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Activist gets ASIO papers (American deported from Australia as 'security risk')
news.com.au ^ | 3rd November 2006
Posted on 11/02/2006 5:52:00 PM PST by naturalman1975
AN American peace activist deported from Australia last year and two detained Iraqi asylum seekers have been granted access to ASIO documents that deemed them security risks.
Peace activist Scott Parkin was classified a national security risk while on holiday in Australia last September and was deported.
Iraqi asylum seekers Mohammad Sagar and Muhammad Faisal, who have been detained for more than five years, also received adverse security assessments from ASIO.
The three men applied to the Federal Court for access to the ASIO documents after the federal Government refused to release them.
Justice Ross Sundberg today granted them access to the assessments to prepare for a case that will challenge the ASIO decision deeming them security risks.
In his judgment, Justice Sundberg said he accepted the three men's argument that they needed access to the ASIO documents for their case to prove they were not national security risks.
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from www.azfamily.com
07:22 PM Mountain Standard Time on Thursday, November 2, 2006
By The Associated Press / Fox 11
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- An explosive device has gone off at Foothills Mall on Tucsons northwest side this evening.
Authorities with Northwest Fire and the Pima County Sheriffs Department tell KMSB-TV it exploded shortly after six p.m. in a trash can outside the Barnes and Noble bookstore.
One eyewitness described it as an "acid bomb" but there was no immediate confirmation of exactly what type of explosive.
A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriffs Department said it was "some sort of an acid-type device which did explode."
The bookstore has been evacuated and the southeast corner of the parking area at the mall cordoned off.
There are no initial reports of injuries.
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