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 SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Confessed al-Qaida supporter David Hicks will not fight strict monitoring conditions likely to be imposed later this year after he serves out the remainder of his prison sentence in Australia, his lawyer said Monday.
Hicks, the first terrorist suspect to be convicted by a U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was returned to Australia on Sunday after a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors that ended more than five years of detention without trial.
The 31-year-old former kangaroo skinner pleaded guilty in March to providing material support to al-Qaida, including attending terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. Prosecutors said he sought to fight on the side of the Taliban against U.S.-backed forces who invaded the country after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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