US ENVOY COMPARES GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIANS TO WWII GERMAN PRISONERS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06716953
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: May 15, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00242
• Publication Date: March 16, 2003

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WARNING: TOPIC: TERRORISM, INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS
SERIAL: SEP20030316000024
COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES
SUBJ: US ENVOY COMPARES GUANTANAMO AUSTRALIANS TO WWII GERMAN
PRISONERS
SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH 0500 GMT 16 MAR 03
TEXT:
[FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT] US ENVOY COMPARES GUANTANAMO
AUSTRALIANS TO WWII GERMAN PRISONERS
TEXT OF REPORT BY RADIO AUSTRALIA ON 16 MARCH
THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA SAYS THE TWO
AUSTRALIANS BEING HELD IN GUANTANAMO BAY IN CUBA WILL BE DEALT WITH
ONCE THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM IS OVER. DAVID HICKS AND MAMDOUH
HABIB HAVE BEEN IN CUSTODY WITHOUT CHARGE FOR THE PAST 16 MONTHS
AFTER THEY WERE ARRESTED, SUSPECTED OF HAVING LINKS TO THE
AL-QA'IDAH TERRORIST GROUP. AMBASSADOR TOM SCHIEFFER SAYS THEY ARE
BEING TREATED AS A PRISONERS OF WAR.
[SCHIEFFER] IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE BURGLARS. THIS
IS NOT A THING WHERE THEY'VE BROKEN INTO A HOUSE AND STOLEN A
TELEVISION SET. THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THEY'VE BEEN IN A THEATRE
[OF WAR], THEY HAVE BEEN IN ACTIVITIES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN
KILLING AMERICANS. IT'S NOT DISSIMILAR TO .A SITUATION THAT WOULD
HAVE EXISTED IN WORLD WAR TWO IN WHICH GERMANS WOULD BE CAPTURED
AFTER A BATTLE.
[DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH --
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED OVERSEAS SERVICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING
CORPORATION]
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