventurer with a less than average IQ; that Hicks confessed to everything for the price of a hamburger, to the absurd claim made by an extraordinarily ‘intelligent’ American military prosecutor, that Hicks is a ‘lucky’ man, “lucky”! Now there’s an interesting term in the circumstances, only the American military could have made such a moronic remark!
We do not regret to inform the Howard and Bush (criminal) governments that the Hicks case is far from over, advice from various local and international legal advocates would indicate that it has barely begun. The Australian people will no doubt take the entire experience of Howard’s neglect and cynical exploitation of David Hicks to the ballot box in the forthcoming elections – and perhaps to the international criminal court. The world is in no confusion regarding the identity of the REAL criminals in this matter!
As for David Hicks welcome home, mate!
Source:
http://cleaves.zapto.org/clv/newswire.php?story_id=509
budgie
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Australia: Why does the ABC Lie?
20.05.2007 20:50
A world of lies?
Why do the lies start at home? What is wrong with the Mass Media in this country? We don't teach our children to lie? This is abohorant and I am disgusted that all my good effort raising my children to tell the truth about matters has been drowned in a sea of contempt for the truth by the ABC.
Yes others have done it too but that you can expect but not so from a public broadcaster out of taxpayers own money. This is a sham!
Monday, May 14, 2007.
Premier 'right to question' community threat posed by Hicks
South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson says the Premier is right to question the threat to the community posed by convicted terrorism supporter David Hick
ABC Online, Australia - 14 May 2007
Hicks transfer to Aust in home stretch
Plans are being finalised for the transfer of convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to Australia.
ABC Online, Australia - 15 May 2007
Hicks a 'very lucky man'
The American military prosecutor who prepared the case against David Hicks says the self-confessed supporter of terrorism got off lightly.
ABC Online, Australia - 17 May 2007
Hicks's transfer draws closer
Convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks is spending his last days at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre ahead of his transfer back to Australia.
ABC Online, Australia - 18 May 2007
Hicks due to leave Guantanamo
Convicted Australian terrorism supporter David Hicks is expected leave Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba within the next few hours
ABC Online, Australia - 18 May 2007
Hicks repatriation a farce, Brown says
The Australian Greens leader has described as "high farce" the repatriation of convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks.
Saturday, May 19, 2007.
Hicks en route to Adelaide
Convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks is expected to arrive in Adelaide's Yatala Prison this morning.
ABC Online, Australia - 19 May 2007
Hicks due to arrive home
Convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks is expected to arrive in Adelaide this morning, after spending more than five years in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Sunday, May 20, 2007. ABC Online, Australia - 19 hours ago
Hicks's plane touches down in Adelaide
A jet transporting the Australian convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks has landed at the RAAF's Edinburgh base in Adelaide.
ABC Online, Australia - 18 hours ago
Hicks PR had shortcomings, says Ruddock
Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says he would have liked to see convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks returned to Australia much earlier.
ABC Online, Australia - 18 hours ago
Hicks's sentence begins final phase
Convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks has arrived at Yatala Prison, in Adelaide's north, in the last phase of his transfer from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba
ABC Online, Australia - 15 hours ago
Hicks 'elated' to be on home soil
The lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks says his client is elated to be back in Australia.
ABC Online, Australia - 12 hours ago
Hicks back in solitary confinement
Convicted Australian terrorism supporter David Hicks is back behind bars after being escorted from Guantanamo Bay to Adelaide on a chartered jet.
Monday 21 May 2007 ABC Online, Australia - 7 hours ago
Hicks spends night on Aust soil
Convicted terrorism supporter David Hicks has spent his first night in Australia after more than five years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Garry Leberman
Can't Stop The Truth ABC
20.05.2007 21:26
Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks is undergoing assessments in Adelaide's Yatala Prison to determine whether he is at risk from other inmates, as well as what sort of threat he may pose to himself and others.
???????????????????????????????????? Tell us one more lie ABC?
Dear Australian Mess Media I re-wrote this song for you!
Our children are very dear to us and you have lied to them all, for what?
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Dedicated to ABC Australian Broadcasting Commission in the hope that these people don't keep telling lies to the Australian people using our taxes to undermine the fabric of our society.
Village People - Can't Stop The Truth
Everyone you meet, the children in the street
are swayin' to the rhythm, there's somethin' movin' in them.
There's no place to hide, so, why even try?
Can't you hear it coming your way, it's here to stay.
Truth in our walk, truth when we talk.
It's really something magic, to lose it would be tragic.
Can't you feel the sound movin' through the ground?
Truth makes the world go around.
You can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Take the cold from snow, tell the trees, don't grow,
tell the wind, don't blow, 'cause it's easier.
No, you can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Take the spark from love, make the rain fall up
'cause that's easier to do.
Movin' with the wind since the world began,
the beat is gonna getcha, beat is gonna getcha.
Truth for the blues, for your dancin' shoes,
there's truth in the way that we kiss, you can't resist.
Movin' through the trees, buzzin' with the bees,
the sound is gettin' louder, sound is gettin' louder.
Truth when we play, when we kneel to pray.
There's truth in the sound of the wind.
You can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
though you try in vain it's much easier.
No, you can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
'cause that's easier to do.
On the radio, on every TV show
for each and every reason, each and every season.
Truth when we love for the moon above,
Truth for the show of life that never ends.
Truth on a plane, truth on a train,
sailing in the ocean, truth in the motion.
Truth in your car, at your local bar.
There's truth when you look at a star.
You can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
though you try in vain it's much easier.
No, you can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
'cause that's easier to do.
You can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
though you try in vain it's much easier.
No, you can't stop the truth, nobody can stop the truth.
Change the master plan, take the hope from man
'cause that's easier to do.
Village People and I
Sydney Forum with Terry Hicks
21.05.2007 00:02
Speakers included: Omar Merhi, Dr Tim Anderson, and Terry Hicks, and was chaired by Anna Samson. Among others, speakers highlighted the issue of public support and campaign for justice for David, Mamdouh Habib, Barwon 13, Sydney 9, and the people of Iraq & Afghanistan; and also the continued murder of Iraqis and Afghans, the 'war on terror', the undermining of civil liberties, and the passing of the insidious anti-terrorism legislation with the support of the Labor party.
Thank you to all those who attended, and all those who have supported the campaign for the repatriation of David.
Terry Hicks received a standing ovation, in recognition for his work/campaign for justice for his son.
David was brought to Australia this morning not home but to a maximum security gaol - Yatala in South Australia. David is a political prisoner and is yet to receive justice.
This morning as David was arriving Terry was being interviewed by Channel 31. I took a few pics I will put them in the e-group site. Unfotunately the pics I took at the forum did not turn out. Could those who took pics at the forum post them in the StWC website?
In solidarity, Marlene Obeid.
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Hi all,
The AMWU caretaker told me that the hall capacity was 294 people, and I reckon that was nearly filled.
It was a fantastic meeting - with great speakers. The timing, I think, made it work well too.
Omar's speech from the heart, as well as Terry's, made it extremely clear that this "war on terror" is nothing more than a scapegoating exercise by the Howard government, something that, unfortunately, is being given political cover by the ALP keen to toughen up its "security" credentials.
Cheers,
Pip Hinman
Marlene Obeid via sam
Australian Hicks
21.05.2007 01:34
other nobodies from nowhere.
Nothing has ever happened in Australia to justify any praise for the person who
now is an outback city in an an outback state in a country of parasites on
the land and aboriginal inhabitants of that land.
The only reason these macadamia heads froth at the mouth over the treatment of
the Australian prisoner of GITMO is that he is the hero of those who wouldn't have the
courage come face to face with a post card of an el qada warrior.
It's only in Australia where men vote and admire bully-heroes like P.Costyellow and
S.Bricks. Rape the land get the dough kick up a fuss about a kangaroo-killer,
feed the dog, fk the slt, go to the footy, have a beer and wash it down with
glass of mud outta cardinia.
Karymsky