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Chronology: Australia's Hicks gets Guantanamo-Adelaide ticket
Mar 31, 2007, 8:11 GMT
Sydney - David Hicks, 31, was ordered by a US military commission hearing in Guantanamo Bay to serve nine months in an Australian prison on Friday, March 30.
August 7, 1975 - David Hicks born in Adelaide, Australia 1999 - joins Kosovo Liberation Army
2000 - Trains with Muslim terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba in Pakistan
December 9, 2001 - Captured fighting with Taliban forces in Afghanistan
January 11, 2002 - Enters Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
August 25, 2004 - Pleads not guilty to charges before a US military commission
June 29, 2006 - Military commission ruled unlawful and charges dropped
March 27, 2007 - Pleads guilty before a US military commission and is sentenced to seven years
March 30, 2007 - Military commission orders Hicks to serve nine months in Australia.
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