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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “MELBOURNE, Australia - Twelve terror suspects planned to bomb a packed sports stadium during the grand final match of the Australian Football League in 2005, a witness testified Tuesday.

Izzydeen Atik, a former associate of the suspects, told Australia’s Victorian Supreme Court that the stadium plot was postponed after police raided the suspects’ homes and seized their assets in June 2005.

Atik said alleged terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika told him about the plot and subsequent plans to bomb Melbourne’s Crown Casino during the Formula One Grand Prix and an AFL preseason match.

Benbrika, an Algerian immigrant to Australia, and 11 other men have pleaded not guilty to charges of being members of a terrorist group and related charges. Prosecutors say the 12 intended to undertake “violent jihad” in Australia, had discussed killing former Prime Minister John Howard, and identified railway stations and sports fields as likely targets.

Atik, a former religious student of cleric Benbrika, told the court he used stolen credit card numbers to buy airplane tickets and mobile phones for the accused men. He faces separate charges of credit card fraud.”

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002068/posts

Islamic militants denounce Pope, threaten Rome
CWN ^ | 4/15/2008
Posted on April 15, 2008 3:21:08 PM PDT by markomalley

Rome, Apr. 15, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Representatives of the Al Qaida network have renewed their attacks on Pope Benedict XVI, in a message posted on the Islamic miliant web site al Hesbah.

The latest message from Al Qaida expresses continuing anger at Pope Benedict, who was denounced by the terrorist network in March for leading a worldwide “crusade” against Islam.

The message from Al Qaida also decried the electoral victory of Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, whose People of Liberty party won a solid victory in national elections. (In a bid to end Italy’s “birth dearth,” Berlusconi’s coalition has announced plans to provide parents with a bonus of €1,000— about $1,575— at the birth of each baby.)

In related news, a Palestinian Islamic leader predicted that Muslims would conquer Rome, in a sermon broadcast on the Al Aqsa television network controlled by the Hamas movement. Yunis al Astal described Rome as “the Crusader capital,” but assured listeners that “Rome will be conquered, just as Constantinople was conquered.”