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As much as Australians enjoy bagging Americans, Major Mori was the voice of reason that shamed me Australia wouldn't stick up for one of our own. Anyone who's been a dickhead should be put on trial, but a fair trial.
widgit007 3 years ago 6
hang on while he was in japan and get the dates right.he was rideing horses in japan and staying at the btc,pp said he spent time hunting and camping rough in a very cold climate,this is not a normal way of working,haveing to start at 6am and do a 10hr shift.
pjmjammer 3 years ago
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Bury him for his crimes in Kosovo. Fuck giving him a 'trial'.
SinStudly 5 years ago
Watch SBS in 30mins then tell me what you think.
chickenhouse 5 years ago
Thats what a Sunni terrorist would say.
Tris10 5 years ago
You must be from Cronulla with that account name. Real humanitarian I see.
chickenhouse 5 years ago
He will receive a trial, the date will be determined this month. He was set for trial in 2005, but the US wanted to close a legal loophole first, so that anyone found guilty cannot use that loophole to walk free. As you know, the US constitution was not set up with terrorism in mind. You really can't blame them for wanting to ensure that a 'fair trial' is fair both ways. The geneva convention does not state a timeframe in which an unlawful combatant must be tried. The US are within the law.
nomorelebs 5 years ago
The US are rewriting the law. The geneva convention does not have anything about "unlawful combatants" so of course doesn't have a timeframe. Regardless of the Geneva convention he is still a human being and his treatment falls under international humanitarian law.
chickenhouse 5 years ago
"He will receive a trial", when? Are we supposed to celebrate? He's been locked up for 5 years without a trial or even being charged. Would you be OK if he was locked up for another 5 years? How would you feel if it happened to you? What if it turns out he's innocent? The charges they talk of now are "attempted murder". Doesn't seem like he's the huge threat to the civilised world as they are trying to make out. Why not release him and keep a close eye on him until a trial can be set?
chickenhouse 5 years ago
I think you're missing the point. It's not whether he should be set free or not. His guilt or innoncence is a separate issue. It's his basic human rights and the right to a fair trial that are the issue. I don't understand why if some guy trained with terrorists he should not receive the same rights as a suspected rapist or pedophile would get.
chickenhouse 5 years ago
Common sense you have in abundance chickenhouse.
shiizaa 5 years ago 3
I agree fjblue. Hicks sided with the enemy. He sought to fight along side terrorists, to train in terrorist camps, and he knew he had the option to leave Afghanistan after Sep 11 took place, but he did not. He made his bed as an unlawful combatant, and ignorance of the law is no excuse for him to be set free. If he wanted to be Australian, he should not have fought with our enemy. Suddenly he wants to be an Australian again, just to get out of trouble. Sorry, no sympathy here.
nomorelebs 5 years ago
Did you even watch the video?
chickenhouse 5 years ago
the major seems like good bloke but if hicks wasnt taken prisoner he would be killing oz troops stuff him full of lead
fjblue 5 years ago
hkl do not bother to respond to my statements. You are an idiot in my opinion, argue that one.
shiizaa 5 years ago
Denton doesn't seem very interested or outraged that the rights to a fair trial was being squashed.
The American Government took their own detainees out to ensure their fair trial, why is it ok for an Australian to be subject to isolation, torture and removal of basic human rights?
Saddam Hussain has more rights than David Hicks.
shiizaa 5 years ago
ANSWER:
Because citizens have more rights within their own countries than outside.
Which also answers you question about American citizens, and addresses your attempted comparison with Mr Hussein.
hkl 5 years ago
The right to a fair trial was not being Squashed. The US canceled his trial to try to get rid of a legal loophole that would see dozens of known terrorists/supporters walk free. How many soldiers do you want to die at the hands of terrorists that we let walk free under the legislation they so eagerly seek to destroy?
nomorelebs 5 years ago