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Aussie jihadists were on the dole
Telegraph ^ | February 21, 2015 | SIMON BENSONnational

Posted on 02/24/2015 6:09:24 AM PST by george76

ALMOST all of the wannabe terrorists who have snuck out of Australia to join jihadist armies in Iraq and Syria were on the dole or some form of welfare payment, The Saturday Telegraph can reveal.

A federal investigation into the welfare status of Australian foreign fighters, prompted last year by revelations in The Telegraph, shows 96 per cent had been on welfare benefits when they fled to the Middle East.

Most had continued to collect payments from Australian taxpayers while training with Islamic State to become terrorists intent on wanting to kill Australians.

The investigation has captured the records of 57 Australians who left the country before October last year to fight with the Islamic State.

Of that number 55 have been confirmed to have been on welfare payments.

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The Telegraph first revealed the case of Khaled Sharrouf, who fled Australia as a DSP recipient in late 2013 on a false passport to join ­IS. The revelations that he had been claiming benefits while training to behead people prompted the government to impose new laws in October last year giving the government the power to stop welfare payments to anyone deemed a national security risk.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailytelegraph.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aussiejihadists; dole; islamicstate; terrorists

1 posted on 02/24/2015 6:09:24 AM PST by george76
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What? You expect these animals to actually work for a living?


2 posted on 02/24/2015 6:10:59 AM PST by headstamp 2
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They got the idea from the Muslims in this country.


3 posted on 02/24/2015 6:11:06 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Bush "hates black people" but don't you dare accuse Barry of not liking Americans!)
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To: george76

The obvious solution to real Islam is to stop the dole.


4 posted on 02/24/2015 6:13:20 AM PST by Paladin2
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5 posted on 02/24/2015 6:17:20 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Idle hands are the devil’s workshop


6 posted on 02/24/2015 6:17:36 AM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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What? You expect these animals to actually work for a living?

Agriculture is un-Islamic. They are supposed to be brigands, like their leader.

7 posted on 02/24/2015 6:51:10 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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Sell you the rope used to hang us? How about if we just give it to you along with free food, housing and medical care?


8 posted on 02/24/2015 7:02:07 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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