Aussie Terror Suspect Wants More Lawyers
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Monday March 26, 2007 8:01 PM
AP Photo NY116
By MICHAEL MELIA
Associated Press Writer
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Australian David
Hicks, an alleged al-Qaida-trained fighter, said in a courtroom
Monday that he needs more lawyers to defend himself against a
charge that he provided material support for terrorism.
Hicks, wearing a khaki prison jumpsuit, made the statement as
his arraignment got under way more than five years after he was
taken to Guantanamo. Before the hearing, the Australian shaved
his beard but kept the long hair he uses to block the constant
light in his cell at the isolated prison.
The 31-year-old former kangaroo skinner and outback cowboy
is the first suspect to face prosecution under revised military
tribunals established after the U.S. Supreme Court last year
found the Pentagon's system for trying Guantanamo detainees
was unconstitutional. He said he was satisfied with his defense
team but would ask at a later date for more defense lawyers.
"I'm hoping to have more lawyers and paralegals to get
equality with the prosecution," Hicks told the military court's
presiding officer, Marine Corps Col. Ralph Kohlmann.
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A US military judge has opened a hearing at Guantanamo Bay for Australian David Hicks, who is to be formally charged with supporting terrorism by a special military tribunal.
The pre-trial hearing began at 4.11am (AEST) under elaborate security at the remote US naval base in southeast Cuba, where some 385 terror suspects are held outside the jurisdiction of regular US courts.
Hicks is the first “war on terror” detainee at the prison to be tried under a new law that revived the tribunals after the US Supreme Court threw out the previous system as unconstitutional.
We truly are a renegade, lawless nation. I say Amen to that
Monday March 26, 2007 8:01 PMAP Photo NY116
By MICHAEL MELIA
Associated Press Writer
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Australian David
Hicks, an alleged al-Qaida-trained fighter, said in a courtroom
Monday that he needs more lawyers to defend himself against a
charge that he provided material support for terrorism.
Hicks, wearing a khaki prison jumpsuit, made the statement as
his arraignment got under way more than five years after he was
taken to Guantanamo. Before the hearing, the Australian shaved
his beard but kept the long hair he uses to block the constant
light in his cell at the isolated prison.
The 31-year-old former kangaroo skinner and outback cowboy
is the first suspect to face prosecution under revised military
tribunals established after the U.S. Supreme Court last year
found the Pentagon's system for trying Guantanamo detainees
was unconstitutional. He said he was satisfied with his defense
team but would ask at a later date for more defense lawyers.
"I'm hoping to have more lawyers and paralegals to get
equality with the prosecution," Hicks told the military court's
presiding officer, Marine Corps Col. Ralph Kohlmann.
LinkHere
The pre-trial hearing began at 4.11am (AEST) under elaborate security at the remote US naval base in southeast Cuba, where some 385 terror suspects are held outside the jurisdiction of regular US courts.
Hicks is the first “war on terror” detainee at the prison to be tried under a new law that revived the tribunals after the US Supreme Court threw out the previous system as unconstitutional.
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