Fed: Authorities trying to confirm 2nd al-Qaeda Aussie = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2001
Fed: Authorities trying to confirm 2nd al-Qaeda Aussie = 2

Mr WILLIAMS and Defence Minister ROBERT HILL say investigations into Mr HICKS' activities
are still continuing, with authorities considering laying charges under Australian law.

But the ministers say they have no information about a second Australian reportedly
captured in Afghanistan.

Foreign Minister ALEXANDER DOWNER's office says the Australian mission in Islamabad
is trying to confirm reports the man had been abandoned in a Kandahar hospital by fleeing
Taliban forces.

The federal government is still talking with US authorities about the fate of Mr HICKS.

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KEYWORD: TERROR AUST 2 CANBERRA

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