Hicks charged!
Now the Left have something specific to ignore and/or rationalize
AUSTRALIAN Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Mr Hicks has been charged by the US Government with conspiracy to commit war crimes, attempted murder and aiding the enemy. Mr Hicks is accused of returning to Afghanistan after the September 11 terrorist attacks on America in 2001 to fight against Australian and coalition troops.How’s that for intent. After the September 11 terrorist attacks while the civilized world recoiled in horror, Hicks joins the fight against Australians and Americans. How can any Australian support him and say they are not supporting terrorism.
On one occasion when al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden visited an Afghan camp, Mr Hicks questioned bin Laden about the lack of English in training material and, after accepting bin Laden’s advice, Mr Hicks “began to translate the training camp materials from Arabic to English”, the US alleged.I’ve got to give it to him, the bastards eager to please. Let me help you kill more of my countrymen and their allies.
Mr Hicks was also allegedly interviewed by Muhammad Atef, an al-Qaeda military commander, about his background and “the travel habits of Australians”.
“It is alleged Mr Hicks armed himself with an AK-47 automatic rifle, ammunition, and grenades to fight against coalition forces.”I’ve met a lot of men carrying AK47s in my time but I never one that I could bond with. To help the Left formulate their rationalization strategy here are the charges.
The three charges Mr Hicks faces are: CONSPIRACY to commit war crimes; ATTEMPTED murder by an unprivileged belligerent; and, AIDING the enemy. If convicted, the prosecution will not seek the death penalty.How’s that for Western decadance. While the Terrorists are slitting our citizens throats for prime time TV without the benefit of a crime or a trial we counter by not even seeking the death penalty. News.com have the story here
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The media are already asserting those charges are not substantive for conviction of crimes. ABC radio this morning had a lawyer waxing on, `Hicks was a taliban combatant; when U.S. declared war on the Taliban, Hick’s is covered by the geneva convention as a comabatant’.
Needless to say, the lawyer omitted perinent facts covered by those three charges, starting with treason; complicity with a regime which committed murder against afghanistanis, aiding and abetting Al Qaeda.
But journos don’t let stubborn facts get in the way of a lie, and certainly not Fat Aunty Bolshevik Collective.
The U.S. lawyer, Lateline , Wed., laid out the standing of combatants, with conventions which inform conduct precisely so the Hick’s of this world do not flourish. He used the example of WWII . He also set out the distinction between interrogation and torture, using the example of U.S. army training, stating the same as you did Kev.
Tony Jones did not like it at all. Nor the other guest lawyer who asserted the coalition is guilty of war crimes’.
Another good post sir.
Article 4
A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:
2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions:
(a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;
(c) That of carrying arms openly;
(d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
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(a) is dodgy for Hicks,
(b) is unlikely for Hicks,
(c) is borderline for Hicks, and
(d) is a straight fail for Hicks.
So he is not a PW under the convention, he went to help AQ and the Taliban post Sept 11, which puts him right in the frame for all 3 accusations.
Shame about the death penalty though.
Many thanks to Harry Tuttle for the synopsis of the Geneva Conventions.
Gives me ammo for the coming lefty howl about “human rights”
Why do these people forget the crime and support the criminal?
I am genuinely puzzled.
Yeah d, like I’ve said before, why let the truth fuck up a good story, even if it’s a lie. Man I wish i had of see Taliban Tony’s face for that.
d, did you see Sir Jeremy Greenstock put Tony Jones in his place, that was worth the price of admission alone…
Harry Tuttle, welcome to Kev’s. Yeah, that prick Hicks seem’s to get all the media sympathy yet he joined post WTC.
Like I’ve said before, just send me the bill for the rope?
info at http://www.hangdavidhicks.fuck.him/thefilthytalibanprick/makeitslow or email me at killhim@dawn.now
It would appear I don’t much like david hicks
Scott
I can’t link to your site. Is it for real or just another way of epressing your sentiments?
Kev
Yeah sorry Kev, just having a jab at Hicks.
This site is for real though fairgofordavis@internode.on.net, it’s a bleeding heart site for Hicks.