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Hicks' bizarre journey began in November 1999, when the former kangaroo skinner and roustabout boarded a plane to Pakistan and made contact with the terrorist group Lashkar-i-Tayyba. Known to fellow recruits as Mohammed Dawood or Abu Muslim al Austraili, Hicks entered the Lashkar-i-Tayyba training system, learned how to use a range of weapons and toured the front lines in Kashmir - the disputed territory over which Pakistan wages its long-running battle with India - claiming in letters home that he had fired weapons across the border. He later moved to Afghanistan, where he underwent training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aussie Taliban Goes Free | 12/29/2007 | See Source »

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