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| Man Arrested for Sydney New Year Terror Threat |
| 2017-01-01 |
[Breitbart] A 40-year-old man was placed in durance vileBook 'im, Mahmoud! by counter-terrorism officials and charged with making online threats "relating to New Year’s Eve" celebrations in Sydney, Australia, police announced on Friday. The man, named as Damien O’Neil, was seized at Sydney airport upon disembarking a flight from London on Thursday night. He appeared in court on Friday and was refused bail, the Telegraph has reported. Police revealed in a statement that O’Neil had been charged with offenses relating to suicide or encouragement of suicide, rather than terrorism laws. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... New South Wales state acting deputy commissioner Frank Mennilli told news hounds in Sydney: "He did post on social media a number of threats of some possible activity that he could be undertaking." Mennilli declined to give any details on what those activities might be, but added that O’Neil had "no links to any cultural groups," and had been acting alone. The police have also declined to give any details on what activities were being planned, nor would they say what nationality the man is, but local reports have suggested that O’Neil is a resident of Sydney. The arrest came following a tip-off from a member of the public, leading to searches of a home and a storage facility in the city in which documents and hard drives were seized. The charges levied against O’Neil include possession of "documents containing threats... concerning online blogs". "Investigations into this matter so far indicate this was an isolated incident," said Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn. "As a consequence, we are confident that there are no current or specific threats to New Years Eve and, while we ask people to remain vigilant, people should enjoy the celebration." The arrest comes less than a week after five men were arrested in Canberra, Australia’s second largest city, in connection to a Christmas Day terror plot. Police said the men had been inspired by 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.... , and were planning to attack Melbourne’s Flinders Street train station, neighbouring Federation Square, and St. Paul’s Cathedral. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 I was hoping for local perspective, anon1, because of the odd phrasing: charged with offenses relating to suicide or encouragement of suicide, rather than terrorism laws. but didn't know enough to frame the question. Thank you for weighing in. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-01 16:55 |
| #1 this is the idiocy of "combating violent extremism" and the stupidity of willfully ignoring the clash of civilisations which is what we are really in. "Damien O'Neil" unless he is an Islamist convert, which is unlikely as he hasn't changed his name, has posted a few outrageous comments on FaceBook SO now, under the new laws which destroyed our democratic societies, and the enlightenment principles that protected the individual against the state he's been jugged for this, thrown in the slammer and has no right to even tell his story to to a lawyer or to a fair court trial because as the word "terrorism" was used it is likely a "national security operation", triggering the NSA Bill 2014. If asio is involved they can produce a letter that says "this is the truth, because we said so". And the court HAS to accept that as prima facie evidence. It's called "an evidenciary certificate". The court has no choice to disregard it. They cannot be cross-examined on this evidence. So what a disgusting boot stamping on a human face forever that does NOTHING against the real problem of Islamism colonising the West and demanding sharia. The Islamists are still colonising at the fastest rate ever thanks to mass migration rates. They are still planning random stabbings and the police cannot stop them. And they are still lobbying for sharia and for blasphemy laws and greater Muslim migration, and are winning, winning winning in Australia while the police chase the "Damien O'Neil"s of the world because "nothing to do with Islam". |
| Posted by: anon1 2017-01-01 15:34 |