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  • February 2008

    • Aussie Hicks May Get Rich on Gitmo Story

      The Australian  |  Feb 1, 08 8:20 AM CST

      Aussie Hicks May Get Rich on Gitmo Story

      (Newser) - A worldwide media bidding war has erupted for rights to the story of Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo prisoner convicted of terrorism charges, who was released a month ago from an Australian prison. If Hicks sells his story, he would  violate Australian proceeds-of-crime laws, but his advisers are resolved to do so anyway, the Australian reports. More »

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      Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • Australia  • Osama bin Laden  • Guantanamo prisoners  • David Hicks  • media bidding war

  • December 2007

    • Aussie Gitmo Convict Freed From Prison

      Associated Press  |  Dec 28, 07 5:13 PM CST

      Aussie Gitmo Convict Freed From Prison

      (Newser) - David Hicks, who pleaded guilty to aiding al-Qaeda in a US military court at Guantanamo, walked free from a jail in his native Australia on Saturday local time after finishing his sentence. Hicks, 32, was captured fighting alongside Taliban forces in Afghanistan in 2001 and served 5 years at Gitmo before a plea deal in March allowed him to return home, the AP reports. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • war crimes  • David Hicks

  • September 2007

    • Gitmo Gears up for Terror Trials

      Reuters  |  Sep 6, 07 4:38 AM CDT

      Gitmo Gears up for Terror Trials

      (Newser) - A high-security mobile courtroom complex is under construction at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base as officials prepare to  try 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other high profile al-Qaeda figures. Military tribunals will try as many as 80 detainees at the complex, three at a time, Reuters reports. Critics complain that the trials will follow neither US nor international law and will accept coerced evidence. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • detainee  • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed  • military tribunal  • David Hicks  • commissions

  • May 2007

    • Guantanamo Detainee Returns to Australia

      Reuters  |  May 19, 07 9:33 PM CDT

      Guantanamo Detainee Returns to Australia

      (Newser) - After five years in custody at Guantanamo Bay, David Hicks is back in his native Australia, where the convicted Al-Qaeda supporter will spend the next seven months in a maximum-security prison. His family and other supporters spent years campaigning for his release before Hicks pleaded guilty in March to providing material support to a terrorist organization. More »

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      Afghanistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Australia  • Guantanamo Bay  • Guantanamo prisoners  • detainee  • David Hicks

  • March 2007

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