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Charles Johnson
Sat Apr 1, 2006 at 11:09 am PST • Views: 212
Arrests ‘disrupt terror group’. (Hat tip: Aussiemagpie.)
THE arrest of three men in Melbourne had significantly disrupted the activities of a terrorist group allegedly plotting an attack in Australia, police said. …
A 21-year-old Coburg man, a 25-year-old from Brunswick and a 26-year-old from Hadfield arrested last night are believed to be part of an unnamed group with links to terrorist organisations overseas. The men face a maximum of 25 years jail on charges of being members of and intentionally funding a terrorist group. The two older men face additional charges of supporting a terrorist organisation.
The charges relate to the same set of circumstances that led to 19 arrests in Sydney and Melbourne last November stemming from the two-year-old Operation Pendennis, an ongoing joint operation between AFP, ASIO, the Victoria Police and the New South Wales Police.
The three men from Melbourne’s northern suburbs … are believed to belong to the same prayer group as the 10 Victorians arrested last November and to have received spiritual guidance from Melbourne Muslim cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika, 45, also known as Abu Bakr.
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