UPDATE...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765144/posts
Note: See photo with article.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21038262-2,00.html
"Parliament 'on rocket target list'"
By Kim Arlington
January 10, 2007 03:23pm
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A TERROR suspect who allegedly bought five stolen army rocket launchers said he would use them to blow up "the nuclear place" and Parliament House, a Sydney court heard today.
It is alleged the man, Mohammad Ali Elomar, was later seen near Sydney's Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, where an access lock for a gate to a nearby reservoir had recently been cut.
The claims were contained in a police statement tendered to Central Local Court, where Taha Abdul Rahman - the man accused of selling the rocket launchers - was today refused bail.
Mr Abdul Rahman, 28, from Leumeah, in Sydney's south-west, faces 17 charges related to the possession and supply of seven rocket launchers allegedly stolen from the Australian Defence Force.
The statement did not detail how Mr Abdul Rahman allegedly acquired the weapons.
But according to the statement, he sold five rocket launchers to Elomar through an associate, Adnan Darwiche, who was last year jailed for life for double murder.
Mr Elomar, 41, of Bankstown, is one of nine Sydney men charged in late 2005 with conspiring to make explosives in preparation for a terrorist attack.
Mr Abdul Rahman allegedly sold Darwiche a rocket launcher on September 30, 2003 for $15,000, and on October 9 sold him six more for $70,000.
Mr Darwiche said Mr Elomar had given him most of the $70,000 to buy five rocket launchers on his behalf, the statement said."
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200701/POL20070110a.html
"Don't Rush Security, US House Warned"
By Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 10, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - As the U.S. House of Representatives was preparing to pass a massive homeland security bill Tuesday without holding hearings beforehand, the Senate took a more considered approach, opening hearings to determine how to implement the remaining recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission.
In the U.S. Capitol, representatives scheduled three and a half hours to debate the 5-day old, 279-page bill. Some experts worry that the new Democratic majority's eagerness to make its mark with quick action may lead to flawed policymaking.
"Homeland security and counterterrorism policy is simply too important to be rushed through the process," said David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke University.
Schanzer said some aspects of the bill, like risk-based allocation of homeland security funds, have been debated for years and are ready to be passed.
But several newer proposals "ought to have a chance to get public comment on them, people should have the opportunity to point out their strengths and weaknesses, amendments should be considered, and then it should be dealt with on the House floor," Schanzer said."