The Federal Government has confirmed there have been investigations into possible links between mosques in South Australia and extremist Islamic groups overseas. Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says federal authorities have looked into the possibility that extremist groups in Saudi Arabia are funding mosques in Adelaide.
However, he says he does not know if the investigations involved a suburban mosque where an Australian man, who has been arrested in Iraq, is said to have worshipped. "If funding for a particular type of mosque and a particular type of belief systems comes from overseas and it is the view of federal authorities that this is aiding and abetting extremism then an endeavour is made to stop that funding," Mr Downer said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1823037.htm
FWIW:
No Charges Expected in Miami Port Alert
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/07/D8MGQCKO1.html
Three legal immigrants in a cargo truck were detained at the Port of Miami on Sunday after a routine inspection raised concerns, but police say the incident may have stemmed in part from a language barrier.
The port's cargo area was shut down Sunday as the Miami-Dade bomb squad X-rayed the truck and scanned it for radioactive materials. Nothing unusual was found, officials said.
The men in the truck _ two Iraqis and one Lebanese national _ were still detained by local police Sunday evening, but authorities said no federal charges were expected. Officials initially said the men, all permanent U.S. residents, had been caught trying to slip past a checkpoint at the port's entrance.
A port security officer became suspicious when the truck driver could not produce proper paperwork in a routine inspection to enter the port about 8 a.m., Miami-Dade police spokeswoman Nancy Goldberg said.
The driver also indicated he was alone in the truck, though security officers found two other men in the cab, she said. The two passengers, ages 28 and 29, were a friend and a relative of the 20-year-old Iraqi driver, she said.
"Due to a miscommunication between the gate security personnel and the truck driver, we believe there was a discrepancy in the number of people in the vehicle attempting to enter the Port of Miami," Goldberg said. "This, and the fact that one of the individuals did not have any form of ID, raised our level of concern."