Posted on 09/18/2014 9:41:05 PM PDT by KingofZion
Two men were charged Thursday in connection with a terror plot that Australia's prime minister said involved plans to carry out a public execution.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said authorities obtained intelligence about a "demonstration killing" -- a killing, Australian media reported, in which alleged assailants planned to kidnap a member of the public, behead the victim and then drape him or her in an ISIS flag.
The foiled plot comes just days after the country raised its terror alert to high and in the midst of Australia committing to helping the United States and a broad international coalition to beat back the Islamic State, or ISIS.
***Earlier Thursday, at least one person had been arrested and charged with terrorism offenses and another 14 were detained as police conducted more than two dozen searches in Sydney, acting Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said at a news conference.
Hours later, police said nine people who were detained have been released.
*** "The exhortations, quite direct exhortations, were coming from an Australian who is apparently quite senior in ISIL (Islamic State) to networks of support back in Australia to conduct demonstration killings here in this country," he said.
More than 800 law enforcement officials fanned out across Sydney suburbs as part of a coordinated operation to serve 25 search warrants.
"Today's operation reflects the reality of the threat we actually face," said Andrew Scipione, commissioner of New South Wales Police.
A second series of searches were carried out in Brisbane, Scipione said. Those searches were connected to the arrests earlier this month of two men in Brisbane accused of recruiting and financing foreign fighters to Syria.
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there needs to be ‘special punishments’ for these jihadist islamists : Feed them to crocs , or troll them for white pointers . Something so terrifying that maybe they’ll think twice . If not , the creatures get a good meal .
Certainly , no mercy should be shown to them and I say , dispense with any trials . Just make an example of them quickly .
I am very happy to hear the Australian government was able to thwart these acts of terrorism.
I have an affinity for Australia. I wish the people there much success.
If push comes to shove, I consider them a very close ally to the U. S. Canada, Britain, Australia, and Israel are my favorite allies to the U. S., and not necessarily in that order.
I realize we have disagreements at times, but by and large we stand together when push comes to shove.
The accused terrorist’s uncle, Dr Ehsan Azari who is a lecturer in Afghani studies at the University of Western Sydney, said his nephew was “very pious”.
“If he is truly involved in this it is someone else who has convinced him, turned his mind,” he said.
The lecturer said Azari’s parents are unaware that their son had been arrested because they left Sydney for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to make the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Good grief!
See posts from Fred Nerks just above.
We don’t have to vilify muzzies — they vilify themselves. Open fire.
Send these Muslim kaffirs back home, deportation is the solution. They have no intention of becoming “Australians”
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