Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Colonel Morris Davis, muchuchisi mukuru wehofisi yeUS yeMasoja Makomisheni, akati, "Akazobva kuAfghanistan uye ndiko kunzwisisa kwangu kwaive kudzokera kuAustralia apo 9/11 yakaitika. Apo akanzwa pamusoro pa 9/11, akati chakanga chiri chinhu chakanaka (uye) akadzokera kunhandare yehondo, kudzokera kuAfghanistan, ndokuzivisa kuvatungamiriri vakuru veAl-Qaeda uye zvikurukuru akati, 'Ndini David Hicks uye ndiri kuzivisa nokuda kwebasa.'" Davis akaenzanisawo zviito zvinonzi naHicks neavo vakaita zvigandanga zvakadai seBali, kuputika kweLondon neMadrid, uye
Kukombwa kwechikoro cheBeslan. Terry Hicks, akataura kuti mwanakomana wake pakutanga airatidzika kuva asingazivi, ipapo asina chokwadi, nezvokurwiswa kwaSeptember 11 apo vakataura parunhare runhare pakuvamba kwaNovember 2001. Akataurawo kuti David Hicks akataura pamusoro pe"kuenda kuKabul kunoridzivirira kurwisana neNorthern Alliance".