Benbrika said they should be like Amrozi: unrepentant. Australian Jihad Plot Update: "Plan to 'blast' buildings," by Reko Rennie in The Age (thanks to JE):
The alleged leader of a terrorist organisation said he would "blast" buildings, a prosecutor told a Victorian court.Prosecutor Richard Maidment, SC, told the jury in the Supreme Court trial of 12 men accused of being members of a terrorist group that Abdul Nacer Benbrika, 47, of Dallas, was recorded discussing an alleged terrorist attack.
"It's not something small," Benbrika allegedly said in a conversation intercepted by authorities.
"We will damage buildings, blast them.
"It has to be proper."
In another recorded conversation, Benbrika and one of his co-accused, Aimen Joud, 22, of Hoppers Crossing, discussed convicted Bali bomber Amrozi Nurhasyim.
Mr Maidment said Benbrika had told Joud to do what Amrozi did when he was caught by police.
'Do like Amrozi'
"Do like Amrozi," Benbrika allegedly said.
"Tell the judges off then," Joud is alleged to have replied.
"He said, 'If you kill me ... there will be others to come after me'," Benbrika allegedly said.
Benbrika and Joud — along with Fadal Sayadi, 27, of Coburg, Ahmed Raad, 24, of Fawkner, Abdullah Merhi, 22, of Fawkner, Amer Haddara, 27, of Yarraville, Shane Kent, 30, of Meadow Heights, Majed Raad, 23, of Coburg, Hany Taha, 32, of Hadfield, Shoue Hammoud, 27, of Hadfield, Bassam Raad, 25, of Brunswick and Ezzit Raad, 25, of Preston — are charged with various terrorism charges.
It seems that the operatives in American drug gangs tend to range in age from 15-25 and that operative Jihadists tend to range in age from 25-35. There's a university thesis waiting for someone.
My guess is that the difference is rooted in the time it takes to become indoctrinated into the different ideologies.
Ah yes, most of these guys are from Melbourne's famous northern suburbs, noted mainly for the preponderance of industrial cool, art inhabitants and lots of immigrants including Muslims. Some terrific continental / MidEast shops there. Pity about the terrorist wannabes.
Proper? Unless you're conducting a controlled implosion, is there a right way to "blast buildings"? What IS this guy talking about?
"He said, 'If you kill me ... there will be others to come after me'," Benbrika allegedly said.
The Dorito theory of Jihad: "We'll make more".
Proper response: "We'll kill them too."