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Guantanamo Terror Convict Freed

Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:12:26 AM
By ROHAN SULLIVAN

Former Guantanamo terror prisoner David Hicks' father Terry chats to the waiting media after his son's release outside Yatala high security prison in the southern city of Adelaide Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Confessed terror supporter David Hicks was released from the Australian prison Saturday after completing a U.S.-imposed sentence for aiding al-Qaida.  At background is Hicks' lawyer David McLoad. (AP Photo/Rob Hutchison)ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - David Hicks, the only person convicted of terrorism charges at a U.S. military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, walked free Saturday and said he did not want to do "anything that might result in my return" to the prison in Cuba.

The 32-year-old was released from prison in his home town of Adelaide in southern Australia after completing a nine-month sentence struck under a plea deal that followed more than five years' detention without a trial at Guantanamo.

Hicks smiled briefly as he was led by guards toward the gate of the Yatala Labor Prison, but did not speak to reporters.


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