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2005-06-30 Down Under

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Posted by tipper 2005-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Members of the radical Islamic Youth Movement later revealed they had been there at the time, but claimed they fired weapons only during hunting trips.

I thought gun ownership was severely restricted in Australia.

Posted by DO 2005-06-30 00:08|| 2005-06-30 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 He had a willing audience. From the moment he left prison, Jamal became one of the 24/7s. He quickly established links with like-minded radicals and tried to recruit more to his cause. He was by then an ardent follower of the Wahabi strand of Islam, a hardline group that interpreted the term jihad in its literal sense: to violently oppose anything that clashed with the traditional teachings of the prophet Mohammed. This included the secular ways of Australian society.

It needs to be stopped here, not after the fact. Sigh.

Posted by 2b 2005-06-30 08:31|| 2005-06-30 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Just how ugly things can turn when any of the police or security agencies turn away -- even for a moment -- was hammered home early last year when Jamal, despite being on Supreme Court bail, was arrested in Lebanon on terrorism offences. He was found to have fled Australia using the passport of a friend who resembled him. Late last year Jamal was found guilty of plotting attacks within Lebanon and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

When are these mooks going to start turning up dead? House fires, car accidents, falls down elevator shafts. Think their wannabe followers might get the message if shit like that started happening?

Posted by tu3031 2005-06-30 13:17|| 2005-06-30 13:17|| Front Page Top

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