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1999 : (AUSTRALIAN TERRORIST DAVID HICKS HEADS TO ALBANIA TO JOIN THE KLA; LATER HE HEADS TO PAKISTAN-- See LeT ) Hicks is accused of training and fighting with a trio of terrorist groups after heading to Albania in 1999, where the US claims he joined the Kosovo Liberation Army, fighting on behalf of Albanian Muslims. Later that year he allegedly went to Pakistan, where the next year he joined Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, known for its attacks on India, Jews and Americans. ------Trial and record of the accused Hicks (Australian held at Guantanamo Bay) The Australian ^ | 6th August 2005 | David Nason and others

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hicks20-2008nov20,0,5140672.story

“Restrictions in Australia to end for ex-Guantanamo inmate David Hicks”
Associated Press
November 20, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Reporting from Canberra, Australia — Australian Federal Police said today that they would stop next month restricting the movements and communications of David Hicks, a former inmate of the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The restrictions are due to expire Dec. 21, at which point Hicks will be completely free for the first time since he was captured with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan almost seven years ago.

The Muslim convert spent 5 1/2 years at Guantanamo before reaching a plea deal under which he admitted providing material support to Al Qaeda in exchange for serving a nine-month sentence in Australia.”