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A brief look at our own recent history: New Terrorist Plot Uncovered
Tuesday, 04 August 2009 07:32 Wendy Larkson Police RaidNew Terrorist Plot Uncovered. Raids in Melbourne by AFP and ASIO.
Just when Sydney-siders thought it was safe to close their eyes and go to sleep for a night, pondering the lack of evening gun battles lately, they learn of something worse than drive by shootings.
As they woke to another day’s work the people of Sydney [and Melbourne] learned of a joint operation between their States’ Police forces and the Australian Federal Police, against an imminent terrorist attack in their cities.
Four men - all Australian citizens - were arrested this morning as federal and state police, armed with search warrants, swooped on members of the suspected terror cell this morning in the second-largest counter-terrorism operation in the nation's history…. About 400 police raided homes in the northern Melbourne suburbs of Glenroy, Meadow Heights, Roxburgh Park, Broadmeadows, Westmeadows, Preston and Epping. They also raided homes at Carlton in inner Melbourne and Colac in southwestern Victoria. (source)
The intention, apparently, was to attack a Sydney army base:
Authorities believe the group is at an advanced stage of preparing to storm an Australian Army base, using automatic weapons, as punishment for Australia's military involvement in Muslim countries. It is understood the men plan to kill as many soldiers as possible before they are themselves killed. Members of the group have been observed carrying out surveillance of Holsworthy Barracks in western Sydney and other suspicious activity around defence bases in Victoria. Electronic surveillance on the suspects is believed to have picked up discussions about ways to obtain weapons to carry out what would be the worst terror attack on Australian soil.
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