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Australia is close to Malaysia not only in the sense that it is just a few hours’ flight away but that many Malaysians also fly there and back daily. Indeed, many Malaysians are Permanent Residents of Australia.

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30 July 2017

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKbolYfjyzw

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Daily Mail Australia‏Verified account @DailyMailAU 4h4 hours ago

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FMT News‏ @fmtoday 6h6 hours ago

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SYDNEY: Australia has foiled an Islamist-inspired “terrorist plot” to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, authorities said Sunday, after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the plot appeared to be “elaborate” rather than planned by a lone wolf, as security was beefed up at major domestic and international airports across the nation.

“I can report last night that there has been a major joint counter-terrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane,” Turnbull told reporters.

“The threat of terrorism is very real. The disruption operation, the efforts overnight have been very effective but there’s more work to do.”
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Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin described the plot as “Islamic-inspired”, saying four men had been arrested in a series of raids across Sydney on Saturday.

“We do believe it is Islamic-inspired terrorism. Exactly what is behind this is something we need to investigate fully,” he said.

Colvin added that local authorities had received “credible information from partner agencies” about the claims but would not elaborate further or state if the men were on any watch list.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2017/07/30/australia-disrupts-terror-plot-to-bring-down-airplane/

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AFP news agency‏Verified account @AFP 5h5 hours ago

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16 October 2015

Shock as 12-year-old on Australian terror radar

Shock as 12-year-old on Australian terror radar http://ebx.sh/1RKIn0S 

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10 October 2915

Right-wing activists from the United Patriots Front, which says that its aim is opposing the spread of Islam, faced off with members of a left-wing coalition promoting tolerance in the town of Bendigo in Victoria state.

• POSTED: 10 Oct 2015 17:00
• UPDATED: 10 Oct 2015 17:47

Hundreds of protesters faced off over plans to build a mosque in Australian town of Bendigo http://bit.ly/1Pm8ZWs 

SYDNEY: Hundreds of protesters faced off with left-wing opponents on Saturday in a standoff over plans to build a mosque in a rural Australian town, witnesses said, the latest anti-Islam protest since a Muslim teenager killed a police officer this month.

Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, 15, was shot and killed by police after he opened fire on police accountant Curtis Cheng as Cheng left police headquarters in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta on Oct 2.

Right-wing activists from the United Patriots Front, which says that its aim is opposing the spread of Islam, faced off with members of a left-wing coalition promoting tolerance in the town of Bendigo in Victoria state.

The dispute began over plans to build a mosque in the town and has been simmering for months. Police said four arrests were made, but all were subsequently released.

The two groups were generally well behaved, a police spokeswoman told Reuters. Witnesses said the two groups between them numbered in the hundreds.

The right-wing protest was part of a coordinated worldwide series of anti-Islam protests organised by fringe extremist groups, with calls on social media for further protests in US cities and elsewhere later in the day.

– Reuters/al

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hundreds-face-off-in/2182908.html?cid=twtcna

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#NO_MUSLIM_REFUGEES! http://mailp.in/sQKHdKOS?shared=1 … http://mailp.in/jZxOFrsY  #bendigo @TaxEnuffAlready @corybernardi #auspol

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@sandylanceley It’s tiny It’s only got a capacity for 375 people https://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/About_the_City/News_and_Engagement/Fact_Sheets#.Vhjnxil97IU …

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More than 420 police officers kept the peace at today’s #Bendigomosque protest. http://bit.ly/1Qfku0h  #auspol

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Today’s #Bendigomosque protest, told in pictures. http://bit.ly/1jjXbrm  #auspol

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Feel safer knowing this guy is protecting us against extremism & fashion at the same time. #Bendigo #Bendigomosque

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LATEST: Police have removed one man from a pro-diversity rally outside Bendigo town hall. http://bit.ly/1ZmTNNj 

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4 October 2015

Mosque raided after Australia’s terrorism-linked shooting

Mosque raided after Australia’s terrorism-linked shooting http://ebx.sh/1QRGiiC 

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Family of NSW police worker Curtis Cheng speak after his murder by Sydney teen http://bit.ly/1ONkV4l 

The family of NSW Police Force accountant Curtis Cheng have spoken for the first time following his murder on Friday afternoon by 15-year-old gunman Farad Jabar Khalil Mohammad.

In a statement released this afternoon Mr Cheng’s wife Selina, daughter Zilvia and son Alpha, said they were “heartbroken’’ but “grateful for the fruitful and happy life he has shared with us’’.

“On behalf of the Cheng family, I would like to thank all those who have expressed their well wishes and blessings upon us following the tragic passing of our most loved husband and father,’’ the statement says.

“My father was a kind, gentle, and loving person. He was humorous, generous of heart and always put the family first. He has set a tremendous example for us as a family.

“We are deeply saddened and heartbroken that he has been taken from us, but we are truly grateful.

“To the many people who have offered their condolences and kind words about him, we are extremely moved by your thoughts and sympathies. We are touched by the personal visit from the New South Wales Premier and the Police Commissioner.

“This was a comforting reminder of the warm regard that was held for him, especially by the New South Wales police community. He will be missed by all of us. We will cherish our memory of him forever. Alpha, Zilvia and Selina Cheng.’’

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/terror/sydney-shooting-has-terror-links-police-chief-says/story-fnpdbcmu-1227555246864

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3 October 2015

TEEN TERRORIST
15 year old shot dead a police civilian employee at Sydney Police HQ.

Sydney police HQ shooting by 15-year-old boy ‘linked to terror’ http://bit.ly/1iSguHV 

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• The Australian
• October 03, 2015 10:43AM

“We believe that his actions were politically motivated and therefore linked to terrorism,” the commissioner told reporters in Sydney.

The gunman had visited Parramatta Mosque before the attack and reportedly shouted “Allah, Allah” after the shooting.

The teenager, a naturalised Australian who arrived his with his family from Iran, had walked to the police headquarters from his home in North Parramatta before opening fire on a civilian police employee.

The victim has been identified as Curtis Cheng, who had worked in the NSW police finance department for 17 years.

A strikeforce has been established to investigate

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/police-worker-assassin-dead-in-parramatta-shootout/story-e6frg6nf-1227554936805

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Sydney shooting at NSW Police HQ. Latest updates: http://bit.ly/1FM8CCr  #Parramatta (Pic: Channel 7)

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18 April 2015

The arrests took place in Melbourne, where a joint counterterrorism team served a total of seven warrants Saturday morning. Police said they were conducting searches at properties.

5 Australian teens arrested on charges of plotting ANZAC Day attack

Published April 18, 2015 Associated Press

SYDNEY – Five Australian teenagers were arrested Saturday on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack at a Veterans’ Day ceremony that included targeting police officers, officials said.

The suspects included two 18-year-olds who are alleged to have been preparing an attack at the ANZAC Day ceremony in Melbourne, Australian Federal Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan told reporters.

Another 18-year-old was arrested on weapons charges and two other men, aged 18 and 19, were in custody and assisting police, police said.

ANZAC stands for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and commemorates the World War I battle in Turkey on April 25.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/04/18/5-australian-teens-arrested-on-charges-plotting-anzac-day-attack/

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The Canberra Times

Five arrested in counter-terrorism raids in Melbourne’s south-east

UPDATE:  Police have charged an 18-year-old man with conspiring to plan a terrorist attack following multiple raids across Melbourne on Saturday morning.

The man, from Hallam, will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court after 2pm.

The man was one of two men arrested in counter-terrorism raids who police say were planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a Melbourne Anzac Day event.

Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police executed seven search warrants on properties in Narre Warren, Hampton Park, Hallam and Eumemmerring from 4am on Saturday. Five men were arrested in the raids, the culmination of Operation Rising.

Two 18-year-olds, from Hallam and Hampton Park, were arrested on terrorism-related offences.

Both men were “associates” but not relatives of Numan Haider, who was shot and killed by police in September 2014 after stabbing anti-terrorism officers at Endeavour Hills, Victoria Police acting Deputy Commissioner Shane Patton said.
Terror suspect Numan Haider, who was shot and killed by police in September 2014 after stabbing anti-terrorism officers at Endeavour Hills.

Terror suspect Numan Haider, who was shot and killed by police in September 2014 after stabbing anti-terrorism officers at Endeavour Hills. Photo: Supplied

The planned attack could have come “any time in the next week,” acting Deputy Commissioner Patton said.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/victoria/five-arrested-in-counterterrorism-raids-in-melbournes-southeast-20150418-1mns9h.html

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SYDNEY (AFP) – Increasing numbers of young women are altering the profile of Australians joining the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Attorney-General George Brandis said Saturday, enticed by the “false glamour” of the organisation.
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“But a more recent estimate by the national security agencies suggests that a growing number of young women are travelling to participate in that fighting as well.” Brandis said about 90 Australians were now believed to be caught up in the conflict, compared to 70 last year, the ABC reported.

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/australianew-zealand/story/australian-women-joining-isis-foreign-fighters-minister-2015012

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http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/australianew-zealand/story/australia-raises-terror-threat-level-against-police-high-201501#sthash.m2usYiJA.dpuf

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Australian man, 20, charged over plot targeting government. Police uncover documents, weapons http://ow.ly/GnHa2 

Police patrolling the street in Sydney’s central business district on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

http://www.tnp.sg/news/australian-charged-over-terrorist-plot-targeting-government

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Terror alert level unchanged after two Sydney men arrested http://bit.ly/1xa0KTi  #auspol

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SYDNEY: Australians have been told to prepare for more large-scale counter-terrorism raids as Attorney-General George Brandis revealed 73 people have had their passports cancelled to prevent them joining the Islamic State group.

Canberra in September raised its terror threat level and carried out extensive raids in Sydney and Brisbane to disrupt an alleged plot by IS supporters to abduct and behead a member of the public. Only two people were charged despite 800 officers being involved.

Federal police Assistant Commissioner Neil Gaughan said similar raids were likely, but refused to comment on whether any preparations were under way. “What we’ll see now is more raids like we saw in Sydney because the environment has changed,” he told members of Sydney’s Muslim community on an ABC television programme late Monday. “The paradigm has changed such that we will be forced to react much quicker than what we previously have, and I think the community will see more of this where we will do a large number of execution of search warrants and probably only one or two arrests.”

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/australians-told-to/1451806.html?cid=twtcna

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Anne Aly, a Curtin University research fellow specialising in countering violent extremism, said Islamic State’s use of Elmir could provide “the kind of counter-propaganda we need” to degrade the group’s standing among would-be sympathisers.

“I think it’s a big mistake for them because he’s so young and fresh-faced … After a while people who look at him will see nothing more than a little boy who is pretending to be a big man, but who is being used and lost,” Dr Aly told The Australian.

“The first time you see Elmir, you say how shocking these things are. But if you keep watching, it’s hard not to think that this young person is brainwashed and manipulated.

“I think we can put out this message – this is what ISIS does to you; it sucks you in, this boy’s life will never ever, ever be the same.”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/terror/islamic-state-call-up-of-schoolboy-jihadist-abdullah-elmir-a-mistake/story-fnpdbcmu-1227104643847

Sydney schoolboy jihadist appears in new video http://bit.ly/1oPGR3J 

Entitled, An evening on the banks of the Tigris River in the Province of Nineveh in the Islamic State, the video shows the ginger-haired teenager surrounded by black-clad jihadis relaxing at what appears to be a once-popular tourist park on an island in the middle of the river. Young primary-school-aged boys are seen in the background as the fighters walk through the park, holding large assault rifles while walking with the men.

The fighters gather to eat, pray and then recite religious texts at one of the riverside gazebos. Several of the fighters also ­appeared in last week’s video ­featuring Elmir, in which he railed against Australia and Tony ­Abbott, as well as other Western countries.

The men are shown crossing the River Tigris on a barge before washing then praying. All heavily armed, they are pictured eating.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/terror/new-video-puts-sydney-schoolboy-jihadist-in-the-firing-line/story-fnpdbcmu-1227104154762

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Local authorities say some Muslim women are tipping them off via anonymous phone calls to the national security hotline; others are turning up to police stations themselves to discuss their concerns.

The mothers of some young men have also been active in discreetly tipping off authorities about fears that their sons may travel overseas to fight.

ASIO has cancelled 73 passports of suspected Australian extremists to prevent them travelling to Syria to fight with terror groups.

The trend is part of what authorities believe is a quiet backlash by Islamic women against the violent and misogynistic terror group, which has radicalised more than 100 Australian men.

Since Islamic State came to prominence, security agencies have noted a conspicuous ­absence of women on their watchlists and say the local terror threat is being driven almost exclusively by young men.

Increasingly, authorities have noted that the people who are quietly dobbing in suspected radicals to police are their wives or girlfriends. It’s a trend that has surprised security agencies, which have intervened on a number of occasions to prevent a would-be jihadist from going to Syria while at the same time keeping secret the fact the tip-off came from their partner.

“We are finding that, particularly with young men that are trying to travel, the women have been very, very good at providing us information and to some extent putting their heads on the block to do that,” one security source said.

“Full credit to them (for) being brave enough to talk to the cops and ASIO. They don’t want their husbands to die and I think that’s what it comes down to, they don’t want their husbands to go off (to the Middle East) thinking it’s a Boy’s Own adventure. Sometimes I think the women have a bit more sense.”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/terror/terror-wags-in-jihadi-tipoffs/story-fnpdbcmu-122710535259

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MISSING AUSSIE TEENAGER IS IN IRAQ WITH ISIS

Elmir was reported to have left his family home in June, telling his family he was going fishing before later calling his mother to tell her he was in Turkey about to “cross the border.”

The lawyer representing the family said at the time that his mother believed her son was going to Iraq.

The teenager reportedly left the country with a 16-year-old boy called “Feiz” who was found by his father and brought back to Australia.

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http://www.electronicresistance.net/2014/10/exclusive-video-australian-terrorst-abdullah-elmir-appears-in-isis-video-threatening-australia/ …

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Police allege the 14-year-old boy from Wentworthville was sitting in the passenger seat of a car when he yelled the abusive comments while waving a flag outside Maronite College of the Holy Family in Harris Park last Tuesday.

“Just before 4pm on Tuesday, a small red car, with two male occupants, drove past a school on Alice Street at Harris Park,” a police statement read.

“It’s alleged a 14-year-old boy sitting in the front passenger’s seat, yelled abuse out of the window while holding a flag.”

The boy will face court on October 13.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/slaughter-the-christians-teen-charged-after-sydney-maronite-college-targeted-by-is-threats/story-fni0cx12-1227068757481

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The 18-year-old Melbourne man who met with counter-terrorism police brandished an ISIL flag before attacking them with a knife and being fatally shot, the Australian Federal Police said.

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Business Insider Australia

A Man ‘Under Surveillance’ Following ISIS Threats Has Been Shot Dead By Police In Melbourne

Police in Melbourne have shot dead a man who stabbed two officers and was reportedly making threats involving the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott.

Two police officers, one from Victoria Police and an AFP officer, have been taken to hospital with stab wounds, after an altercation shortly before 8pm local time.

Reports say there are connections between the suspect and last week’s operations against suspected ISIS-linked cells in Australia.
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News Corp reported the man who was killed “had been under surveillance and it is believed he was one of 50 men who recently had their passport cancelled.”
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The current incident took place at Endeavour Hills in Melbourne’s south-east.

Here’s what we have from Victoria Police:

Here’s part of the statement from Victoria Police:

Police are currently at the scene of a police shooting in Endeavour Hills.

It is understood a Victoria Police member and an AFP member, from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team, met an 18-year-old man at Endeavour Hills police station on Heatherton Road in relation to an ongoing investigation.

It is believed an altercation has occurred about 7.45pm outside the police station, resulting in the stabbing of the two police members.

One of the officers has then discharged his firearm, fatally shooting the 18-year-old man.

Both police officers were taken to hospital and are in a stable condition.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/a-man-under-surveillance-following-isis-threats-has-been-shot-dead-by-police-in-melbourne-2014-9

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