E-MAIL THIS LINK
To: 

Urgent Anti-Terror Operation underway in Australia
AN urgent anti-terror operation has been launched in Melbourne only 10 days before the Commonwealth Games begin.

Senior intelligence sources have told the Sunday Herald Sun that agents are watching known associates of suspects identified during the anti-terrorist sting, Operation Pendennis, which culminated in the arrest of 19 men in Melbourne and Sydney in December.

They have also focused on radical Islamic convert Gregory Middap, also known as Helmut Kirsch. Kirsch has a history of violence and was a member of the right-wing National Action group before converting to Islam.
The far left, the far right and the Islamacists have all converged into one slime mold.
ASIO has raided his North Melbourne hostel, which looks after homeless people, and released prisoners on at least one occasion, in 2003 after Kirsch visited Afghanistan. The sons of bitches were holding prisoners in the hostel?And security services are monitoring Preston-based fundamentalist group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Ah, yes ... our buddies HuT.
At the same time, suspected terror cells are being investigated in Canberra and Perth.It has emerged that the Games security blitz, the biggest in Australia's history, will cost about $200 million as 2600 Australian Defence Force troops are deployed across the city.

A massive operation aimed at vetting Games tourists and athletes is also in progress. Federal agents will work with police and intelligence agencies from around the world, combing the visas and details of the thousands of athletes and tourists coming to Melbourne. Overseas agencies have been passing on information about people and plans that may represent a threat to the Games.

The ASIO and AFP activity comes as the Games security effort steps up.

Several of Australia's frontline fighter jets, the F/A-18s, will arrive in Melbourne this week, with pilots authorised to shoot down any rogue aircraft.
Good. Ozzies have more balls than the Germans.
Black Hawk helicopters, which have been flying over Melbourne on training runs, will also be at work, ready to drop special forces soldiers at a moment's notice. Officials will also put in place a 75km radius no-fly zone before the Games begin.

Ships will be ready to sink vessels that may be planning to use the Yarra River as a staging post for an attack on the MCG and an Australian Navy warship will be on alert in Port Philip Bay.

Crucial sites such as the MCG, Parliament, Federation Square and the Sports and Aquatic Centre will be under 24-hour CCTV surveillance. Connex has also installed transparent rubbish bins at city train stations. The bins will enable authorities to see bombs or other suspect packages easier.
Posted by: Oztralian 2006-03-04
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=144442