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David Hicks Should Rot In Prison

Monday, November 14th, 2005

MP’s plea for David Hicks to no avail…

The Federal Government said it would not make a special case to bring home Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks, despite calls from Liberal backbencher Danna Vale for his release.

The former veterans affairs minister said today she had asked Prime Minister John Howard to lobby US President George W Bush for Hicks’ release. She claims that the Australian’s rights are being denied.

If anyone has a grudge against someone like David hicks, it is Theodore B. Olsen. On the morning of September 11, Olson, the US Solicitor General, received a phone call from his wife, Barbara. She told him that the plane she was on American Airlines Flight 77 had been hijacked and that the passengers and crew had been herded to the back of the aircraft. What should she do? she asked America’s most powerful lawyer. Seconds later she was dead, when her plane ploughed into the side of the Pentagon.

Hicks’ father Terry and Greens Senator Bob Brown say they hope Ms Vale’s comments will lead to public support for his release from other Coalition MPs.

But both Mr Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer have ruled out making a special case for Hicks, saying the Government is committed to the military commission hearing.

They say if Hicks is brought back to Australia, he will go free because he cannot be charged under Australian law as it was not a crime to train with al-Qaeda at the time of his alleged activity with the group.

Hicks, a 30-year-old convert to Islam, has been held at Guantanamo Bay awaiting trial since he was captured alongside Taliban forces in Afghanistan in late 2001.

Ms Vale said today Mr Howard had refused her request to make a case that Hicks be released, but said there were "eight or nine" others within Coalition ranks who supported her position.

"Let’s face it, two things are going to happen to David Hicks – he’s either going to die there or he is going to be released," she said.

"If he dies before he gets to trial and I have been a member of Parliament in this country and I haven’t articulated that he is having his rights denied, I feel I can’t have that on my conscience."

Ms Vale said Australia had allowed Hicks to be tried by the US on the condition he received a quick and fair trial.

"When we remember he is actually kept in chains and in solitary confinement some of the time, I mean, he is innocent until he is proven guilty," she said.

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

Mr Howard said Ms Vale had a right to express her opinion on the subject, but the Government would not seek to have Hicks returned to Australia.

"If David Hicks was brought back to Australia, he would go free," Mr Howard said.

"He could not be charged under Australian law and it is not our intention to do that."

Mr Downer also ruled out making a special case for Hicks.

"We have a large number of Australians who are facing charges before a large number of courts – there is no reason why somebody who is facing charges for conspiracy to commit war crimes and attempted murder should receive privileged treatment over people who are facing charges in relation to drugs and other offences," he said.

Senator Brown predicted other coalition MPs would follow Ms Vale’s lead.

"Danna Vale’s call is a breakthrough and there’ll be other members of the Government following," he said.

Hicks’ father Terry also hoped that support for Ms Vale would snowball and force Mr Howard to call for his son’s release.

"Now there’s one or two maybe it will snowball," he said.

"Maybe they have realised he will not get a fair trial."

Ms Vale said she understood if Hicks returned to Australia he would be set free because he had not committed any crime in this country.

"But having said that he has already done four years. All that solitary confinement in the worst jail in the western world," she said.

"I mean that must go for something."

Ms Vale should be made to sit in a room with the families of people killed by terrorist fanatics and listen to there pain, maybe then she will understand why people like David Hicks should rot in prison.

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Bradley Murdoch Trial

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Murder Trial Told Of Weapon Search

DARWIN : Police used metal detectors to search an area of 320,000sq in the hope of finding a murder weapon in the case of missing British tourist Peter Falconio, the Northern Territory Supreme Court was told today.

Police Superintendent Bruce Grant told the Court of his involvement in the search for the missing body of the British backpacker.

Bradley Murdoch, 47, has entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of murdering the 28-year-old Briton, and has also pleaded not guilty to assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees and depriving her of her liberty.

Mr Falconio has been missing since July 2001, when he and Ms Lees were flagged down by a man on the outback Stuart Highway, near Barrow Creek.

Supt Grant said the search included following up tip-offs from members of the public, including searching down old mine shafts, in an area up to 140km north of Barrow Creek.

In November 2001, police with metal detectors spent six days combing 320,000sq m at the crime scene where Mr Falconio disappeared in a bid for clues, he reported.

Supt Grant said police had information that a watch, car keys, a religious medallion, a murder weapon and bullet were missing, or had not yet been recovered.

"They were very long hard days," Supt Grant said."It was the hottest week in history in the area."

However, nothing of significance was found, he said.

The trial continues.

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