Australian Gitmo Inmate Cites Abuse ; Hicks Faces Commission in Cuba

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An Australian terror suspect facing a military tribunal here was physically abused by his U.S. captors after being apprehended in Afghanistan almost three years ago, the man's parents said yesterday.

"He's been abused," said Terry Hicks, father of 29-year-old David Hicks, a convert to Islam who is charged by the U.S. military with attempted murder and joining and aiding al Qaeda.

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Australian Gitmo Inmate Cites Abuse ; Hicks Faces Commission in Cuba

The accused man's father told reporters that his son said the abuse occurred before he had been transported from Afghanistan, where he was captured in December 2001, to Guantan...

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