US alleges Hicks collected embassy intelligence

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By Kim Landers

... Hicks is facing charges of providing material support for terrorism and attempted murder, and now the US military has released charge sheets backing up that case ...

He allegedly personally collected intelligence on the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, and was trained in covert photography, the use of dead drops and the use of disguises.

The charge sheet also alleges Hicks later armed himself with 300 rounds of ammunition as he prepared to fight against coalition forces at the Kandahar airport.

Hicks, originally from Adelaide, has been held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba since 2002 ...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1849156.htm