Police launch large anti-terror operation in Australia

2009-08-03 16:17:32

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Red Forman: Banned; +402|5689

About 400 officers from state and national security services took part in at least 19 pre-dawn raids on properties in the southern city of Melbourne, Victoria state police said in a statement.

http://www.startribune.com/world/52380682.html

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400 officers for 4 men? 19 raids and only four men? Anyway, good job getting them before they did someting.

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2009-08-03 17:05:34

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ATG: Banned; +5,233|6818|Global Command

So wat were they after, or do I havta click the link?

2009-08-03 17:06:51

#3

Red Forman: Banned; +402|5689

ATG wrote:
So wat were they after, or do I havta click the link?

The Melbourne-based group was believed to be linked to an Islamic extremist group in Somalia, al-Shabaab, and had planned to use automatic weapons in their attack, Australian Federal Police Acting Commissioner Tony Negus said.

"The men's intention was to actually go into the Army barracks and to kill as many soldiers as they could before they themselves were killed,"

2009-08-03 17:27:09

#4

BN: smells like wee wee; +159|7057

Good work AFP & VicPol.

2009-08-04 00:28:12

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CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6844

I thought the Afghan mission meant that the Islamists would be too scared to try anything against their Western Overlords ever again? GG Oz anti-terror police.

2009-08-04 02:39:44

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Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6437|'straya

Good effort. I'd imagine they conducted the 19 raids in order to make sure they seized every single member/ affiliates in one hit. So others didn't go underground.

2009-08-04 03:13:47

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KuSTaV: noice; +947|6800|Gold Coast

Its better to have 400 men caputring 4 people and doing 19 raids than having a shitload of our soldiers dead in barracks where they're supposed to be safe from that type of threat. Imagine... soldiers killed on home soil

We'd probably get so embarrased that we'd either commit an extra thousand troops to the A'Stan or pull out.

noice

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2009-08-04 03:30:41

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Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6996|67.222.138.85

CameronPoe wrote:
I thought the Afghan mission meant that the Islamists would be too scared to try anything against their Western Overlords ever again? GG Oz anti-terror police.

we failed

did you not get the memo?

2009-08-04 03:44:14

#9

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6948|BC, Canada

CameronPoe wrote:
I thought the Afghan mission meant that the Islamists would be too scared to try anything against their Western Overlords ever again?

Bah! Isolated incident! the war on terror has been a great success! Stephen King is no longer scary.

2009-08-04 04:45:38

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BN: smells like wee wee; +159|7057

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Good effort. I'd imagine they conducted the 19 raids in order to make sure they seized every single member/ affiliates in one hit. So others didn't go underground.

There is actually a sub-story to this. The media found out that these raids were happening prior to the warrants being executed. Had the potential for disaster.

2009-08-04 04:59:56

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Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6963|Canberra, AUS

They were going after a major barracks in Sydney (Holdsworthy I think it's called...)

And yeah. Media had a little say in this one...

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-08-04 05:00:37

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6789|so randum

smacks a little of the terror raids we had around Manchester and Liverpool recently.

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2009-08-04 05:16:57

#13

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6963|Canberra, AUS

The Somali connection interests me, if only because no one had taken it seriously before.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-08-04 06:17:05

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Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,817|6395|eXtreme to the maX

400 officers for 4 men? 19 raids and only four men?

Better safe than sorry, and only 4 arrested, probably more processed.

Fuck Israel

2009-08-04 06:47:54

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mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|7010|Sydney, Australia

BN wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Good effort. I'd imagine they conducted the 19 raids in order to make sure they seized every single member/ affiliates in one hit. So others didn't go underground.
There is actually a sub-story to this. The media found out that these raids were happening prior to the warrants being executed. Had the potential for disaster.

yeah, some fuckers at The Australian (IIRC) decided to publish the story online at 1-2am.. hours before the raid. Do people not fucking think?!

2009-08-04 07:08:20

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M.O.A.B: 'Light 'em up!'; +1,220|6512|Escea

mcminty wrote:
BN wrote:
Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
Good effort. I'd imagine they conducted the 19 raids in order to make sure they seized every single member/ affiliates in one hit. So others didn't go underground.
There is actually a sub-story to this. The media found out that these raids were happening prior to the warrants being executed. Had the potential for disaster.
yeah, some fuckers at The Australian (IIRC) decided to publish the story online at 1-2am.. hours before the raid. Do people not fucking think?!

The media generally doesn't, they have no idea when to shut up about some matters. Its like when they Prince Harry in Iraq. He worked fine until the media found out and then decided to film him, show what he looked like, where he was and what he'd be driving so he had to come home.

2009-08-04 16:26:16

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6442|what

M.O.A.B wrote:
mcminty wrote:
BN wrote:

There is actually a sub-story to this. The media found out that these raids were happening prior to the warrants being executed. Had the potential for disaster.
yeah, some fuckers at The Australian (IIRC) decided to publish the story online at 1-2am.. hours before the raid. Do people not fucking think?!
The media generally doesn't, they have no idea when to shut up about some matters. Its like when they Prince Harry in Iraq. He worked fine until the media found out and then decided to film him, show what he looked like, where he was and what he'd be driving so he had to come home.

While I agree the media are often parasites, he sat down with them and gave an interview. He wasn't exactly thinking either.

2009-08-04 16:29:10

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SEREVENT: MASSIVE G STAR; +605|6396|Birmingham, UK

Like that operation brought forward here when the media published photos of the actual documents?

Mind, the defense guy should have taken better care not to be seen with the documents.

2009-08-04 17:15:52

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mcgid1: Meh...; +129|7005|Austin, TX/San Antonio, TX

AussieReaper wrote:
M.O.A.B wrote:
mcminty wrote:

yeah, some fuckers at The Australian (IIRC) decided to publish the story online at 1-2am.. hours before the raid. Do people not fucking think?!
The media generally doesn't, they have no idea when to shut up about some matters. Its like when they Prince Harry in Iraq. He worked fine until the media found out and then decided to film him, show what he looked like, where he was and what he'd be driving so he had to come home.
While I agree the media are often parasites, he sat down with them and gave an interview. He wasn't exactly thinking either.

In his defense, by the time the media found him, he might as well have sat down and given the interview anyways cause he was already screwed. The media didn't need the interview to do a report and give out the rest of the information.

2009-08-05 04:45:43

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FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6700|'Murka

Spark wrote:
The Somali connection interests me, if only because no one had taken it seriously before.

Where do you think they went when AFG was no longer hospitable for them?

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2009-08-05 06:07:15

#21

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,817|6395|eXtreme to the maX

FEOS wrote:
Where do you think they went when AFG was no longer hospitable for them?

I dunno, back to Saudi Arabia?
Thought the Somali thing was self-spawned, not created by bin Laden

Fuck Israel

2009-08-05 11:40:45

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Red Forman: Banned; +402|5689

So, I heard something on the news that the gates at bases in Aussie land are guarded by unarmed civilians. Is that true?

2009-08-05 15:44:19

#23

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|7010|Sydney, Australia

Red Forman wrote:
So, I heard something on the news that the gates at bases in Aussie land are guarded by unarmed civilians. Is that true?

I heard a comment in the news that the last government had decided to contract those duties out to private security type firms. That being said, when I stayed at RAAF Base Williamtown (our main fighter base), there were a shite load of RAAF Security Police dog squads and armed airfield defence guards. ><

EDIT: From www.news.com.au

This is apparently a picture from the army base in question..

https://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6795110,00.jpg

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ordered a review yesterday after calls for armed soldiers to guard our troops rather than unarmed civilians.

2009-08-05 18:38:48

#24

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6700|'Murka

Dilbert_X wrote:
FEOS wrote:
Where do you think they went when AFG was no longer hospitable for them?
I dunno, back to Saudi Arabia?
Thought the Somali thing was self-spawned, not created by bin Laden

A little of both, tbh.

Al-Shabaab is closely aligned with Al Qaeda.

When AFG became less hospitable for the fuckers, they went to places more hospitable to them: Pakistan, the Horn of Africa, North Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.

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― Albert Einstein
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