[wellard]

News sources in Australia may not be giving out all the information that it has because of an application to suppress reporting. All this has happened two days after the federal and state governments passed new laws (which I was partially against ... I will now change my mind). The bit about training camps is very worrying

BBC news....
Those arrested in Melbourne include Abu Bakr, an outspoken Algerian-Australian cleric who has in the past praised Osama Bin Laden as "a great man". He was among nine men who appeared in court in the city on Tuesday, and were charged with membership of a "terrorist organisation". Prosecutor Richard Maidment told the court the men had formed a terrorist group to kill "innocent men and women in Australia".

He claims they received military-style training in rural Australia and had discussions about bomb-making. Those arrested in Sydney are also due to appear in court. "The members of the Sydney group have been gathering chemicals of a kind that were used in the London Underground bombings," Mr Maidment said, adding that Abu Bakr was the ringleader of both the Melbourne and Sydney groups.

Police said one of the suspects in Sydney was shot and seriously wounded after they came under fire. They said the suspect had refused orders to surrender.

[ 11-08-2005, 02:29 AM: Message edited by: wellard ]