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Sydney building was rocket target
Herald Sun ^ | 5 January 2007 | Paul Mulvey and Nick Butterly

Posted on 01/05/2007 1:44:28 AM PST by Aussie Dasher

A SYDNEY building was to be the target of a rocket attack after a man allegedly supplied rocket launchers stolen from the military to a suspected terrorist.

Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty said the man arrested today over the theft of rocket launchers was allegedly connected to some of the men detained in an anti-terrorism raid last year.

It is understood that one rocket was intended to be used against an unspecified building in Sydney.

The rocket launchers are reportedly of the type designed to be fired from the shoulder by infantry. They have enough punch to destroy a tank.

Taha Abdul Rahman, 28, was arrested at a house in Leumeah, in Sydney's southwest, early today following a joint operation by the AFP, ASIO and the NSW Police over the theft of seven rocket launchers from the Australian Defence Force.

He was charged with 17 offences, including supplying a prohibited weapon.

AFP Assistant Commissioner Frank Prendergast alleged Rahman supplied five of the light anti-armoury weapons to one

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: australia; madmoozies; rahman; rocketlaunchers; sydney; tahaabdulrahman; terrorism
Sadly, it's only a matter of time...
1 posted on 01/05/2007 1:44:29 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
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To: Aussie Dasher
They have enough punch to destroy a tank.

Or an armored limousine carrying a high ranking political official.

L

2 posted on 01/05/2007 1:57:36 AM PST by Lurker (Europe killed 6 million Jews and as a reward they got 40 million Moslems. Karma's a bitch.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Taha Abdul Rahman...free drink to the first person guessing which religion this guy is from....


3 posted on 01/05/2007 1:57:57 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: Irishguy

sorry too difficult i know...its a well knowk 'religion of peace'


4 posted on 01/05/2007 1:59:18 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: Irishguy

There goes my liver...


5 posted on 01/05/2007 2:01:00 AM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: Irishguy

Mennonite?


6 posted on 01/05/2007 2:04:37 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: FreedomPoster

I was thinking Quaker, or Amish, perhaps....


7 posted on 01/05/2007 2:23:10 AM PST by dirtbiker (I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head up my a$$....)
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To: Aussie Dasher

LOL!!!


8 posted on 01/05/2007 2:23:18 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: FreedomPoster

some right letters there...u qualify for a free drink anyways...LOL


9 posted on 01/05/2007 2:24:20 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: dirtbiker

dirtbiker..you are getting colder there..unless they planned to make the rocket from some wood carvings...still we believe everyone is a winner here...so u get a free drink for trying...!!!


10 posted on 01/05/2007 2:25:36 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: Irishguy

okay its very tricky...so here is another clue

this 'religion' is currently at war with

well, pretty much every other religion on earth...


11 posted on 01/05/2007 2:27:26 AM PST by Irishguy (How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!!)
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To: Irishguy
this 'religion' is currently at war with well, pretty much every other religion on earth...

I know, including ITSELF!

But they are the "religion of peace", because the MSM told me so, so it must be true...

12 posted on 01/05/2007 2:47:50 AM PST by dirtbiker (I've tried to see the liberal point of view, but I couldn't get my head up my a$$....)
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To: Aussie Dasher
Lets cut the crap. Taha Abdul Rahman... isn't a terrorist. He's just a fervent Islamist.
13 posted on 01/05/2007 4:51:59 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Holy Crap!

That was to close.


14 posted on 01/05/2007 5:09:48 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Aussie Dasher

Interesting how the headline and first part of the story don't identify the affiliation of these terrorists.

We don't know if they are IRA, Beister-Meinhoff, aborigines or some other oppressed group with a legitimate grievance. The implication is that the affiliation of the terrorists is not important to the story.


15 posted on 01/05/2007 5:43:51 AM PST by spintreebob
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To: Aussie Dasher
Wonder why the Down-under press article doesn't elaborate if he's a native Aussie? Or, at least tell which country the nut is from?

We see more and more of these type stories worldwide.....makes me want to have a drink....my liver loathes Islam.

16 posted on 01/05/2007 5:50:29 AM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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