“It is believed that a terrorist network had been planning to carry out a series of attacks in Australia.” This network was apparently connected to the Islamic State — again illustrating the appeal of the caliphate to so many young Muslims worldwide.
“ASIO and hundreds of police raid Sydney and Brisbane homes in biggest counter-terrorism raid in Australia’s history,” by Simon Benson, The Daily Telegraph, September 18, 2014 (thanks to all who sent this in):
ASIO and counter terrorism police have swooped on homes across north-western Sydney and other states this morning in what is believed to be the largest anti-terrorism bust in the nation’s history.
Several arrests have reportedly been made in the secret pre-dawn raid, which is still in progress.
The arrests follow the execution of a number of search warrants in Beecroft, Bellavista, Guildford, Merrylands, Northmead, Wentworthville, Marsfield, Westmead, Castle Hill, Revesby, Bass Hill and Regents Park.
The raid is believed to have been mounted following months of surveillance of people linked to the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
The Daily Telegraph has learned that an estimated 600 officers from the Australian Federal Police, NSW counter terrorism unit and ASIO launched the pre-emptive strike in the early hours of this morning.
The raids and arrests are believed to have been based on the execution of multiple ASIO and AFP warrants.
It is believed that dozens of suspects have been netted, with links to a Brisbane man who was recently arrested on suspected terrorism related charges.
It is believed that a terrorist network had been planning to carry out a series of attacks in Australia.
The raid follows the lifting of the national security alert level from medium to high last Friday by the outgoing director general of ASIO David Irvine.
It is believed the size of the raid eclipsed that of Operation Pendennis in 2005 when several hundred ASIO, AFP and NSW police arrested 13 men across Melbourne and the Sydney suburb of Bankstown, who had been planning bomb attacks in both capitals.
Wtf? says
Australia is acting and is not intimidated by the ragheads. Yes our leader says it is not about religion but he has learned the art of deceit. This is the agenda of a strong right wing government something Anerica and Europe needs desperately .
JAMES says
The muslims better get used to these raids and arrests. I hope the police do more of the same and that the rest of the western world does the same, GOOD ON YOU AUSTRALIA…
Paul says
@Wtf?
Abbott’s government isn’t a strong right wing government. Muslim immigrants are still entering the country through legal channels and mosques are still being allowed to be built.
I’m afraid we’ll see more of the story above before government either changes policy or we form political parties that will change policy.
mortimer says
Good on ya, Australian cops! Read Robert Spencer’s books and you’ll catch more of ’em.
Hass says
Don’t worry mate, we already know…
John Haller says
It’s a simple formula. Muslims in your country = NO PEACE. They are here to dominate and take over and use our wealth, prosperity and legal systems against us. They have been trying to destabilize Australia since 2005. The more disturbance they cause, the stronger they become. The Ummah pays their legal bills, we become more appeasing and hope they will see reason and become like us and enjoy Australia’s fantastic culture. But of course those of us who are awake, know that this whole cycle is one of diminishing returns. We have to export all of them and start again with immigrants and citizens that are not part of a fifth column.
Charli Main says
Unlike other immigrant communities, Muslim immigrants have absolutely no intention of integrating into the society that has given them a home and a chance of a new life.
The overriding objective of Muslim immigrants is to force their religion, culture, laws and language on the natives of the host country.
Don´t EVER be fooled by those Muslims that pretend that they are American, British or Australian et al—–
THEY ARE SIMLPY PRACTICING THE ISLAMIC DOCTRIN OF MURUNA. (blending in with the enemy or surroundings to deceive kaffirs)
Hass says
Actually it was 800 members of various Security Services thanks to our Secrete Service AKA ASIO.
eric says
How many “it is believed” are there? In other words, we have zero confirmed arrests at this point.
WAIT! Please wait before offering congratulations for a job well done. I want to know what evidence is secured, admissions, etc.
Angemon says
Good. Given them a fair trial then drop them after the shark nets and let them swim to ISIS.
dumbledoresarmy says
Something to note.
These raids and arrests did not take place in the most *heavily* Islamised of Sydney’s suburbs, but in neighbouring suburbs a bit further out, in an arc stretching from northwest through west to southwest. Suburbs that are not thought of immediately when people think of Islam and Muslims in Australia.
The Ummah colonies are branching out, spreading out from home bases.
Further observation.
Right now, Australia has about 22 milliion people, total.
And the Muslims number around 500 000- 600,000. Which is somewhat less than the combined number of Hindus and Buddhists in Australia.
And yet we have had, already, emerging from the Mohammedan colony in Australia, not a few would-be murderous but fortunately-foiled jihad plots, this latest horrific thing being the most recent.
pongidae rex says
Islamists hide a new Nazi political movement behind a so-called ‘religion’ the same way they hide behind human shields when waging war. The crisis in the west is not one of a savage adversary seeking to destroy us with our own freedoms and institutions, but of a leadership blinded and paralysed by magical thinking about the ‘sacredness’ of religion that makes it impossible to confront, or even to name, this murderous political movement rising in our midst.
Roha Waha says
God Bless Australia ! Thank You For Being an Example To The West On How To Deal With Jihad’st !
Please don’t give in to the politically correct ” Islam is a religion of peace” or the
” Your a racist ” B.S.
Cheer’s from the U.S.A. !
paddy says
To all you free, indigenous and colonial ‘Aussies’ whether you believe in the idea of ‘allah’ or not, we live in a time where muslims would seek to (and indeed do) impose a world where a misogynistic world view, slavery and paedophelia is normal. Modern muslim parents do not have the guts to tell their children that this is as good as it gets.
I’m done with this poxy appeasement of our muslim brothers and sisters.
If you’re done with the free world, I’m fairly confident the Australian Government will buy you a one way ticket.
David Olds says
Way cool!
Jerry says
If I called upon non-Muslims to do unto Muslims what Muslims do or wish to do unto non-Muslims I will be accused of hate speech and Islamophobia.
What do you call certain suras of the Quar’an and Hadiths taught as articles of faith at a moque near you?
Love Speech?
Humanophillia?
Close all mosques and deport all Muslims who are not prepared to renounce and reject, irrevocably, all supramacist Jiahddist action practice preaching and speech!
Kathy Brown says
Great post-but even giving them the ability to renounce terrorism wouldn’t work.
I mean it’s literally true that you can’t believe a word they say, because of their ‘taqiyya’. You couldn’t even swear them in on the stand; the ROP teaches them that it’s ‘pious’ to lie to the Infidel.