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Iraq
Suspected Australian (?) extremist held in Iraq
2007-01-05
AN Australian citizen has been arrested by coalition forces in Iraq on suspicion of conspiring to commit terrorist acts. Warya Kanie, 39, an Iraqi Kurd, came to Australia about three years ago with his young daughter as part of the humanitarian refugee program to join his three brothers, who were already living in Adelaide.
Repaid that generosity handsomely, didn't he?
Mr Kanie, who had divorced his wife, was living in a housing trust apartment on unemployment benefits and receiving additional benefits as a single father.

A member of the Australian Iraqi community, who spoke to The Weekend Australian on condition of anonymity, said Mr Kanie was a Sunni and "had extremist views".

Mr Kanie left Adelaide about seven months ago, after gaining Australian citizenship, telling his family that he was going to look for a new wife in Iraq. But he allegedly told a friend that he was leaving Australian "to go on jihad".
Wife, jihad, what's the difference?
Mr Kanie is alleged to have been staunchly opposed to the occupation of Iraq and supported terrorist acts against Western forces and Iraqis co-operating with them.

Sharif Ali bin Hussein, imam of the Marion Road mosque in Adelaide's southern suburbs where Mr Kanie is thought to have worshipped, denied through an interpreter knowing him.
"No, no, certainly not!"
Mr Kanie travelled to Jordan with his daughter, whom he left with his sister before going on to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Coalition forces detained Mr Kanie for allegedly engaging in anti-coalition activities in Baghdad in mid-October. He has since been held as a security internee.
And let's keep him there, regardless of the hand-wringing from the squeamish progressive types.
A spokesperson from the Department of Foreign Affairs said consular officials met Mr Kanie on November 10 and spoke to him by phone on December 15. "He is well," the spokesperson said. "Officials in Canberra are in touch with his next of kin."

Mr Kanie's family expressed concern in Adelaide yesterday at the lack of information on why he was being held. "Why he is in the prison, I have absolutely no idea," his brother Danna said.
They just told you: a rifle in one hand and a Qur'an in the other. Oh right, that's not illegal as far as you're concerned ...
Danna Kanie told The Weekend Australian a meeting with ASIO officials a few weeks ago had shed little light on the circumstances of his arrest. "They've got no information at all," he said. "They're just waiting for information from Iraq. I don't know if they have moved Warya and didn't tell me."

Danna Kanie said he had not seen his brother in the past two years. "We've got problems," Danna said. "I didn't like to see him anymore." Another brother, Zaniar, said that Warya Kanie had gone to Baghdad looking for a wife, "as is our culture". "Until now, they say there is no proof, no evidence (against him)" he said.

An Australian Iraqi told The Weekend Australian that the rift between Mr Kanie and his brothers might have developed because he was the only fundamentalist in the family.
Wanna bet?
Posted by:tipper

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Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-01-05 12:58  

#2  Mr Kanie, who had divorced his wife, was living in a housing trust apartment on unemployment benefits and receiving additional benefits as a single father

So its not only Europe/US that they are living on Western handouts!!!
Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608   2007-01-05 12:36  

#1  "Sharif Ali bin Hussein, imam of the Marion Road mosque in Adelaide's southern suburbs where Mr Kanie is thought to have worshipped, denied through an interpreter knowing him."

Imagine my surprise that the "imam of the Marion
Road mosque" (Islamic Society of South Australia, Incorporated - 658 Marion Road, Park Holme 5043) denied knowing him.

"Danna Kanie told The Weekend Australian a meeting with ASIO officials a few weeks ago had shed little light on the circumstances of his arrest. "They've got no information at all,"

Just a routine meeting with ASIO (happens all the time).
Posted by: Sheik of Scrubby Creek   2007-01-05 12:31  

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