Posted on 11/07/2005 5:42:09 PM PST by naturalman1975
NINE men arrested overnight in anti-terrorism raids had formed a group aimed at carrying out a jihad or holy war, a Melbourne court has been told.
Prosecutor Richard Maidment QC told the Melbourne Magistrate's court the nine formed a terrorist group to kill "innocent men and women in Australia".
The nine include include Osama Bin Laden supporter, Abdul Nacer Benbrika, also known as Abu Bakr. The Melbourne suspects had been planning terrorist crimes for more than 12 months, Mr Maidment said. "There's been talk within the Melbourne group that the Sydney group are further ahead than them and they wanted to do something about that," Mr Maidment said.
"The members of the Sydney group have been gathering chemicals of a kind that were used in the London Underground bombings.
"They've been involved in military training and were planning a weekend in Ocean Grove (southwest of Melbourne).
"It is alleged that all of the persons who have been before the court this morning along with another not presently in custody constitutes a terrorist organisation.
"That organisation is directed by the defendant Benbrika.
"Each of the members of the group are committed to the cause of violent jihad."
The men were arrested about 2.30am (AEDT) in Melbourne's north and west in what been described as Australia's largest ever anti-terrorism operation.
Simultaneous raids were conducted in Sydney's southwestern suburbs, where seven people were arrested.
In Melbourne, police raided homes in Preston, Dallas, Hoppers Crossing, Fawkner, Hadfield, Coburg, Yarraville and Meadow Heights.
In August, Benbrika said Osama Bin Laden was a great man and it was okay for Australian Muslims to fight Coalition troops in Iraq.
He is a dual Algerian and Australian citizen who has lived in Melbourne's northern suburbs since 1989.
I think Australia should deport anyone directly linked to these animals. Family members, and friends would be a good start.
Well, I hear that Air France is running some discounts....
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Sydney, Australia - "AUSTRALIA NABS 15, CLAIMS FOILED TERROR ATTACK" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police in Australia arrested 15 terror suspects in a string of raids early Tuesday and said they had foiled a major terror attack. New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said 400 officers were involved in raids in Sydney that captured six men, while nine more suspects were picked up in the southern city of Melbourne. "I'm satisfied that we have disrupted what I would regard as the final stages of a large scale terrorist attack ... here in Australia," Moroney told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.") (November 7, 2005)
"Family members, and friends would be a good start."
Australia, the US, etc. must all begin to deport family members of ANY immigrants, legal or illegal, convicted of violent crimes. We don't need the auntie of some MS 13 member breeding more gang bangers here.
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