CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Court of Military Commission Review struck down the terror conviction of Australian David Hicks, who says he gave a confession under torture while being held at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.
Hicks, 39, pleaded guilty in 2007 to providing material support for terrorism for allegedly fighting with the Taliban. He was captured in 2002 in Afghanistan and spent five years in prison on a vessel offshore Guantanamo.