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"AFP 'ready for attack'"
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 21 November 2005

Posted on 11/20/2005 9:30:41 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says Australia is prepared for the possibility of a terrorist attack on home soil.

International terrorism expert Dr Rohan Gunaratna has told a Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism forum in Sydney that the most dangerous threat to Australia is posed by home-grown terrorist networks.

He says an attack in Australia is likely within the next few years.

Commissioner Keelty says his organisation is ready for the worst.

"We've obviously said that there's nothing that we've done in this country to make us immune and I think the important thing for us is that we are prepared and that we maintain our preparation," he said.

Dr Gunaratna told delegates there are between 200 and 300 Muslims in Australia who support violent extremism.

"The most dangerous threat to Australia today comes from home-grown networks - what we call the resident threat," he said."