Posted on 08/03/2006 9:45:17 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
A federal minister says the Government is investigating reports that a group of suicide bombers is being dispatched to attack Jewish interests in countries that support Israel.
Newspaper reports say the Jakarta-based Asian Muslim Youth Movement claims the plan is being funded by two Australian-Indonesian businessmen.
Human Services Minister Joe Hockey has told Channel 7 Australia was a terrorist target well before the recent increase in conflict between Lebanon and Israel.
"We are a target, we always have been a target, we probably will be for a very long period of time," he said.
"I can tell you that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Department for Foreign Affairs are investigating what's reported in the papers today and we're treating it very, very seriously."
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