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Originally posted by johnny:
No, we don't have the facts, but since you started this thread, it's only natural that you provide us with them. [img]tongue.gif[/img] For instance, i'd still like to know where mr. Hicks was arrested and what was he doing there ? Was he carrying firearms ? Was he shooting at coalition forces ? Or was he at the wrong place at the wrong time ? WHAT ?!?!?
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Well Johnny facts are hard to come by since Mr. Hicks as not been able to defend himself in a court of law or even been able to talk to the press or have indeed more than 4 or 5 phone calls to his family in all those years.
Firstly - I have no problem with him being held as a POW (the US govt deny him this right) at least he would be treated under the Geneva Convention.
Secondly - If he has committed an act of 'terror' rather than just being a soldier for the "losing side" then lock the arsehole away for life no problems with that at all!
Ok some details that may or may not be correct ...
"He was captured on the 9 December 2001 near Kunduz in Afghanistan by the Northern Alliance." Yes that is over two years before the USA invasion of Iraq BUT a month or more after the first small contingents of allied troops arrived in Afghanistan.
It appears that he was fighting as a soldier for what he believed in and had been in the area well before the awful Sept 2001 attack on the USA. There is nothing I can find that shows a hint that he was involved in any fight against the Americans. It seems to be that at worse he was involved in fighting other Muslims. [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]
Of course it should be up to the hang em high brigade to show what proof they have ...... but that would be justice and we can't have that can we? [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]