I hope the prosecution proves its case beyond any reasonable doubt

(fed up with the vicious bleeding hearts over here, who want "our Dahy-vid" returned from the clutches of the evil Yanks)

DAVID Hicks was a fully fledged al-Qaeda operative who took orders from Osama bin Laden, conducted surveillance on embassies and was armed to battle against coalition forces in Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks, his US prosecutors will allege.

In an interview with The Age, Colonel Morris Davis, chief prosecutor for the US Office of Military Commissions, dismissed any notion of Hicks, 31, as a young and naive adventurer. He said the Australian — who today has spent five years in detention at Guantanamo Bay — would be held accountable for his actions.

"David Hicks attended basic training, the al-Qaeda basic training, (and) went back for repeated advance courses in terrorism," Colonel Davis said.

"He knew and associated with a number of al-Qaeda senior leadership. He conducted surveillance on the US embassy and other embassies.

"He eventually left Afghanistan and it's my understanding was heading back to Australia when 9/11 happened. When he heard about 9/11, he said it was a good thing (and) he went back to the battlefield, back to Afghanistan, and reported in to the senior
leadership of al-Qaeda and basically said, 'I'm David Hicks and I'm reporting for duty'."