Posted on 02/22/2010 1:45:41 PM PST by naturalman1975
THE threat of home-grown terrorism has intensified in the past six years, according to the long-awaited national security blueprint to be released on Tuesday.
The Counter-Terrorism White Paper finds there has been an increase in the threat from people "born or raised" in Australia who have been influenced by a violent jihadist message.
The Rudd Government today will reveal new plans to stop terrorists coming into Australia with a $69 million scheme to force many visitors to give fingerprints and facial scans before getting a visa.
The White Paper, to be unveiled by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, was to be released last year but has been rewritten after several delays.
The previous action plan was set by the former foreign affairs minister, Alexander Downer, in 2004, after the terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001, and in Bali in 2002.
It had focused on the threat from groups such as al-Qaida and Jemaah Islamiah.
Today's report says the global threat is persistent and permanent, but shifts the focus to strategies to combat home-grown terrorist cells after high-profile police raids and arrests in Melbourne and Sydney.
The Government, which has been concerned for some time about the rise of domestic extremism, commissioned a study by Islamic scholar Prof Abdullah Saeed.
It is expected to unveil a plan to "build social cohesion" between communities, to encourage understanding and respect for cultural and religious differences and promote shared values. One option includes providing support for community leaders to challenge those who promote extremist propaganda and violence.
Mr Rudd is expected to highlight counter-terrorism successes in Afghanistan, Pakistan and throughout South-East Asia, although the White Paper notes a concerning rise in extremist groups in Somalia and Yemen.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
Any Western nation that has a permissive,laissez-faire,attitude regarding immigration from moslem regions (e.g.,most of Europe,the US) have got to expect trouble.Big trouble.Don’t know if this applies to Oz,but....
Would that be because, like the US, and EU, Australia has imported Jihadis?
“THE threat of home-grown terrorism has intensified in the past six years...”
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Isn’t that obvious? Let the enemy into your house, treat him like a guest, and you just forfeited your security.
Exactly.
TROP is a World Wide Threat
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