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| 'Jihad Jack' unhappy with Al Qaeda methods, court told |
| 2005-03-22 |
| A Melbourne court has been told a man accused of working for Al Qaeda did not agree with the terrorist group's methods. Thirty-one-year-old Joseph Terrence Thomas of Werribee, south-west of Melbourne, is facing three charges, including providing support to and receiving funds from the Al Qaeda terrorist network in 2001. A committal hearing has begun with the Melbourne Magistrates Court hearing Thomas admitted he twice offered to work for Al Qaeda, including obtaining passports for members. The prosecutor told the court Thomas trained at a camp in Afghanistan in 2001 to help Al Qaeda fight the Northern Alliance. He also said Thomas trained to take part in a jihad and knew Al Qaeda's objective was to use force to make America change its ways. The court also heard Thomas told Australian police that one man's terrorist was another man's freedom fighter and that he was willing to work for Osama Bin Laden in Australia, although he had said he did not agree with Al Qaeda's methods. The hearing is continuing behind closed doors for security reasons and is expected to take three days. |
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