So much for Hicks recieving a Fair Trial!!

He did in fact, dodge his chance at a fair trial by pleading guilty to one charge on the eve of his trial. In doing so he has not had to take the witness stand and be forced to answer to his actions in Afghanistan. So all you Pro Hicks Pansies, you got your freakin way. He didnt recieve the trial you were all shouting and waving banners about. Like the Gutless Mongrel he is he pleaded out so he wouldnt have to answer for his actions.

Ohhh, its not just me that thinks this way.......

Easy way to dodge account of crimes COMMENT Chris Merritt March 28, 2007 YESTERDAY'S plea bargain by David Hicks is the worst of all possible outcomes. It means that the case against him will never be tested and he will never be asked to explain why he signed up with a murderous gang of thugs. By confessing, Hicks has dodged a process that would have transformed this affair. The focus was about to turn to what he did - not the circumstances of his incarceration. That would have forced his cheer squad to face the awkward reality that their poster boy is a terrorist who was willing to kill. He has already admitted to family that he fired at Indian forces in Kashmir. By pleading guilty to one charge, Hicks has admitted to all the facts in the prosecution case. But by leaving that case untested and avoiding the witness box, he has denied the Americans a strategic advantage. After the PR blitz of Major Michael Mori, this case would have given the US military commission system a chance to restore its credibility. For Hicks, it was better to plead guilty and avoid a trial than to be found guilty after a credible fight. Last night, the Hicks fan club played right along by seeking to diminish the significance of his guilty plea. Their predictable argument is more PR that still avoids reality. A confession, so they say, is the only way Hicks could quickly leave Guantanamo Bay, and he was never going to get a fair trial. The subtext is that Hicks is not really guilty but confessed to receive a lighter sentence. What they are saying is that an innocent man confessed to a crime on the eve of his trial. Instead of clearing his name, he chose prison. What nonsense.

I find it utterly disgusting that his children have come into this whole saga now. He has claimed all he wants is to go home and see his children. How much did he care about those children when he was consorting with our countries enemies?? Enemies who would just as easily have ended those childrens lives?? How much did he care when he was running around the Middle East playing Terrorist?? He gave no thought to them then. If he cared for those children at all he would have come home instead of going to Afghanistan and been a real father. Found a job, settled down and provided a positive influence.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he was glad the "saga" had come to a conclusion. "I think people will weigh up all of the debates there have been about David Hicks in the context of the guilty plea," Mr Downer said. A panel of five to 10 unnamed US commissioned military officers were being readied by the Pentagon last night to fly to Guantanamo where they will sit as a jury to decide Hicks's sentence. Hicks, a 31-year-old father of two, was clean-shaven but sported below-shoulder-length hair and looked overweight. He was dressed in a light-green prison smock and wore black thongs on his feet. He was composed and talkative throughout the more than 3 1/2 hours of hearings yesterday, even cracking a joke and smiling. But Hicks himself did not voice his plea to judge Colonel Ralph Kohlmann. That was left to his US military lawyer, Major Michael Mori, who, in full military uniform, rose at about 8.30pm local time, Hicks standing by his side looking to the front of the court solemnly, and said "guilty" to one count of providing material support for terrorism and "not guilty" to the second. Under the charge sheet, the pleas yesterday indicate that Hicks has pleaded guilty to his association with al-Qa'ida before and after September 11, when, among other things, he met Osama bin Laden and completed al-Qa'ida training courses. But he pleaded his innocence to a second count in which it was alleged Hicks provided material support for an act of terrorism. Link

And the fact that he looked overweight would somewhat negate the arguements that he was being underfed would it not?? The words 'Grasping at Straws' comes to mind when I think of the Pro Hicks Crowds arguements against his detention.

Well, all I have to say on the matter is I hope you're all proud of yourselves. Seems all that hollering and banner waving won out for you and helped you free a Terrorist. You can all run along now and start making your banners for when they capture Hick's boss Bin Laden. I'm sure if you all scream loudly enough you could have him freed too.

Just a thought, with all the money you poured into his 'Legal Fund' (you idiots do know his legal representation was provided by the US Government right??) you might want to donate anything left over to the real victims of this war. The families who have lost heroes in this struggle for humanity. Brave Soldiers who would rather fight for than against their countries.

A_C