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A report on the Australian in the latest terror video:

'A number' have turned to al-Qaeda

August 12, 2005

ANY Australian who joined al-Qaeda was taking up arms against their country, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.

His comments follow newspaper reports suggesting a balaclava-clad terrorist in an al-Qaeda video could be former Australian soldier Mathew Stewart.

The video shows a masked man clutching an assault rifle and speaking in what appears to be an Australian accent.

The man warns of further terrorist attacks against the west and boasts about the killing of US troops in Afghanistan.

Mr Downer today said Stewart, a veteran of service in East Timor who went missing in Afghanistan four years ago, was one of a number of Australians with suspected terrorist links......

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16236375%255E1702,00.html


1,005 posted on 08/12/2005 6:22:37 AM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: freeperfromnj

OPINION:

My guess is that the Aussies will be looking for "a number."


1,036 posted on 08/12/2005 12:44:09 PM PDT by Cindy
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