http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070324-0452-australia-guantanamo. html Former terror suspect loses election bid in Australia SYDNEY, Australia - A former terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for four years didn't win his bid Saturday for a seat in the parliament of New South Wales, Australia's most populous state.
Mamdouh Habib, 51, ran as an independent candidate in the election, which was fought largely on the local issues of roads, schools and train and bus services. <http://www.signonsandiego.com/images/t.gif> The Egyptian-born Habib said he was standing to raise human rights issues and the profile of Australian Muslims, though he had little chance of success against a Labor Party incumbent with strong local support. Habib won about 4 percent of the vote in the Sydney suburban seat he contested, and said he had not expected to do any better. Labor's Barbara Perry was returned with more than 60 percent of votes in the district. "The reality is it is a safe Labor seat and people wanted someone with a proven track record," Habib told The Associated Press. "But it was important to get the message out that there are more issues than bus timetables, like race issues and youth unemployment and poverty." Habib has said previously he would stand at federal elections due later this year if he lost in the state vote, but on Saturday declined to commit himself. "This is a practice run," he said. "I'm not ruling anything out." Habib was released without charge from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after being arrested in Pakistan and held in custody for years, during which he alleges he was tortured. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
