The Homicidal Tourist

News.com.au writes that:

CONFESSED terrorist supporter David Hicks is in good spirits...

Terrorist supporter?

In Hicks's own words:

"Every night there is an exchange of fire. I got to fire hundreds of rounds. There are not many countries in the world where a tourist can go and stay with the army and shoot across the border at its enemy, legally."

It wasn't legally. It was when:

...he spent a considerable time with the Pakistani based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba. LET is one of the most vicious and murderous terrorist groups in the world. It has killed many people and has made frequent attempts to kill Australians.

Even if LET wasn't a terrorist group, Hicks would still be guilty of being a mercenary, something which is illegal in Australia and is treated the same as child sex tourism - you can be busted for it on your return to these shores.

Further, Hicks has joined:

...four separate terrorist groups - the Kosovo Liberation Army, Lashkar-e-Toiba, the Taliban and al-Qa'ida.

Terrorist supporter?

Just plain terrorist would do, if journalists lived in the real world.

-- Nick