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2007-01-05 Down Under

Aussie Police: Sydney building was rocket target

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Posted by Slotle Shavique1294 2007-01-05 00:32|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The targets are possibly (probably) Lucas Heights reactor & Harbour Bridge, but police are keeping a lid on it, as best they can.

Taha Abdul Rahman was arrested at a house in Leumeah, in Sydney's south-west, early on Friday morning and charged with 17 offences over seven rocket launchers allegedly stolen from the Australian Defence Force.

Man arrested over supplying weapons
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Police say Abdul Rahman, 28, supplied five of the Light Anti-Armour Weapons to one of the men arrested in anti-terrorism raids in Sydney last November over a plot to blow up the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Lucas Heights nuclear reactor.
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Posted by Whiskettes4Hilali 2007-01-05 05:23|| 2007-01-05 05:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like some good detective work quietly done despite the holidays. I wonder who is on Mr. Rahman's speed dial?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-05 10:30|| 2007-01-05 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 "Sounds like some good detective work quietly done despite the holidays."

It is part of the ongoing "Operation Pendennis", and yes very good detective work & a very good result.

Alarm call: guns, choppers, men in black

Posted by Whiskettes4Hilali 2007-01-05 11:04|| 2007-01-05 11:04|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if he has any relationship with this arsehole

Posted by tipper 2007-01-05 11:32|| 2007-01-05 11:32|| Front Page Top

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