Hicks officially innocent, Pentagon admits

[***super_nova***]

Not a moment too soon:

"The government lie that claimed David Hicks committed any crime is now done and dusted, officially.

Hicks was, and is, innocent of any crime he has been charged with.

The lie that he was a terrorist who had committed a crime was promoted by the Howard government, notably Prime Minister John Howard and Attorney-General Philip Ruddock, and by the Pentagon and US Administration. It has been perpetuated by the Abbott government, notably by AG George Brandis. But all their claims have now been officially admitted to be false and wrong in law.

The Australian government faces the prospect of a considerable payout – in the many millions of dollars range – to Hicks for false imprisonment and for defamation.

Hicks was sold to US forces in Afghanistan in December 2001 by the Northern Alliance militia for about $6000. He was kidnapped by the US and flown secretly to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where he remained for six years and was tortured, he says. His claim is entirely believable, because the CIA and the US military have now admitted being involved in torture at Guantanamo."

http://www.cla.asn.au/News/hicks-officially-innocent-pentagon-admits/

[polksaladallie]

Waiting, waiting..........for those here who "knew" differently.

[horizon1907]

Deeeeeerrrrrrrrrr Lets hope he get some compensation from this complete & utterly farcicle situation. Nothing more than a instrumental show of Power

[nero_bolt]

I am sure that the terriorists of the world will be pleased with your support for them.

The rticle, aside from being quite horribly written and ludicrously biased, just misrepresents the situation (the headline doubly so).

David Hicks hasn't been found to be "innocent" in the sense that he didn't go and join the Taliban to fight against the allied forces. It's that the author thinks the Pentagon have, by dismissing war crimes charges against someone else, "officially" cleared David Hicks.

Frankly, that's nonsense, for a host of reasons:

•The US government dismissing war crimes charges against someone tried in a US court doesn't mean that they've declared someone in Australia innocent as a matter of Australian law.

•David Hicks wasn't charged with war crimes, as was the person referred to in this article against whom charges were dismissed. He was charged with breaches of Australian law.

•The Pentagon has no authority to make determinations of Australian law.

This is a biased opinion piece, not a factual article.

David Hicks was still a Militant Islamic soldier with full combat training

So supporters please provide actual evidence as in links (or actual FACTS)  to a genuine article or paper that says David Hicks is innocent as the ops post has nothing of the sort in it.... 

[idlewhile]

Hicks and his adherents are a disgrace to this country,  the people of this country are not fooled for a minute that this despicable excuse for a human being did train with /al /queda, did have deep and meaningful with Bin Ladin.

The socialist left saw an opportunity to get Howard and they gathered up their followers and attacked and attacked until Howard did what they wanted, he did it with no conviction that this person was innocent, he did it for political reasons.

Hicks is a terrorist, maybe dumb and stupid but I don't think so. It takes a few brains to go to the Middle east and hook up with terrorist groups and that's what he did.

He was the first of the jihadis' from this country and nobody should ever forget that.

[Anonymous]

Hicks officially innocent, Pentagon admits

Not a moment too soon.

do you have a link to a reliable

source please?

[azureline**]

It's probably as credible as you will see for about 24 hours, will it be credible when reprinted in Australian newspapers?.

On Friday, 9 January 2015, a former prisoner of Guantanamo won a legal victory in the US, a year after he was sent back to his homeland in Sudan, the US Military Times newspaper reported in relation to another case with the same charge as that levelled against Hicks.

Noor Uthman Muhammed pleaded guilty in February 2011 at a special US court for wartime offenses known as a military commission. The crime he pleaded guilty to was providing material support to a terrorist organisation and conspiracy.

He was sentenced to 34 months on top of the nine years he had already spent at Guantanamo.

But the Pentagon said on 9 Jan that the charges had been dismissed. A brief statement cited rulings by an appeals court that material support is not a legitimate war crime under the law authorising military commissions.

Noor is officially innocent. Therefore, so too is David Hicks.

[Anonymous]

It's probably as credible as you will see for about 24 hours, will it be credible when reprinted in Australian newspapers?.

the US Dept of Defense released

a media statement on the 9th Jan

regarding Noor Uthman Muhamend.

Still waiting for this:

Hicks officially innocent, Pentagon admits

[polksaladallie]

Capital letters?

[azureline**]

Hicks was never charged using any Australian Laws.