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Justice?

I notice *smile* doesn't seem to have any roles for Hicks in his organization, but it feels good to pressure your mates to find him a job....

Hicks needs a 'fair go'
March 2, 2008 - 2:25PM

Adventurer and businessman *smile* Smith has approached his friends to try to get a job for self-confessed terrorism supporter David Hicks.

Mr Smith also has urged the former Guantanamo Bay inmate to tell his story to the Australian public and is appealing for Australians to keep an open mind about him.

"I've said to him that he should tell the full story to the Australian people," Mr Smith said today.

"He wants to do that and he's going to do that but he's not ready to do that yet.

" ... I'm asking Australians to listen, to have an open mind, not just believe the Americans and when he tells the story, then make up their own minds."

A gag order imposed on Hicks as a condition of his plea deal with the US military commission that last year found him guilty of providing material support for terrorism, expires at the end of this month.

Mr Smith said he met Hicks while he was in Sydney recently, but preferred not to reveal the exact location.

The Sunday Age newspapers today reported that Hicks had been given special dispensation to leave South Australia and had been staying with a female friend at Abbotsford, in Sydney's inner-west, for the past fortnight.

Hicks reportedly returned to Adelaide this weekend, but neither the Australian Federal Police nor his father Terry Hicks would today confirm that.

Mr Smith said reports he was mentoring Hicks were incorrect, but the 32-year-old former chicken processor had asked him for some career advice.

"He wants to get a job and so he's asked me the best way to get a job and I've given him some advice on how I think he can get a job and I've also asked some business people I know whether they will employ him," Mr Smith said.

He said Hicks was interested in "a job out of doors or in the environment".

Mr Smith would not reveal the identities of those business people he had asked, but said most had not yet responded although some had refused "because their whole information about David Hicks is from what the media have told them".

"My advice is that he should tell the full story to the Australian people because one thing I will say is what the Americans have told us about David Hicks and what the previous government has told us I believe is wrong," he said. "He's convinced he won't get a fair go from the media in this country but I've said I think he will get a fair go.

"But he believes that the media have said such bad things about him that they'll never be able to change their view."

Hicks, who admitted undertaking military combat training in al Qaeda-linked camps and fighting for the brutal Taliban regime in Afghanistan, was freed in December after serving the last months of a suspended seven-year sentence in Adelaide.

He had spent five years at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

Mr Smith said the very fact that Hicks had been allowed to travel within Australia showed he was not a threat to anyone.

"I think he's been very badly treated," he said.

"The fact that he's been allowed to travel on a public airline to Sydney and that he's only reporting to police twice a week ... shows that the authorities do not believe he is any threat and I agree with the authorities.

" ... I'm asking Australia to listen to David Hicks's story when he tells it and then make up their own minds."

Mr Smith campaigned for a fair trial for the South Australian during his five-year detention at Guantanamo Bay.
 
Tiger74 said:
I notice *smile* doesn't seem to have any roles for Hicks in his organization, but it feels good to pressure your mates to find him a job....

Hicks needs a 'fair go'
March 2, 2008 - 2:25PM

Adventurer and businessman *smile* Smith has approached his friends to try to get a job for self-confessed terrorism supporter David Hicks.

Mr Smith also has urged the former Guantanamo Bay inmate to tell his story to the Australian public and is appealing for Australians to keep an open mind about him.


Tiger74,
Its a pity *smile* Smith doesn't spend his time helping everyday Aussies who have been just laid-off in a factory and who have a mortgage, instead of helping this convicted Taliban supporter who will eventually profit from his traitorous acts.
I wonder if *smile* Smith would have been so "supportive" of Hicks if the Taliban had killed his son similarly to some Aussie diggers who have aleady been killed, by the same group Hicks was training and abetting with.
A shame we have this dog sponsoring our footy club this season... :mad:
 
Liverpool said:
Tiger74,
Its a pity *smile* Smith doesn't spend his time helping everyday Aussies who have been just laid-off in a factory and who have a mortgage, instead of helping this convicted Taliban supporter who will eventually profit from his traitorous acts.
I wonder if *smile* Smith would have been so "supportive" of Hicks if the Taliban had killed his son similarly to some Aussie diggers who have aleady been killed, by the same group Hicks was training and abetting with.
A shame we have this dog sponsoring our footy club this season... :mad:

Yeah makes me wonder Livo.
 
TigerForce said:
Yeah makes me wonder Livo.

This sort of crap makes me wonder too:


Perks galore for sex fiends
February 28, 2008 12:00am
A CULT leader pedophile who kept a harem of wives is in line for taxpayer-funded perks in immigration detention.
Alistah Laishkochav -- convicted on 21 sex-related charges in 2000 -- is in the Maribyrnong Detention Centre awaiting deportation to New Zealand under a $38 million ship-out scheme.
The man who once identified himself as Jesus Christ is among the criminals at the centre who are eligible for beach trips, cinema outings and visits to the zoo.
The Herald Sun has learned 13 serious offenders are being held, post-sentence, with asylum-seekers inside the centre.
Detainees are routinely taken on excursions for their mental health.
But hardcore criminals who have served their sentence and had their visas scratched are given the same luxuries.
Three pedophiles and a culpable driver are among the criminal detainees known to have spent time at Maribyrnong so far this year.
An Immigration Department spokesman confirmed all those in detention -- including those slated for deportation on character grounds -- are given excursions upon request pending a risk assessment.

Last year, 55 people were shipped out when their visas were revoked on character grounds at a cost of about $224,000.
They were among 9489 people sent home last year at a cost of about $38.7 million under the removal program.
British pedophile Ian Black, 67, was flown out last month when he was deported for sexually assaulting a minor.
His rap sheet reveals he was dealt a 12-month suspended sentence in 1983 for indecently assaulting a minor.
He was jailed for 5 1/2 years in 2003 when he did it again.
Mr Laishkochav, 79, was jailed in 2000 for up to 7 1/2 years for his crimes.
Born Ian Lowe, the self-styled spiritual leader and former New Zealand cop moved to Australia in 1969 and kept nine wives at a beachside compound where he assaulted his four victims aged seven to 10.
Detention centre operator GSL has copped heavy criticism in recent years over perceptions it was too tough on detainees.
In response to a Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission report criticising the centre's scaling back of excursions, GSL publicly vowed to increase the "number and variety" of trips on offer.


http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23286955-2862,00.html
 
Liverpool said:
This sort of crap makes me wonder too:


Perks galore for sex fiends
February 28, 2008 12:00am
A CULT leader pedophile who kept a harem of wives is in line for taxpayer-funded perks in immigration detention.
Alistah Laishkochav -- convicted on 21 sex-related charges in 2000 -- is in the Maribyrnong Detention Centre awaiting deportation to New Zealand under a $38 million ship-out scheme.
The man who once identified himself as Jesus Christ is among the criminals at the centre who are eligible for beach trips, cinema outings and visits to the zoo.
The Herald Sun has learned 13 serious offenders are being held, post-sentence, with asylum-seekers inside the centre.
Detainees are routinely taken on excursions for their mental health.
But hardcore criminals who have served their sentence and had their visas scratched are given the same luxuries.
Three pedophiles and a culpable driver are among the criminal detainees known to have spent time at Maribyrnong so far this year.
An Immigration Department spokesman confirmed all those in detention -- including those slated for deportation on character grounds -- are given excursions upon request pending a risk assessment.

Last year, 55 people were shipped out when their visas were revoked on character grounds at a cost of about $224,000.
They were among 9489 people sent home last year at a cost of about $38.7 million under the removal program.
British pedophile Ian Black, 67, was flown out last month when he was deported for sexually assaulting a minor.
His rap sheet reveals he was dealt a 12-month suspended sentence in 1983 for indecently assaulting a minor.
He was jailed for 5 1/2 years in 2003 when he did it again.
Mr Laishkochav, 79, was jailed in 2000 for up to 7 1/2 years for his crimes.
Born Ian Lowe, the self-styled spiritual leader and former New Zealand cop moved to Australia in 1969 and kept nine wives at a beachside compound where he assaulted his four victims aged seven to 10.
Detention centre operator GSL has copped heavy criticism in recent years over perceptions it was too tough on detainees.
In response to a Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission report criticising the centre's scaling back of excursions, GSL publicly vowed to increase the "number and variety" of trips on offer.


http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23286955-2862,00.html
It's the way to live nowadays Livo.

Enrol somewhere to take acting lessons and then start planning some sort of crime, get convicted, fool the brainless judge and jury for sympathy and then start negotiating for royalties through the media. Just so that you become rich and famous while enjoying a luxury cell in prison.

Hey don't forget that a-hole Julian Knight's living a great life............................... :mad:
 
Did anyone notice Wayne Careys woman (I wont call her a girlfriend, because we dont go around belting up friends) got a feather across her wrist, when,

after racking up $6K in fines, was ordered to do 100 hrs of community service. So she is getting paid, tax free mind you, $60 an hour ($124,800pa). TAX

FREE.
 
David Hicks moves to Sydney whilst his kids remain in Adelaide.After his time behind bars one would think he would want to rebuild his relationship with his children.Obviously not,he's a disgrace.
 
mb64 said:
David Hicks moves to Sydney whilst his kids remain in Adelaide.After his time behind bars one would think he would want to rebuild his relationship with his children.Obviously not,he's a disgrace.

Maybe the kids don't want anything to do with him?
Imagine having a traitorous dog like him as your old man and the ribbing at school you would get (especially by kids who may have relatives in our armed forces).
I wouldn't want anything to do with him.
 
mb64 said:
David Hicks moves to Sydney whilst his kids remain in Adelaide.After his time behind bars one would think he would want to rebuild his relationship with his children.Obviously not,he's a disgrace.

I thought that he'd left his wife and kids years ago,not recently?
 
Liverpool said:
Maybe the kids don't want anything to do with him?
Imagine having a traitorous dog like him as your old man and the ribbing at school you would get (especially by kids who may have relatives in our armed forces).
I wouldn't want anything to do with him.
Apparently the kids do want to have something to do with him.Not that I'd blame the kids if they didn't.
 
My recollection is that he left his wife and kids years ago, thus whilst it still might be a personal issue for Hicks and his family, it's hardly news or bad form of him to move to Sydney.
 
Six Pack said:
My recollection is that he left his wife and kids years ago, thus whilst it still might be a personal issue for Hicks and his family, it's hardly news or bad form of him to move to Sydney.

Disagree, extremely poor form.
 
He's got enough problems without us dumping on him over a domestic issue. And one that we know very little about.
 
i have no sympathy for hicks,but just because he`s moved to sydney doesn`t mean he wants nothing to do with his kids.
he might be having a good relationship with his kids for all we know.

and as for *smile* smith saying australians want to hear his story,well i certainly don`t want to hear it.
especially if it`s the same watered down version his father has been telling us for years.
or the same as *smile* smith`s version that he was only supporting independence movements. ::)

the only thing i want from hicks is for him to fade away to anonymity(which to his credit he has been doing since his release), and be a law abiding citizen who doesn`t hang out with terrorists who are training and planning to commit mass murder like he was previously doing before he was locked up.
 
Six Pack said:
My recollection is that he left his wife and kids years ago, thus whilst it still might be a personal issue for Hicks and his family, it's hardly news or bad form of him to move to Sydney.
Nonsense,his kids stated they wanted to have a relationship with their father when he got out.Hicks has made sure that won't happen.