Posted on 08/04/2017 9:04:35 AM PDT by Theoria
The Australian police described on Friday an elaborate terrorist plot in which two men from Sydney tried to place an explosive supplied by the Islamic State on a flight last month, an operation that officials said was among “the most sophisticated plots that has ever been attempted on Australian soil.”
The two men, who have been charged with planning a terrorist act, were scheduled to appear in court via video link on Friday, and they were refused bail.
The Australian Federal Police said the charges covered an aborted attempt last month to place an explosive on an Etihad Airways flight from Sydney. The discovery of the plot led the authorities to tighten airport security around the nation last weekend.
As part of the plot, one of the men brought the explosive device to the Sydney airport in a piece of luggage, and asked his brother to take the luggage on the plane without disclosing its actual contents. But the bag never made it onto the flight for unknown reasons.
Officials said the discovery of the plot was the 13th significant threat that the police had exposed and broken up since Australia raised its terrorist threat level to probable in 2014.
“The threat from terrorism is real,” Michael Phelan, the deputy commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, said at a news conference on Friday announcing the charges against the two men, Khaled Mahmoud Khayat, 49, and Mahmoud Khayat, 32. “This is one of the most sophisticated plots that has ever been attempted on Australian soil.”
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As a result of terrorist threats, the Australian government has disallowed the building of a JEWISH SYNAGOGUE where it might attract terrorists.
Really.
“So before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world. And all of us against the infidel.” ― Leon Uris, The Haj
These guys are like sperm. There are millions of them and one is going to get through. You have to kill what produces the sperm, but the authorities never understand that.
“But the bag never made it onto the flight for unknown reasons.”Let's hope the authorities are smart enough to never reveal what those unknown reasons were.
“As a result of terrorist threats, the Australian government has disallowed the building of a JEWISH SYNAGOGUE where it might attract terrorists.
Really.”
First thing I thought of. Mosques are ok but Jewish Synagogue’s are not.
Australia hasn't figured that out yet.
That’s what they do, idiots. And what is happening with Justine, who was killed by a m*slim? eh? Trying to make us forget that? I won’t forget that.
Pffftt.... The most “sophisticated” “hold ma beer, habib” attempt.
Didya have to use the sperm analogy?
Anyway, I’ll fix it by adding that it’s muzzie sperm that are fighting to be first and are merely jumping into a condom (or a goat...) where there’s no hope for the intended reward.
There’s an old S. Gross cartoon (Nat Lampoon) that reminded me about this but — thankfully — couldn’t find it on the web.
While it was a stupid and wicked decision, this was not a decision of the Australian government. It was a decision made by a local council representing a part of suburban Sydney with less that 70,000 people. Unfortunately because it's a matter of local planning permission they have that power. The state government of New South Wales has a limited power to intervene in local government decisions, but the Australian government has none at all.
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