Hicks would be jailed here

Who would trust the Supreme Court today, the Kangaroo Court of the Bush Administration, Good Luck Hicks, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a dicision that goes against Bush and his thugs, the ones who installed them.

TERRORIST suspect David Hicks would serve any jail sentence he was given in Australia, the Federal Government said today.

Justice Minister Chris Ellison said Australia had brokered a prisoner transfer agreement with the United States about Hicks, who is being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Adelaide-born Hicks has been detained by the US since his capture among Taliban forces in Afghanistan in late 2001.

Hicks, who is facing the prospect of trial by military commission, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, aiding the enemy and conspiracy.

Senator Ellison said Hicks would serve in Australia any jail term he was handed.

"In the event that he was imprisoned as a result of the charges against him, I can say that agreement has now been reached for a transfer of prisoner arrangement in relation to David Hicks," he said in Adelaide.

"This is something we have been negotiating for some time and I can confirm that we do now have an agreement in place for Mr Hicks to be transferred to Australia in the event that he was imprisoned for a period of time."

Hicks is nervously awaiting a landmark ruling by the highest US court, involving another Guantanamo inmate, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni national accused of being the personal driver of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Hamdan has challenged the legality of the military commissions set up by the US Government to prosecute Hamdan, Hicks and other Guantanamo prisoners.

The Supreme Court's decision is a landmark test case that will have serious ramifications for Hicks and other terror accused.

If the US Government is victorious and the court rules the military commissions are legal, Hicks's military commission proceedings will probably reopen.

If the Supreme Court rules the military commissions are illegal, Hicks and other Guantanamo inmates would still probably be prosecuted, but in the US civilian court system or a traditional military court martial.

The court is expected to make its ruling within days.

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