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"Nuclear plant target for stolen rocket launchers, police allege (5 in the hands of terrorist group)"
Sydney Morning Herald ^ | January 6, 2007 | Les Kennedy and Craig Skehan

Posted on 01/05/2007 7:42:51 AM PST by dead

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Asked if the man arrested yesterday was linked to the group that allegedly made threats to attack facilities including Lucas Heights, he said: "Yes, he is."

The investigation into the stolen launchers is understood to focus on private security patrols of military facilities.

After his arrest yesterday, Abdul-Rahman was charged with offences relating to the theft and procurement of the rocket launchers.

According to court documents, police allege he is a second or third link in a chain that passed the weapons on to others after he acquired them from an unknown source, who got them from within the military. Abdul-Rahman is then alleged to have sold all seven to Darwiche for his alleged use in the drug war.

It is alleged Darwiche, now serving a double life sentence in the supermax high-security prison at Goulburn, sold five of them to the terrorist group with cells in Sydney's south-west and Melbourne.

Abdul-Rahman was taken to Sydney's Central Local Court late yesterday charged with 17 terrorism related offences.

They include two counts of dishonestly receiving stolen property, and seven counts of unauthorised possession of a prohibited weapon.

He was also charged with possession of ammunition under section 65 of the Ammunition and Firearms Act 1996.

His solicitor, Sam Abbas, told the magistrate, Robyn Denes, he did not want his client to be taken from underground cells and brought before the court.

With Abdul-Rahman's partner watching quietly from the public gallery, Mr Abbas said his client was not seeking bail, nor entering a plea but would make a bail application next Wednesday via video link.

Mr Kaldas said there was a wider investigation into links between the criminal world and terrorism in Australia.

"The line between criminality and politically motivated acts of terrorism is blurring worldwide," Mr Kaldas said. "We are open minded on whether other rockets have fallen into the hands of terror groups.""