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British govt loses Hicks appeal bid
2006-05-07
Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has moved another step closer to being granted British citizenship after the British Court of Appeal announced it would refuse any further appeals by the Government. The British Government had lost two previous appeals to Royal Courts of Justice.

Hicks is pinning his hopes on British citizenship as a way out of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, where he has spent the past four years. The British Government has successfully lobbied for the release of nine of its British nationals. David Hicks's father, Terry, says the British Government will be under pressure to do the same for his son if he is granted citizenship following the latest legal victory, announced on Friday.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Hicks' ass belongs to Uncle Sam. If the Brits insist on having him, they try an SAS raid. Otherwise, they are welcome to continue their mental masturbation.
Posted by: ed   2006-05-07 21:11  

#5  Sr. Assistant to Red Ken
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-07 20:13  

#4  Probably be... Sir David Hicks before it all ends.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-05-07 19:55  

#3  I feel sorry for any country who has to put up with Hicks and his babbling father.
Posted by: Oztralian   2006-05-07 19:52  

#2  Suppose he is given citizenship...

Does that bind the UK government to pressure the US to relase him?
Does that bind the US government to release him?

No.

Gitmo is a US facility. Considerations of US national security, not diplomatic notes, should determine who gets released and who gets a needle in the arm.

Posted by: john   2006-05-07 10:08  

#1  UK friends please stop this stupidity. Really I am pleading you do more than give lip service to this. It's bad enough your press trashes my country on a daily basis. That your national funded broadcaster and it's web site misrepresent the facts about my country on a daily basis. That it broadcasts propaganda agaisnt my nation as a matter of routine. This stupid stuff has to stop.

Please force your government to stop it. Please do something about it. If the US was carrying out anti-UK propaganda on a international basis as daily matter of routine you would be flaming us and screaming about cutting ties . This trash is in your papers everyday.

If our law courts were taliking about granting US citizenship to a terrorist captured on the field of battle you would be beside yourselves. Please force the government of the UK to stop this action
Posted by: SPoD   2006-05-07 04:45  

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