[SydneyMorningHerald] An unremorseful 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....
supporter who helped a teenage terrorist kill NSW Police accountant Curtis Cheng has been placed in durance vile
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for at least 28½ years.
| Good. |
| ...pretty boy plumber and enthusiastic jihadi henchman... |
| ...also in our archives as Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar and Farhad Mohammad, the very connected, Iran-born lad of Iraqi and Kurdish background, self-described as bullied in a school with a known jihadi problem, was ripe for jihadi picking in a milieu chock full of ‘em... |
In jailing the 22-year-old for a total of 38 years, NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter Johnson said Atai was a supporter of extreme jihad for many months before the terrorist attack and appeared still to hold radical views.
As he was led away from court, Atai raised his index finger in the direction of the judge and shouted in a foreign language.
| Betcha the tapes would show he was shouting “Allahu akhbar,” or some similar nonsense, if there were tapes. It’s what all the kewl convicted jihadis are doing nowadays. |
"That itself is an indication of his current thinking, which is regrettable," Justice Johnson said.
Justice Johnson said that, while Atai did not play the critical role of passing to Jabar the gun used to kill Mr Cheng, he was well aware of the plans and made no attempts to dissuade the boy.
Further, as the self-described best friend of the key plotter Raban Alou,
| ...the known wolf who was a member of ISIS-supporting WhatsApp group ‘The Bricks’, so his subsequent actions ought not to have been a surprise... |
Justice Johnson said he didn't accept Atai's claim that he thought the attack had been called off.
By his own evidence, Atai said that, had he known the attack was going ahead on October 2, he would have made sure he'd have attended to help Alou, the judge said.
Atai also played a significant organizational role in helping to get Jabar's sister
| ...that would be Shadi Jabar Khalil Mohammad, also in our archives as Shadi Jabar, who fled to Syria the day before her younger brother murdered Mr. Cheng with a note from her in his pocket. She was killed along with her Sudanese husband Abu Sa'ad al-Sudani in an airstrike in Syria in 2016. Both she and her husband were active recruiters for ISIS. Her little brother was one of her practice projects... |
Jabar died under police gunfire shortly after killing Mr Cheng.
| ...about which all involved were pleased, though his descent into Hell instead of ascent into Paradise no doubt startled young Master Jabar more than a little bit... |
| ...Parramatta Mosque and Parramatta Court appear in a surprising number of stories about jihadis in our archives, leading one to suspect the area is a seething den of jihadism and vice... |
Alameddine was sentenced in May to a maximum of 17 years and eight months.
| Also good. |
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for 44 years in May for aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring a terrorist act.
| Very good indeed. |