get home now!

mood: pretty flat.
state i’m in: about to hit the pool.
tune: marvin gaye “what’s goin’ on”.

twice this morning, australian terrorist suspect david hicks, now held for five over five years in guantamo bay without charge, refused to take a call from father terry. mr hicks is now convinced his son is suffering severe mental problems, exacerbated by spending the past nine months in solitary confinement.

"he's really struggling, he's just not coping. for him to do that, it shows he's just not right. the emotional stress on him must be terrible, mr hicks said.

“we have been worried about david's mental state for three years. this shows he's not as well as everyone says he is. the australian government says he's okay ... but they're cold, they have got no heart, they don't care about him."

i’m afraid i have to agree with mr hicks on that.

melbourne psychiatrist prof paul mullen, part of the legal team trying to convince the nation’s highest court that the what the australian federal government is doing, in its neglect of an australian citizen, is illegal, added, “no one is going to survive unharmed for this length of time. he doesn’t know if he is going to be out next week, or never get out. it is totally destabilising,” he added.

remarking on david hicks’ mental state, prof mullen commented, “last time i saw him, i think you could call it fragile”.

get this poor silly bastard home now!