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Man Jailed 44 Years for Supplying Gun in Australia Shooting Makes IS Salute
[AnNahar] A man who supplied a radicalized teenager with a gun to shoot dead an Australian police employee made an Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group salute as he was placed in durance vile ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... for 44 years Thursday. Raban Alou admitted obtaining and giving a handgun to 15-year-old Farhad Mohammad
The teenager then shot Curtis Cheng in the back of the head outside the New South Wales police headquarters. Mohammad, who authorities at the time said was born in Iran of Iraqi and Kurdish background, was shot and killed in an exchange of fire with police special constables soon after. Alou, 20, was sentenced to a maximum of 44 years behind bars, with a non-parole period of 33 years, at the NSW Supreme Court after pleading guilty to aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring a terrorist act. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said he gave an Islamic State salute -- with one finger pointing skywards -- and shouted "this is only the beginning" as he was led away. In his sentencing remarks, Justice Peter Johnson said Alou had shown no remorse. "The offender's response is devoid of basic humanity," he said, ABC reported. "The offender was a very active planner and participant in this offence. "Unless the offender had obtained the firearm and supplied it to Farhad Mohammad, this crime would not have been committed." Canberra is concerned about the prospect of lone-wolf attacks by individuals inspired by groups such as Islamic State, and lifted its terror threat alert to high in 2014. Since then, 85 people have been charged as a result of 36 counter-terrorism related operations around the country, police said earlier this month. At least 14 attacks have been prevented in the past few years, although several have taken place. REVEALED: How the Department of Juvenile Justice said Islam was GOOD for teenage jihadi who went on to help murder Curtis Cheng in a terror attack [DailyMail] Alou was in trouble with the law for much of his teenage life, with several convictions including for robbery, armed robbery, possessing a knife in a public place and a raft of driving offences. He was supervised by the Department of Juvenile Justice at Blacktown, New South Wales since 14 March 2014. In January 2015, the department lauded the fact he had become more dedicated to Islam. A report praised Alou for 'getting more involved in his religion, stopping his cannabis use and disassociating himself from his negative peer group'. Just nine months later he aided an ISIS-inspired terror attack which saw father-of-two Mr Curtis shot in the back of the head while leaving work. The sentencing report also reveals that Alou was a member of an ISIS supporters' WhatsApp group where he posted sick messages praising the terror cell's recent atrocities. The group was called 'The Bricks' and used the ISIS flag as its icon. The judge's report also details how Alou manged to procure the Smith & Wesson .38 revolver before handing it over to Jabad at Parramatta Mosque on the day of the attack. He tried two different contacts before a third eventually agreed to source the weapon for him. In one chilling message with an unnamed friend, Alou asked to borrow $100 to buy the gun. Handwriting analysis found the note found in Cheng’s pocket after he was murdered was written by Jabad's older sister Shadi Mohammad, 21, who played a major part in radicalising him. Before Jabad's attack, she fled to Turkey where she made her way to Syria to marry an ISIS fighter before being killed in an air strike in 2016. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-03-02 |
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