David Hicks ' cell at Guantanamo Bay (reading room in inset). David Hicks of Australia became the first to be charged under the new Military Commissions Act as he appeared before a military judge at Guantanamo Bay to face charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization. The 31-year-old Australian's lawyers have been considering a plea bargain, in hopes he can be handed to Australian custody. It is alleged that Hicks, a Muslim convert, attended al-Qaeda training camps and fought with the Taliban . He was captured in 2001 in Afghanistan where, according to his father, he was on a religious pilgrimage.
 ' cell at Guantanamo Bay (reading room in inset). David Hicks of Australia became the first to be charged under the new Military Commissions Act as he appeared before a military judge at Guantanamo Bay to face charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization. The 31-year-old Australian's lawyers have been considering a plea bargain, in hopes he can be handed to Australian custody. It is alleged that Hicks, a convert, attended training camps and fought with the . He was captured in 2001 in Afghanistan where, according to his father, he was on a religious pilgrimage.
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