FOUR Al-Shabaab - Terrorist have been arrested and more are being questioned over an alleged plot to launch a suicide shootout attack at an Australian Army base.A 25-year-old man has been charged with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and is expected to appear in court shortly. Police now say a fifth man, a 33-year-old already in custody is also being interviewed. The 25-year-old man was arrested along with a 26-year-old man, another 25-year-old and a 22-year-old man
when 400 federal and state police executed 19 search warrants in several suburbs across Melbourne at 4.30am AEST. AFP Acting Commissioner Tony Negus said authorities would allege the men were "planning to carry out a suicide terror attack involving an armed assault with automatic weapons ... a sustained attack on military personnel until they themselves were killed". "We've disrupted an alleged terror attack that could have claimed many lives." Em
ily Howard, a young woman who lives near one of the raided homes, has said the operation was so quick she did not hear a thing. But she told Melbourne's Herald Sun that it was shocking to learn of what had happened. “To think someone in your street could do something like that. It’s just horrible,” she said. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said today's raids show "the threat of terrorism is alive and well and this requires continued vigilance". Plot details The Australian newspaper reported the plot centred on the Holsworthy Army base in western Sydney. ..more,,http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25879657-948,00.html
when 400 federal and state police executed 19 search warrants in several suburbs across Melbourne at 4.30am AEST. AFP Acting Commissioner Tony Negus said authorities would allege the men were "planning to carry out a suicide terror attack involving an armed assault with automatic weapons ... a sustained attack on military personnel until they themselves were killed". "We've disrupted an alleged terror attack that could have claimed many lives." Em
ily Howard, a young woman who lives near one of the raided homes, has said the operation was so quick she did not hear a thing. But she told Melbourne's Herald Sun that it was shocking to learn of what had happened. “To think someone in your street could do something like that. It’s just horrible,” she said. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said today's raids show "the threat of terrorism is alive and well and this requires continued vigilance". Plot details The Australian newspaper reported the plot centred on the Holsworthy Army base in western Sydney. ..more,,http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25879657-948,00.htmlAustralia foils suicide terror plot; arrests 4 Al-Shabaab Terrorist suspects
Here's a portrait of Al-Shabaab in Somalia from Council of Foreign Relations. http://bit.ly/17IfQ
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