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Faheem Khalid Lodhi is guilty. "Architect plotted terror strike on Australia," from the TimesOnline, with thanks to all who sent this in:
A Pakistani-born architect behind a plot to carry out a terrorist attack on Australian soil was facing life in prison today.Faheem Khalid Lodhi, 36, used a false name to purchase detailed maps of Sydney's electricity grid and military bases. He downloaded bomb-making instructions from the internet and placed orders for chemicals used in explosives.
Authorities were alerted in October 2003 by his boss when a suspicious fax - containing prices of chemicals which can be used in explosives - arrived at his office.
A 15-page book of notes handwritten in Urdu, containing instructions to make petrol bombs, cyanide gas and hand grenades was found in a raid the following day.
A computer disk containing more than 600 files relating to Islamic extremism and military training manuals was found in a simultaneous search of his home....
The Sunni Muslim had denied all of the charges, saying that he had migrated to Australia in 1998 to "do something better for my life" and saying the killing innocent people was against Islam.
He argued that, struggling to find work as an architect, he had considered setting up his own export business and chemical manufacture company.
"This country is my country. These people are my people," he told the court.
In court papers, Lodhi was accused of "the intent of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause, namely violent jihad".
Of course killing innocent people is against Islam. But who decides who is innocent, and on what basis?
Posted by Robert at June 19, 2006 8:11 AM
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Justice has been served. The jury did a good job.
He faces life in prison but I bet he won't get that sentence.
at June 19, 2006 8:35 AM
How stupid would you have to be to have incriminating faxes sent to you at work?
You'd think there'd at least be something about it in the Evil Overlord list ...
WSW
Posted by: Wild Slutty Womens
at June 19, 2006 8:38 AM
Yes.. we've all heard the lecture that killing people is against islam.
But islamic holymen have also said that Infidels and Jews aren't really 'people'. Rather, they're pigs and monkeys. In fact, they teach this concept to their own children at an early age. And we've seen time and again that apostates who turn away from islam and muslims who collaborate with the Jews/Crusaders are worthless insects not deserving of a moment's pity.
So, muslims aren't really killing 'people' in the strict islamic sense of the word. Only true believers are full-fledged people.
Posted by: Mahdi Al-Dajjal
at June 19, 2006 8:55 AM
'How stupid would you have to be to have incriminating faxes sent to you at work? '
WSW~ I turned the fax on at TV Host one morning, and several pages of porn came out.
People are Dumb. Lohdi is just Olympic Dumb.
Posted by: Gary
at June 19, 2006 9:03 AM
This is known as an "isolated incident." Within the last 5-6 years, terrorists have been caught or have succesfully launched an attack in the USA, Britain, Spain, Russia, Australia, Canada, and of course Middle-Eastern and African countries. Contrary to what Islamophobic right wing fascists say, it's hard to find a common link between these incidents. They could have been commited by Buddhists, Christians, youths of Asian background, atheists, Native Americans... anyone at all. Even Robert Spencer could suddenly blow himself up in the name of The Flying Spaghetti Monster You just never know.
Posted by: Jesus Christ Supercop
at June 19, 2006 9:08 AM
Robert:Of course killing innocent people is against Islam. But who decides who is innocent, and on what basis?
duh swami sez dis about dat...There are not many muslims. There is only one. Anyone not of 'the one' is automatically guilty, and NOT innocent. Anything not of 'the one', is evil, and deserves to be destroyed. "The one' is defined by the Quran and related literature, but most of all by Mohammad. His name for this 'one' is 'Allah'. Mohammad has Allah hating the guts of anyone outside his rule and influence. Submitters, out of necessity, emulate their god.
Anyone who does not submit and merge in the ocean of Allah's oneness, is not innocent, but guilty of the most terrible of crimes.
If 'Allah the one', hates the unbeliever, so do all its parts. Allah has already, thru Mohammad, left prescriptions and punishments for unbelievers. 'Muslims', the name for the parts of 'the one', have no choice but to follow these dictates or find themselves 'outside looking in', with a sword at their necks.
So, every muslim decides who is innocent and who is not, and every muslim already knows what Allah has said what to 'do' about it, and every muslim believes that Allah knows best...
at June 19, 2006 10:44 AM
"Innocent" in Islam means "Muslim".
Only.
The late, diseased vermin Zarqawi specifically advised his followers to "have your knives sharpened for your 'animals'" -i.e.- when preparing to behead captured infidels.
So, we are not ever innocent, or even human to these maniacs. Just animals for jihadists to slaughter on the bloody road to the Caliphate.
At least, this time, the lies fell on wised-up ears.
Bravo Oz!
(Be sure to give the bastard Life.)
Posted by: profitsbeard
at June 19, 2006 6:46 PM
Hey! Architects can be poor disaffected people too. Don't jump to conclusions about Islam and plots by Muslims to annihilate large quantities of Westerners. You couldn't be more unfair if you begin making such inferences.
And just because some Muslims consider all non-Muslims to be guilty of crimes against their religion, and just because some Muslims seem to be preoccupied with bombs and explosives and stuff, why do peopel at this site jump to conclusions about THIS particular man's statement that "the killing innocent people was against Islam" or the fact that he has copious amounts of material extolling murder and the making of chemical bombs?
Everybody has this kind of stuff lying around. I can't count the number of times faxes like this have come through in our offices ...
Geesh!
This site is truly getting more prejudiced against Muslims every day, and without the slightest rationality whatsoever ...
Posted by: jsla
at June 19, 2006 10:59 PM
jsla - 'Everybody has this kind of stuff lying around.'
Maps of the electrical grid system and chemical price-lists?
Lodhi told the court that he acquired the maps and chemical price list for business ventures he was contemplating.
However, he was exposed as a liar after claiming he had consulted a list of products used to make detergents on the Deltrex Chemicals website and then phoning the company about prices, saying he was planning to open a detergent business.
Lodhi could not even name the main washing powder brands or who the main companies in the industry were.
One of his workmates said that he was under the impression that Lodhi was considering sending chemicals overseas to his family because they had interests in jewellery company. A second employee from the workplace said that Lodhi's family in Pakistan had a tannery and that was why he was wanting to send chemicals overseas.
Third witness Melissa Phelps (a woman from a chemical company that Mr Lodhi cold called asking for information about chemicals). She said he told her that he was wanting to set up a detergent company.
Lodhi was an acquaintance of ul-Haque (Pakistan-born medical student who was recently arrested here for training in Pakistan with terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba) and deported French national Willie Brigitte.
Lodhi told the Court that he had no knowledge of extremist Islamic material which was allegedly found in his home.
Prosecutors have tendered evidence of a "mujaheddin training manual" and other Islamic material which they say was found during a search of Lodhi's home.
But Lodhi has told the court that when a CD of the material was played in court, it was the first time he had seen it, or had any knowledge of it.
He said he had never looked at that type of material on the Internet, and had never complied a similar CD or had one given to him by any friends.
Sure sounds like an innocent man to me -
" ...and without the slightest rationality whatsoever ..."
There are Muslims on trial for terrorism offences in nearly every major city in the western world - Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, New York, Paris. Muslims are killing their own people as well as westerners, every day there is some new atrocity committed by Islamic extremists (like the 17 bodies found by Iraqi police - including 4 women and a teenager - the victims of death squads) - and you say that this site is 'without rationality'?
at June 20, 2006 12:15 AM
Deecha-
It's called "ironic overstatement".
jsla's just pulling the collective leg.
Posted by: profitsbeard
at June 20, 2006 1:15 AM
Architects of the world:
Western Architects build things to make people happy.
Muslim Architercts blow things up to make people dead.
Posted by: Ozi_bloke
at June 20, 2006 5:11 AM
Sorry jsla - sometimes its hard to tell. I've heard so many people come out with similar things, in all seriousness -
Posted by: Deecha
at June 20, 2006 5:51 AM
No problem Deecha -- I laid it on a little too thick maybe?
It doesn't take much for satire to turn into the exact kinds of messages we're hearing from these Muslim nut jobs and their Western helpers.
For the record -- I've never received bomb instructions on my fax machine, nor have I massive amounts of terroristic materials laying all about -- this is just in case there are some actual intelligence people patrolling at JihadWatch looking for Jihadis.
(Hint to agents: They're not here at this site, at least, not too frequently -- look in local mosques for maps as to their whereabouts -- for some reason they like to hang out there alot ...)
Posted by: jsla
at June 20, 2006 2:59 PM
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