Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has confirmed that a terrorist group which has made threats against Australia was operating in Melbourne a decade ago. But Mr Bracks says he does not believe members of the Islamic Tawhid Group are still holding meetings in Melbourne.
The Federal Government has asked ASIO to find out more about Islamic Tawhid, which has demanded on an Internet site that Australia withdraw its troops from Iraq or face attack from "columns of rigged cars". The group called itself the European arm of Al Qaeda.
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A Melbourne newspaper has reported that police have been warned the group has a cell still operating in Melbourne. Mr Bracks says there was a matter involving the group a decade ago but it was resolved by the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police. He says the meetings are no longer occurring in Melbourne. "My understanding is that this relates to a matter which was 10 years old which has been resolved and the case has been concluded," Mr Bracks said. "It doesn't relate to any of the Internet reports which were apparent on the weekend." |