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I've Met Osama 20 Times And He's Lovely" YOUR
NEW REALITY Before 9/11, it was not illegal to hold views like these :
After 9/11, such talk helps to get you tagged by the President of the United States as "the worst of the worst" and by Australian government ministers as a "murderer", and helps land you five years in Guantanamo Bay. The above quotes are excerpts from letters written by convicted Australian 'terrorist supporter' David Hicks, who was released from Guantanamo Bay in April, after five years of being held without charge. A special deal was cut between the then Australian prime minister John Howard and US Vice President Dick Cheney to get Hicks out of Gitmo. Howard needed Hicks released from Gitmo because he was, in early 2007, becoming an enormous election liability. Many Australians had a problem with one of their own citizens being held by the US, without charge, for five years, and subjected to extended isolation and psychological and physical torture. Howard knew what was happening to Hicks, and admitted he could Hicks released any time he wanted. As he eventually proved. On New Years Eve, David Hicks will be released from the Australian prison where he served a further nine months, after being convicted of supporting terrorism. He has been banned from talking to the media, and federal police are now pushing for Hicks to be placed under a curfew and monitored around the clock. Go Here For More Background On The David Hicks Saga And Further Excerpts From His Pre-9/11 Letters
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