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- December 10, 2010, 07:43:58 PMAl-Qaida supporter David Hicks was transferred to a top-security prison in his home town of Adelaide, Australia,You are not allowed to view links.
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Hicks, the first terrorist suspect convicted by a US military commission in Cuba, made the flight from Guantanamo in a government-chartered Gulfstream G550 jet with an entourage of Australian police, prison officers and his lawyer.
He was taken to the Yatala Labour Prison in South Australia state, where he will serve the final seven months of his sentence.
The government has refused to comment on whether Hicks will be held in solitary confinement or be allowed to mix with other prisoners,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, saying only "public safety is the primary concern".
"Law enforcement and security agencies are working together to determine appropriate security arrangements," attorney general Philip Ruddock said.
Hicks, 31, a one-time cowboy and kangaroo skinner, was captured by the US-backed Northern Alliance in Afghanistan in December 2001 and became one of the first terrorist suspects to be transferred to the US naval base in Cuba.
He pleaded guilty in March to providing material support to al-Qaida.
Under a plea bargain,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, he was sentenced to nine months in prison, although a panel of military officers had recommended a term of seven years.
Hicks also agreed to a 12-month media gag and stated he was never treated illegally during his five years in US custody.
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Hicks, the first terrorist suspect convicted by a US military commission in Cuba, made the flight from Guantanamo in a government-chartered Gulfstream G550 jet with an entourage of Australian police, prison officers and his lawyer.
He was taken to the Yatala Labour Prison in South Australia state, where he will serve the final seven months of his sentence.
The government has refused to comment on whether Hicks will be held in solitary confinement or be allowed to mix with other prisoners,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, saying only "public safety is the primary concern".
"Law enforcement and security agencies are working together to determine appropriate security arrangements," attorney general Philip Ruddock said.
Hicks, 31, a one-time cowboy and kangaroo skinner, was captured by the US-backed Northern Alliance in Afghanistan in December 2001 and became one of the first terrorist suspects to be transferred to the US naval base in Cuba.
He pleaded guilty in March to providing material support to al-Qaida.
Under a plea bargain,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, he was sentenced to nine months in prison, although a panel of military officers had recommended a term of seven years.
Hicks also agreed to a 12-month media gag and stated he was never treated illegally during his five years in US custody.
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