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Australian al-Qaeda grunt sentenced

GUILTY David Hicks, a former kangaroo skinner, acknowledged that he trained with al-Qaeda, fought US allies in Afghanistan, then sold his gun so he could flee to Pakistan

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He acknowledged meeting bin Laden at one al-Qaeda camp and asking him why there were no training manuals in English. Hicks also admitted guarding a Taliban tank at Kandahar airport for a week while "a fat al-Qaeda leader" on a bicycle brought him food and updates about the US-led invasion in late 2001.

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