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hworta269
They were muslims in Australia and probably offsrping of immigrants from the islamic third world. Things you wont see reported about though.
LastBestHope
"There is only one country that I know of that regularly practices collective punishment."
You obviously don't know much.
Den Den
"deport the families of the convicted." There is only one country that I know of that regularly practices collective punishment.
Helter_Skelter
It's so commonplace it hardly qualifies as news anymore. It reminds me of that scene in the movie "Brazil" where a terrorist bomb goes off in a restaurant and everyone just keeps on eating.
LastBestHope
Crime like this was almost unthinkable as recently as twenty years ago. Somalis conspiring with Lebanese to murder Australian soldiers in Melbourne.
Bring back treason and sedition laws, apply the maximum penalty in this case, and deport the families of the convicted.
USARonin
Islam... I can remember when I didn't have to think about it/them at all.
SuperLib
Militant Islam.....I'm getting tired of reading about it in the papers every day.
stirfry
off with their heads
Disillusioned
I wonder if any of the Japanese police have read this article. An arrest before a crime? What a foreign concept!
ratpack
WilliB thanks for the heads up. Perhaps all thoese moronic twits should migrate to a deserted island so they could pal around with each other and suicide mission agaisnt themselves. I vote you the PM of this new land goofy.
pawatan
Read the first line again. It says they are suspected of links to a Somali Islamic extremist group. I think that's a pretty clear indication of their ideology!
USNinJapan2
WilliB
Wow. You're kidding! And here Den Den had me convinced that they were just a bunch of innocent patriotic Aussie do-gooders... : )
WilliB
ratpack:
A fundamentalist muslim is a citizen of the world-wide Ummah first, and a national citizen (of Australian or whatever else) next. In fact, fundamentalist islam does not respect national identities, since the only ultimately acceptable form of government is the world-wide Caliphate.
Inform yourself and wake up.
WilliB
"Terrorist" in Australia. No indication of the ideology that motivates them. They could be Southern Baptists, or Buddhists, right? Welcome to the politically correct world of journalism.
Den Den
"terrorists" or just getting revenge for Australian aggression in Muslim lands? Although I disagree with all forms of violence, at least their target was supposedly a military one.
ratpack
Sad when you consider they were Australian citizens planning to attack Australian citizens. Sad world full of hate and revenge.
gogogo
Its like these guys wanted to get caught.
FryingMonkey
Great police work ladies and gentlemen! Now it's time to sort these d-holes out. I dream of the day when we stop reading about this shite!
Altria
Send all Somali pirates and terrorists to Guantanamo!!!
timorborder
Just read about this on the Sydney Morning Herald website. Good to see it was knocked on the head before the blood started flowing. Give these clowns due process and imprison them, never to be released.