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Down Under
Chemical owner 'tipped off police'
2005-11-09
The owner of a chemical supply company in southwest Sydney tipped off police about a series of unusual purchases before authorities carried out early morning raids on Tuesday. Police followed up the call to the terrorist hotline two weeks ago, shortly before Prime Minister John Howard revealed intelligence had been received about a home-grown terrorist plot.

The owner of the business, which was not named at the request of Australian Federal Police, said he sold chemicals for cash to between 20 and 30 Muslim men, including small amounts of hydrochloric acid. Suspicious purchases from three other southwest Sydney businesses were also investigated by anti-terror squad officers. Their search warrants detailed a list of what to look for, including the high-flash explosive Triacetone triperoxide, detonators and terrorist manuals, when they performed 13 raids across eight Sydney suburbs.
Posted by:ed

#3  Glenmore, I don't think the owner should be sent to prison for telling the cops about suspicious sales. He should be executed for "racial pofiling." Becoming suspicious about customers on the basis of their Middle Eastern appearance is racist stereotyping - don't you know?! If Aussies are suspicious of and prejudiced against Middle Easterners, then the Middle Easterners will become alienated and more likely to plan terrorist attacks. Root Causes People!!!
Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat   2005-11-09 20:41  

#2  Not so Glenmore, as an example try to buy Arsenic today.
They'll ask you if you want it by the pound, or by the ton.
Why?
Because it's used in hardening metal.
Now if I went to buy a pound or so, no problem, but if I went in for a 5 pound keg a dozen times the supplier would get curious why I didn't just buy a hundred pounds in the first place, it's cheaper in bulk.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2005-11-09 14:00  

#1  Was this a 'sting' from the beginning? One hopes. If not, this chemical owner should join his Muslim customers in prison, and just thank his lucky stars his 'tips' to police were in time to prevent carnage.
Posted by: Glenmore   2005-11-09 13:19  

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