US sedates Hicks before new charges
Hicks ‘given sedative’ before being told of charges
TERROR suspect David Hicks was left frightened and confused after being forcibly sedated at Guantanamo Bay last month then told of new charges prosecutors wanted to bring against him, his military defence lawyer, Major Michael Mori, says.
Major Mori said Hicks, 31, had told him he was visited in his cell by a Guantanamo official who gave him liquid medicine ostensibly for a chronic stomach complaint.
“They told him they wanted to try a new medicine for his stomach problems,” Major Mori said yesterday after seeing Hicks at Guantanamo Bay last week. “It sedated him. It basically knocked him out for 24 hours – it was a strong sedative – and the next thing he knew he was being dragged into a room and told about the charges.”</em>
And this is how we treat an ALLY…
