Mohammed Dawood (nee Hicks) gets full SBS backing
Jenny Brockie on SBS’s Insight holds a trial seeking to put further pressure on the Howard government to bring Hicks home and judging by the on-site poll, the pollsters, media’s version of a jury, want him home, voting 94% to 6% to do so. No mention at all as to whether he should answer the charges against him…just bring the poor missunderstood lad home.
I can only assume that 94% of SBS viewers believe it’s OK to fight against your own countrymen. Poor fellow, my country indeed!
Jenny shows extracts of the feature film called ‘The Road to Guantanamo’ backed by Amnsety International spokesperson Katie Wood who believes everything in the feature film, an ex inmate of Guantanamo, Moazzam Begg who surely would be kicked out of any court as a hostile witness, Terry and Bev Hicks who understandingly are against everything that deprives their son of liberty, Major Mori and George Williams a constitutional lawyer as witnesses and expert opinion for the defence.
Colonel Moe Davis leads the prosecution and Phillip Ruddock takes the side of the Government. Neither have a chance. The judge, Jenny, is biased as is the paid public gallery.
The “selected members of the public’ were Grahame and Debbie Goddard. Graham got to say;
But the fact of the matter is, is that he was caught red-handed being part of an illegal terrorist group and he was arrested. Now, only a court can tell us whether he’s innocent or guilty.But was quickly negated by his wife who in a moment of unbiased rationale debate says;
I just think that the Australian Government, Mr Howard, is in Mr Bush’s pocket and I believe that David Hicks has been made a scapegoat.Meanwhile, in the US the courts are eschewing emotion and politics and are considering the law
HOPES that David Hicks could be back in Australia by Christmas suffered a significant setback today in a US court. The US federal appeals panel in Washington DC ruled Guantanamo Bay inmates, including Hicks, do not have the right to challenge their detention in lower federal courts.They shouldn’t have the right either. They are armed combatants fighting against the US. Major Mori seems to think they should be given the same constitutional rights as American citizens. I can only say the campaign to free Dawood is well orchestrated and achieving results. I would think that by now the majority of the public think the entire issue is about his encarceration and give little thought to his alleged crimes. Amazing isn’t it? within two generations treason has become OK so long as it’s against countries who have conservative goverments.
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Dear kev
Moe Davis came across as a complete “goose” last night.
If he is best they can do then bring on the trial.
Mori will make a fool of him but then again he will be givena good leg up by the trial judge.
The military justice system is a farce; the jury will be selected from members of the miltrary, evdeince obtained by “coercion” will be admissible and third and fourth hand hearsay is and will be used.
If this is US Justice then it is a sad day for the US’s aspiratiions to bring justice to the Middle East etc etc
What a joke and i will bet my leftie that the US Supreme Court will strike it down and then back to the drawing board.
Ruddock was squirming, and slimy and leaving himself open to the possibilty of getting Hicks back. I bet the time fir his return will be election week.
he is the frst law offcer of the CW and he is supposed to be the parens patriae the protetor of our rights and adherent to the rule of law.
“Old Shifty” ” bootlaces”Howard, “Bunter” Downey and that “whitened sepulchure” Ruddock are on the run and they deserve to be.
They call him “bootlaces” because that is the only thing they say is hanging out of Bush’s arse. Perhaps Cheney’s arse also!
What a bunch of frauds they are.
Bring on the election.
iun
Kev, 94% of the audience weren’t asked about his guilt or veracity of the allegations against him, they were asked about his treatment. Strawman, meet weak argument, meet blogger.
PaulW,
I didn’t say anything about the audience being asked about his guilt; I said the on-site poll…voted 94%…to bring him home. As you say they (the audience) were asked about his treatment. My point is that they should be discussing the alleged crimes as well as his treatment.
Kev, why on earth would you ask an audience about his guilt; they’ve got next to no information to assess the issue. I doubt you’d have agreed with their view anyway. I think to ask an audience such as this would be to appoint a kangaroo court.
If 94% of Australians are in favor of traitors, active supporters of terrorism and Islamic zombies like Mohammed Dawoud I’m going to return my passport and immigrate to a Muzz-free environment.
Fortunately we are still not ‘protected people’- Dhimmies,- under sharia law.
Why is it that so many people have nothing better, nothing more important to do than soiling their own nest?
PaulW. Once again from the beginning…I didn’t say the audience was asked about his guilt!
Kev, you said “I can only assume that 94% of SBS viewers believe it’s OK to fight against your own countrymen. Poor fellow, my country indeed!” Which is firstly not what 94% of the veiwers thought. You’ve then said “My point is that they should be discussing the alleged crimes as well as his treatment” to which I’ve replied suggesting their not in a position to do so because they don’t have any reliable information.
Once again from the begining, this is a strawman argument.
The SBS show was focused on the legitimacy of the legal action, the only issue about which we have verifiable and reliable information.