Hicks, Habib to stay until war's end
02apr03
TWO Australian men inside Camp X-Ray accused of terrorist links would be
detained there until fighting in Afghanistan was over, Foreign Minister
Alexander Downer said.
Adelaide man David Hicks and Sydney man Mamdouh Habib are being held
without charge at the US Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on suspicion
of having links to al-Qaeda.
Mr Downer said he had not raised their cases during talks with President
George W Bush and other White House officials in Washington.
"The situation hasn't changed in relation to them," Mr Downer told ABC TV.
"These are people who were detained as combatants in Afghanistan and they
will be detained until the fighting in Afghanistan is finished."That's
gradually drawing to a close but there's still some Taliban units on the
loose in Afghanistan and being chased, so those people are being detained."
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