http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051102/wl_asia_afp/australiaattacks;_ylt=Amy0nZkHB6G2yUWBTM74ol1vaA8F ;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's spy agency warned that Australian-born Islamic extremists posed a threat, as the government on Wednesday put the final touches to tough new counter-terrorism legislation.

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said in its annual report to parliament that some Australian Muslims perceived conflict as "a battle between Muslims and infidels".

They felt "a sense of hostility and isolation towards the broader Australian society," with some viewing the US-led invasion of Iraq -- to which Australia contributed troops -- as an attack on all Muslims, the report said.

The philosophy "extends to support for violence against the 'un-Islamic' governments, against perceived Western invasion of countries and against countries they believe are attacking Islam and oppressing Muslims.

"This support can extend to funding and terrorist training activity as well as participation in overseas conflicts."

The report said that "some of the more extreme individuals ASIO has identified and investigated are Australian-born. Some have participated in terrorist training overseas while others have never travelled abroad."

The fear that Muslims living in Australia could launch extremist attacks has grown since the London commuter bombings in July by British-born Islamists, leading Prime Minister John Howard's government to propose a raft of new security laws...




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Australia Receives Threat of Terror Attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051102/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_terror_threat;_ylt=Ar9bykjGKuDz4UOP3mabN eDuOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-

They should be allowed to convert them to Christianity or immediately sent to the desert they came from. They should not be in any position to pose a threat to the civilized inhabitants of Australia.

Also, Mecca and Medina should be taken over by the UN and made international. That way filthy Wahhabists who currently control these idiotic centers of idol worship cannot intimidate the Muslims that may not want to involve themselves in the Jihad.

With this article, I'm not sure what to believe. It could be an accurate report and then what becomes debateable is how to deal with the situation in an effective manner.

However, it is possible it's a form of propaganda related to Australia's internal politics possibly considering immigration, privacy legislation, or to do with the war in Iraq and possible heavier future support of it.

I don't see any way to know which possibility it is.

All I know is I am more worried about the radicals among Muslims in the West than ones in desert countries far away.
The current Australian right wing government is very anti-immigration, but there could be truth in the article.

It's that religion thing again.

God does not exist, there is no heaven.

If more people accepted that simple truism there would be fewer wars.

or to do with the war in Iraq and possible heavier future support of it.
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Or the opposite...

Truisms should be easily proofed. Go ahead.