Alleged suicide attack plot foiled in Australia
Sky News - Holsworthy terror plot foiled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0SdL3s5u1I
One of four men charged accused of plotting a suicide attack on an Australian military base has angrily denied he was a terrorist and accused the country's troops of killing innocent people overseas.Wissam Mahmoud Fattal, who police say is a member of an extremist cell with ties to an al Qaida-linked group in Somalia, refused to stand up at Melbourne Magistrates Court, where he was charged with conspiring to plan a terrorist attack.He did not enter a plea and faces life in prison if convicted.As Fattal was being led from the court, he accused Australia of killing innocent people in Afghanistan and Iraq and said, "You call us terrorists -- I've never killed anyone in my life."Fattal's lawyer, Grace Morgan, said her client did not mean disrespect to the magistrate by not standing, but he would stand only for his god.,,more..http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iFmHFNS53N_YhAy10nn4Aa-w4gWw
shabaab Terrorism suspect in court outburst
A man charged over an alleged terrorist plot to attack a Sydney army base has made an outburst in court.
Wissam Fattal, 33, was one of four men to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court today.
Fattal was charged last night with preparing to carry out a terrorist act, and was already in custody on other matters. He is one of five men, mostly from Melbourne's northern suburbs, held in custody in overnight and questioned about an alleged plot to launch a suicide mission on the Holsworthy Army barracks.Yacqub Khayre, 22, is also charged with preparing for a terrorist ,act, while Hawiye shabaab Terrorist Saney Aweys, 26, and Abdirahman Ahmed, 25, are charged with aiding and abetting a man to engage in hostile acts overseas, namely the civil war in Somalia.
A fifth man charged, Nayef El Sayed, 25, appeared in court yesterday...more,,http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/05/2646887.htm
1 in alleged Australian terror plot denies charge
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_terror_plot
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