[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Australian counter-terrorism police have locked awayKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
two men in Sydney, officials said on Wednesday, a day after warnings of heightened "terrorist chatter" in the aftermath of the fatal cafe siege in the city's financial hub.
No further details were immediately available but the Australian Federal Police said the arrests were part of an ongoing operation.
In September, police carried out a series of raids across Sydney and Brisbane following a flow of its nationals to Iraq and Syria to fight with the 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 and other jihadists.
At least 70 Australians are currently fighting for Islamic Lions of Islam overseas. At least 20 have died and there are mounting concerns that increasing numbers of youths are being radicalised and could mount attacks at home.