Good news story: Former Gitmo detainee weds in Australia

By GottaLaff

The cool story that DoJ doesn't publicize:

The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be convicted under the U.S. military commission system was married over the weekend in a Christian wedding in Australia, his father said Monday.

But... but... all detainees are terrorists who will wander into your back yard and kill you if they run loose! And they're... they're... all bad, evil Muslim brown people!

David Hicks, an Australia-born Muslim convert who was captured by the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance in Afghanistan in late 2001, gave up his Islamic beliefs during his 5 1/2 years as a prisoner at the U.S. naval base on Cuba, his father said. [...]

The wedding guests included Michael Mori, the Pentagon-appointed Marine Corps defense lawyer who brokered David Hicks' plea bargain on terrorism charges in March 2007, Terry Hicks said. [...]

"He's well on his way now" to regaining a normal life, he added.

IMHO, I'm not sure how one regains a normal life after years of living hell. Hats off and congratulations to David Hicks.

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