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Chemical owner 'tipped off police'
 The owner of a chemical supply company in southwest Sydney tipped off police about a series of unusual purchases before authorities carried out early morning raids on Tuesday. Police followed up the call to the terrorist hotline two weeks ago, shortly before Prime Minister John Howard revealed intelligence had been received about a home-grown terrorist plot.The owner of the business, which was not named at the request of Australian Federal Police, said he sold chemicals for cash to between 20 and 30 Muslim men, including small amounts of hydrochloric acid. Suspicious purchases from three other southwest Sydney businesses were also investigated by anti-terror squad officers. Their search warrants detailed a list of what to look for, including the high-flash explosive Triacetone triperoxide, detonators and terrorist manuals, when they performed 13 raids across eight Sydney suburbs. Posted by: ed 2005-11-09 |
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