11:51AM Jess McGuire | Well, we found this amusing. Recently in The Age there was a piece about the return of David Hicks to Australia.
Legislation enabling David Hicks’ transfer to Australia was tabled in Parliament yesterday, paving the way for his return as early as next week.
The Federal Government is refusing to reveal the exact date and nature of Hicks’ return, yet under a court order he must be home by the end of the month.
Hicks, 31, who was captured by US forces in Afghanistan in 2001, pleaded guilty to providing material support for terrorism before a US military commission in March. Under a prisoner transfer agreement, he will serve nine months in Adelaide’s Yatala prison and has agreed not to speak publicly on his experiences in Guantanamo Bay for 12 months after arriving back.
All very good. You can read the rest of the article
here and feel like a mature individual with an interest in current affairs.
Meanwhile, we’ll continue snickering like children over the fact the article was written by Hall & Oates song Sarah Smiles.
Okay, okay – we know the song is actually called Sara Smile, but you try reading the by-line without Hall & Oates in your head.
Thanks to reader John for the heads up!
PS: If you haven’t heard the song, please – enjoy this with our compliments. It’s some awful band’s cover version inexplicably accompanying a Haley Joel Osment tribute video on YouTube. Erm. Yes.
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