Terry Hicks, the father of alleged Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks is bewildered at the charges his son now faces.

According to Hicks' lawyers there are a number of historical inaccuracies in the background to the charges.

The US Defence Department claims he conducted surveillance of the US and British embassies in Kabul in 2001.Those embassies had in fact been closed for between 12 to 15 years at the time he's alleged to have carried out the surveillance, so...


It's also alleged David Hicks met Osama Bin Laden, and that he offered to translate an al-Qaeda training manual into English.

Terry Hicks says his son could speak a little bit of Arabic, not much, and would not have the skills to translate any manuals.

David Hicks is the third Guantanamo Bay detainee to face charges.
It's unclear now when his military trial will take place, but David Hicks's lawyers say he will plead not guilty.

Michael Rattner from the Centre for Constitutional Rights in New Yorks ays David Hicks has been denied justice from the start.

MICHAEL RATTNER: These guys have been in Guantanamo for two and a half years. There may be people in that camp who make statements about David Hicks that in my view and in any legitimate trial would be considered coerced and tossed out...