Hicks due to arrive home today - Democratic Underground

struggle4progress

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Sat May-19-07 05:35 PM
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Hicks due to arrive home today

Source: Sunday Telegraph

May 20, 2007 12:00am

~snip~

Also on board were Hicks' lawyer, David McLeod, Australian Federal Police officers, Correctional Services officers and officials from the Attorney-General's department.

The plane, which can carry 18 people, is due to land at the Edinburgh RAAF base, in South Australia, this afternoon after a stopover in Tahiti.

Hicks will be transferred to the Yatala Labour Prison to complete his sentence for providing material support for terrorism.

He received seven years with all but nine months suspended. He is expected to be released before the end of this year. ~snip~

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21761357-2,00.html

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NMDemDist2

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Sat May-19-07 05:37 PM
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1. received seven years with all but nine months suspended......

I'm assuming that's because he ALREADY SPENT YEARS IN THAT HELLHOLE before coming to trial

:banghead:

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wakeme2008

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Sat May-19-07 05:48 PM
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2. OK did we or AU pay for the nice plane

"he Gulfstream jet was chartered from an Australian firm, Adagold Aviation Pty Ltd, at a cost of more than$500,000.

It is a luxurious, long-range corporate aircraft capable of flying 12,500km at an altitude of 15,500m. "

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