Australia Riddled With Terrorist Religious Fanatics

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-30595112

Australia anti-terror police arrest two in Sydney

Counter-terrorism police in Sydney have arrested two men, charging one with possession of documents designed to facilitate a terrorist attack.

The other suspect was charged with breaching a control order.

The arrests were related a series of counter-terrorism raids in September, officials said.

They come after Australia's prime minister said there had been heightened "terror chatter" since a cafe siege in Sydney last week.

That saw gunman Man Haron Monis, a self-styled cleric originally from Iran, take 17 people hostage in a cafe in the city centre. A 16-hour siege followed, during which two hostages and Haron Monis were killed.

On Wednesday, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan said the man arrested on the terrorism charge, 20-year-old Sulayman Khalid, had documents that mentioned potential government targets.

"I am confident that we've disrupted the activity that they were planning," he said.

But he added: "There is nothing that indicates at all that [there were] any specific targets or time frame in relation to this particular activity at all."

(continued, must be the big one coming down under soon? - you can smell it in the air....?)

[JimC]

No, Scrump, that's the scent of eucalyptus...

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On Wednesday, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan said the man arrested on the terrorism charge, 20-year-old Sulayman Khalid, had documents that mentioned potential government targets.

I fear for my freedom. Last time I visited Canberra I obtained a document that mentioned potential government targets. It's titled the Canberra Tourist Guide.