Colonel Morris Davis , chief prosecutor for the US office of Military Commissions , said , " He eventually left Afghanistan and it 's my understanding was heading back to Australia when 9/11 happened . When he heard about 9/11 , he said it was a good thing ( and ) he went back to the battlefield , back to Afghanistan , and reported in to the senior leadership of al-Qaeda and basically said , ' I 'm David Hicks and I 'm reporting for duty . ' " Davis also compared Hicks ' alleged actions to that of those who carried out terrorist attacks such as Bali , the London and Madrid bombings , and the Beslan school siege . Terry Hicks , said that his son seemed at first unaware , then sceptical , of the 11 September attacks when they spoke on a mobile phone in early November 2001 . He also noted David Hicks commented about " going off to Kabul to defend it against the Northern Alliance . " In October and November 2001 , Hicks wrote multiple letters to his mother in Australia . He asked that replies were to be directed to Abu Muslim Austraili , a pseudonym he used to circumvent non-Muslim spies he believed intercepted correspondence . In these letters he detailed the validity of Jihad and his own prospect of " martyrdom " . As a Muslim young and fit my responsibility is to protect my brothers from aggressive non-believers and not let them destroy it . Islam will rule again but for now we must have patience we are asked to sacrifice our lives for Allahs cause why not ? There are many privileges in heaven . It is not just war , it is jihad . One reward I get in being martyred I get to take ten members of my family to heaven who were destined for hell , but first I also must be martyred . We are all going to die one day so why not be martyred ? David Hicks wrote a number of anti Semitic letters during his time in Afghanistan which were published in '' The Australian '' with statements such as " The Jews have complete financial and media control many of them are in the Australian government " and " The western society is controlled by the Jews "
Beslan school siege
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