Australian To Plead Guilty At Guantanamo
March 27, 2007
Hicks in an undated photo released on March 8 (epa)
The 31-year-old was accused of fighting for Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan during the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 and has been held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than five years.
He announced his decision in a hearing in the U.S. war crimes tribunal at the base, in the first trial under new controversial legislation targeting so-called "enemy combatants."
(Reuters, AP, AFP)