D@mmit.
Posted on 12/22/2016 11:40:04 PM PST by Dundee
Victoria Police say they have foiled an ISIS inspired terror attack on Christmas Day in the heart of Melbourne.
Terror plotters allegedly planned to attack Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station, Federation Square and St Paul’s Cathedral.
Heavily armed police raided homes across Melbourne’s north on Friday morning and made seven arrests.
Five men aged between 21 and 26 were arrested...
Four of them were born in Australia and are of Lebanese background, while a fifth is an Egyptian-born Australian citizen.
One of the men arrested is Zak Dabboussi... His Facebook page is prolific with religious material including quotes from the Koran.
...increasingly religious over the past 18 months and concerned over the war in Syria...
...police prosecutors told the court that there had been large amounts of digital evidence seized during the execution of six search warrants and it would take time for it to be forensically analysed...
‘Plotters inspired by ISIS ’
Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said police had been watching the alleged plotters for some time, and believed they were preparing a multi-mode attack.
“Over that last fortnight that has accelerated,” Mr Ashton told reporters on Friday.
“If this had got under our guard it would have been a significant attack,” he said.
He said the alleged would-be terrorists were inspired by ISIS...
Mr Ashton said police believe the plotters planned to use an explosion and other weapons in the attack.
“We believe it was certainly going to involve an explosive event,” Mr Ashton said.
Mr Ashton said police had gathered evidence in the raids that the plotters were planning to use explosives in their attack.
“We gathered the makings of an improvised explosive device,” Mr Ashton said.
“(There was) certainly potential for quite a number of people to be injured or killed in this attack.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...
Purely secular criminal behavior.
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“workplace violence”
Not to worry, another of Mad Moe’s Murder Muppets will surely go Mohamicidal soon.
This is the sort of story we keep hearing from around the world; yet I’ve heard so many leftists say that Trump is just fear mongering in regard to radical Islamic terrorists and that they are not a real problem for regular people. I wonder how many attacks and foiled attacks in so many different countries it will take to wake them up—or will they never wake up unless they or their loved ones are the victims? I find it difficult to understand how nonchalant many on the left are about this issue that’s becoming such a plague on the entire world.
Every attack we will hear the media, and liberals keep saying how Trump has caused this attack with this rhetoric.
Then we will hear the media asking why has Trump not stopped this, because he said he would.
The liberals/media are so predictable.
I’m afraid you’re right. It’s going to be disgusting listening to the left’s whining and nonsensical false accusations for next eight years.
Four of them were born in Australia and are of Lebanese background, while a fifth is an Egyptian-born Australian citizen.
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I wonder what they could possibly have in common that would make them want to kill innocent people on Christmas day?
D@mmit.
Terrorists are having a heyday in Australia, France, Germany, England, the US, etc. but the only country seriously going after ISIS is Russia. Everyone else is asleep at the wheel.
I notice this didn’t make it to the front pages of the leftist rags.
When the left complains about Trump, just remind them that he inherited this problem from Obama and Hillary. Be sure to include Hillary so they can’t call you a racist.
The leftist individual, he is simply playing the odds that some other family will take the next bombing on the chin. That it won’t be his kids splattered under a truck.
He is also working with muslims at work, and he has been warned by human resources that prejudice against islam is cause for dismissal.
The average libtard also views christianity and America as the cause for all strife. They are in agreement with Islam that the USA is in need of fundamental transformation. So they see attacks on us as justified. They simply hope that Muslims will stop killing after we go to a full blown communist system.
The this is why I hope every islamic terrorist attack hits Libtards and their leadership.
Satan’s religion spawns bloodlust and murder plots ... and we are surprised?
Whatever this is about, I am sure it has nothing to do with The Religion Of Peace.
Lessons for U. S. Law Enforcement to follow.
“Be sure to include Hillary so they can’t call you a racist.”
Instead, they’ll call you racissssss and sexisssssss!
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