That sure foiled a terrorist attack on Australian soil by thereligion of peace. My home country has not suffered a terrorist attack on its territory since 1978, when a Turkish ambassador was assassinated with a bomb.
Posted on 08/03/2009 3:25:58 PM PDT by myknowledge
POLICE this morning arrested suspected Islamic extremists who they believe were plotting a suicide bomb attack on an army base in Sydney's west.
Police swooped about 4.30am, executing 19 warrants on homes in the Melbourne suburbs of Glenroy, Carlton, Meadow Heights, Roxburgh Park, Broadmeadows, Westmeadows, Preston, Epping and Colac.
The raids came after a suicide bomb plot by suspected Islamic extremists in Melbourne was uncovered.The group is thought to be linked to extremists in Somalia.
Police believe the group was planning to launch an attack on Sydney's Holsworthy Barracks.
The mass counter-terrorism operation, the second-largest ever in Australia, involved the Australian Federal Police, Victoria and NSW Police, the NSW Crime Commission and the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation.
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That sure foiled a terrorist attack on Australian soil by thereligion of peace. My home country has not suffered a terrorist attack on its territory since 1978, when a Turkish ambassador was assassinated with a bomb.
So glad they caught the plot over there. It will take another 9/11 before the pols figure it out again over here.
I’d say the Russell Street Bombing was terrorism. And the Turkish consulate bombing of 1986 definitely was.
Good on ya, Aussies!
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