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Thirty jihadis return to Australia after waging jihad in Iraq and Syria

Feb 22, 2015 10:07 pm By Robert Spencer

A member loyal to the ISIL waves an ISIL flag in RaqqaThirty battle-hardened Muslims committing to waging jihad against Infidels, returning to Australia after having aligned themselves with an entity that considers itself to be at war with Australia. What could possibly go wrong? “Thirty jihadis return home to Australia after being foreign fighters,” by Annika Smethurst, AAP, February 23, 2015 (thanks to Peter):

UPDATE: THE Federal Government will appoint a new counter-terrorism boss, as its revealed more than 30 foreign fighters have returned to Australia amid the rising threat of lone-wolf attacks.

There are at least 90 Australians fighting with and supporting terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria and at least 140 people in Australia supporting extremist groups, a review of Australia’s counterterrorism co-ordination has found.

A National Counter Terrorism Co-ordinator will be appointed to improve co-ordination of the various government agencies, Mr Abbott will announce in a National Security Statement to Parliament today.

“Australia has entered a new, long-term era of heightened terrorism threat, with a much more significant ‘home grown’ element,” Mr Abbott said.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that welfare payments to fighters have continued because security agencies have not handed names to Centrelink.

Mr Abbott will also reveal that 20 people have been ­arrested within the space of six months, accounting for one-third of all terrorism-related arrests since 2001.

“The number of foreign fighters is increasing, the number of known sympathisers and supporters of extremists is increasing, and the number of potential terrorists, including many who live in our midst, is rising as well,” he will say in his address.

The PM’s address follows the release of a report into the Sydney siege which found that Australia’s National Security Hotline was contacted 18 times about Martin Place gunman Man Haron Monis in the days leading up to the siege.

But ASIO found Monis’s activities did not “indicate a desire or intent to engage in terrorism”….

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  1. Erik says

    Feb 22, 2015 at 10:26 pm

    Mo, Georg and others,

    I shop at those kinds of markets. Why should I be killed at the hands of some crazy people that claim they are doing this dirty deed in the name of religion? Does my death matter any differently so far as I have been murdered this way or any other way? No it doesn’t. But at the same time I do not want to die at the hands of crazy people just because some people get off with their jollies off of provoking others with offensive cartoons. Too simple. You want to print cartoons that provoke? Then don’t drag people into the ground then. I sure don’t want to be killed for something I never did.

    • Peggy says

      Feb 22, 2015 at 10:33 pm

      OK, so they manage to stop us from printing cartoons. What next? There will be a next time for any number os reasons. They will find a reason to persecute us. You think that not making them angry will save you? No it won’t. If we stop being ourselves now they will get even worse because they will see that intimidation works.
      They already have a good reason for killing us. They HATE US. No bowing to them is going to save us.

      • Rick Black says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 1:14 pm

        Every well said… Plus Jihads still getting welfare checks. Unbelievable. Read the Ko-ran they hate us because we believe that Jesus is the Son of God… look it up

        • M S case says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 6:49 pm

          Rick Oh they believe in Jesus all right but he was not the son of God just a prophet and they believe he was born of the virgin Mary but not in a stable, but under a tree

          Now back to the 30 jihadist returning to Australia from fighting with isis….How in Great Good God’s good earth did Australia let them back in if they came by any other transportation than swimming or walking???.

      • WhatsHisName says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 9:35 pm

        well said me dear..

    • Champ says

      Feb 22, 2015 at 10:40 pm

      Erik, it’s bad form to call people out–by name–whom haven’t even commented on a particular thread yet, just sayin’ …

      • Erik says

        Feb 22, 2015 at 10:48 pm

        Have a look at the comments The others have commented and called out my name? Is that what you mean or something else?

        ,

        • Erik says

          Feb 22, 2015 at 10:52 pm

          Oh I see now, this is the wrong thread. You’re right.

        • Champ says

          Feb 22, 2015 at 10:56 pm

          Not on *this* thread they haven’t …

    • Legion says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 3:27 am

      Troll much, again?

      Yaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwn

    • Mulakush says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 7:58 am

      RE: “I sure don’t want to be killed for something I never did.”

      You know what you did not do for which they want to kill you?

      You did not become a Muslim. That is all. Mohammad killed the infidels by the millions. His followers have been doing this ever since. If it was good enough for Mo, it is good enough for these crazy cranks.

      • jayell says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 11:16 am

        I’m sure Mohammed couldn’t quite have killed Millions, but how many, to a realistic estimate, did he kill either personally or by ordering others?

    • Angemon says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 8:05 am

      Erik posted:

      “I do not want to die at the hands of crazy people just because some people get off with their jollies off of provoking others with offensive cartoons.”

      As long as you’re not a devout, pious muslim of their specific sect you’re a valid target, cartoons or no cartoons.

      • Rob Porter says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 9:29 pm

        Well then, why doesn’t gutless Erik arm himself, practice shooting until highly skilled and then when the Muslims with murderous intent show up, instead kill them. The government and police are likely to side with these dregs of humanity, so do your did and then head out of Dodge.

    • Mirren10 says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 9:25 am

      So, you have no interest in free speech, or any principle beyond protecting your own skin ? That’s contemptible.

      In any case, you, as an infidel, are a target for any pious mohammedan, whether or not you are prepared to stand for what is right.

      • Mirren10 says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 9:58 am

        Correction;after reading the lamentable ‘Erik’ on another thread, what we have here, is yet another tedious mohammedan troll.

        Either that, or a coward of monumental proportions.

        In either case, a total waste of time, space, and oxygen. Blech.

    • Rick Black says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 1:54 pm

      Just who’s side are you on anyway? You will have to pick a side someday.

    • Mobouyus says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 3:14 pm

      You are an abject coward or a muslim pretending to be someone else ERIC.It is the cartoons that you do not like and you are scared one of your brothers will accidently kill you while they go about their business of killing Jews and anyone-else they hate.You are also a turd licking liar.Despicable piece of shit.

  2. Peggy says

    Feb 22, 2015 at 10:36 pm

    Just wondering if they’ll be forced to pay back their welfare payments while they were busy making a living by extracting organs.
    Anyone else caught receiving payments illegally would be made to return the money and possibility of jail would also be in the mix. Let’s see if our courageous government makes these monsters pay back that money. That’s the least they can do, seeing how I don’t think they will jail them.

    • particolor says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 4:25 am

      Defiantly Not We will not get a refund !! 🙁 They will be Welcomed Back ! Showered (Not Shaved) given a Sumptuous Halal Meal and a Street Parade on Saturday !! Then they will get a Free Lawyer at our expense and Sue the Bloody Pants off us for letting them go there !! 🙁 I rest My Case !!
      And then Carry On back here, Mental Illness does that to them !!

      • JMB says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 4:49 am

        I understand that the Australian Government under it’s tough social security minister, Scott (stop the boats) Morrison will be seeking the best part of $20k repayment from each of them. (You can not claim benefits while absent from Australia)
        I also understand that their disability benefits were approved by a very compliant Muslim psychiatrist. (But I suppose he was partly correct if he certified that they all had some sort of mental illness)

        • particolor says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 5:08 am

          Id love to laugh but How the Bloody Hell do they expect to EVER get One Bloody Cent back off those Killer Heathens ?? All their “Moderate Muslim” Backers here will Go Berserk in the Streets Protesting about they are Victims and we are all IsIlamaphobes !! ..
          Our Gutless lot will have their Dole Reinstated in Days !! 🙁 You Watch !! And More than likely APPOLOGIZE to them too for OFFENDING them !!

      • samdav7 says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 7:31 am

        lol particolor .. it’s not a mental illness .. it’s the most EVIL faith on the face of this planet .. I lived with the enemy for more than 40 years and I know what I’m saying 🙂

        • particolor says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 8:17 am

          And don’t I know it ! I cut in front of one of the Bush Faced Barsteds once and He showed Me a Hand Gun through the Window !! I wished Id been driving an Aston Martin with back firing Canons !! 🙂
          007…

  3. Salah says

    Feb 22, 2015 at 11:07 pm

    Soon in the West…unless our stupid leaders wake up, that is.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2963478/Twisted-new-ISIS-video-shows-Kurdish-Peshmerga-fighters-paraded-streets-interviewed-inside-cages-seemingly-marched-deaths.html

  4. Erik says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 12:51 am

    Ok Now I see. Thanks Champ.

  5. Tahliae says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 3:07 am

    What a f%#in joke. Still receiving Centrelink payments!

    My Australian born, retired father goes overseas with us for 4 weeks on a family holiday and has his pension stopped. I guess he’s not Muslim thus the reason for Centrelink not missing that he’d left the country.

    Same when an Aussie visits Centrelink for genuine assistance they nearly trip over themselves in the rush to give you the brush off and go F#@k yourself treatment.

  6. jay says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 3:25 am

    Remember back in the day when country’s exiled and banned people from entering with whatever reason they wanted. How did we go from that to whatever the forkin’ hell this is.

    So our ruling class has decided that we must not only let every immigrant, educated or civilized or not into our countries, not liking them is racism and nationalism, the native populations are to work to support these immigrants who demand we cater to them, that’s when we’re not competing for jobs with them (in which they get federally subsidized help and affirmative action programs to give them edge over natives)… and we’re forced to with again being shamed and ostracized for not agreeing with the destruction of our societies and enslavement and dhimmification of our people towards the third world because it’s our fault they’re poor and backwards, not their own. Ok.

    I don’t remember voting on any of this, do any of my fellow Westerners?

    • particolor says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 6:30 am

      Its not Democracy Anymore !! or haven’t You noticed ? I have ! They make their own Bloody Laws Now !! :-(..
      Id love to read some of those letters that they get from the Islamic Council !! ….OMG !! 🙁

    • AJ Liberphile says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 10:02 am

      Dhimmocracy in action

  7. Mike says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 3:48 am

    Find it hard to believe Centrelink did not know when these “pensioners” left the country. Centrelink is linked with the immigration department so records are automatically know when someone had departed. No doubt our jihadis had multiple names with multiple spellings.

    • particolor says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 6:23 am

      And Multiple Doles !! Overseas Trip ! Not a Problem Bro !!

  8. Nutjob says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 3:54 am

    What about David Hicks? He’s out and about, living it up, a self-confessed terrorist. But the lefties out there think he’s been hard done by, and Oz taxpayer should pay for his medical treatment.
    No convicted terrorist should receive free anything, only jail time. Hicks deserves all the negative press he gets.
    As for the Muslim immigrants on welfare. They mostly come from countries that have no such thing as Centrelink. They never have had anything as good as free welfare payments. So where is the incentive to work? They’ve never had it so good. This not just applies to immigrants, but all people who get things easy. This policy of handing out Welfare payments to certain immigrants from certain countries has to be rethought, if the Aus gov’t wants to get these people to contribute to the economy in a positive way, perhaps that could be one way for certain immigrants(Muslims) from the ME, to better assimilate.

  9. William says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 4:29 am

    If we know the jihadis were involved in terrorist activities, why are they not in jail? Or better still, out of here, why do we let this SCUM back in?

  10. thomas pellow says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 5:49 am

    “The Islamist death cult has declared war on the world’: PM announces he will STRIP jihadists of their citizenship as it’s revealed THIRTY extremists have returned home to Australia from the Middle East .

    “Many Australians who fight for the Islamic State will be stripped of their citizenship, PM says.

    “More than 30 Australians have returned home after fighting for jihadist causes overseas, review reveals.

    “Dual nationals will be stripped of their citizenship, Mr Abbott said in a landmark national security address.”

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2964707/The-Islamist-death-cult-declared-war-world-PM-announces-STRIP-jihadists-citizenship-s-revealed-THIRTY-extremists-returned-home-Australia-Middle-East.html#ixzz3SZ1aIw3H

    • particolor says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 6:20 am

      He’s a Politician !! 🙁 His Lips Moved ! 🙁 Reverse Said Words !! 🙂

  11. Screeminmeeme says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 8:05 am

    Stupid is as stupid does.

    All nations should have a law that revokes the citizenship of those who leave to join the enemy and they shouldn’t ever be allowed to return……but this is too smart a move for the average politically correct politician who chooses to kow-tow to Islamists instead of protect his own people.

  12. K says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 8:52 am

    http://teespring.com/australia-love-our-land

  13. Dee says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 11:08 am

    Why did Australia even let these terrorists back in?

  14. katnis says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 11:41 am

    This is a huge win for Australia and its citizens, IMHO. Mr. Abbott is demonstrating that he loves his country and that he cares about its citizens. His decision should save lives and make Australia safer. Now get those jihadis out with nothing but the clothes on their backs!

  15. Linda Rivera says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    Welfare payments to fighters have continued because security agencies have not handed names to Centrelink.

    It’s Australia’s government REWARD money for the savages committing barbaric acts against innocents.

    What other nice things are Australian leaders planning for their adored Muslims?

    • particolor says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 7:13 pm

      Medals and Pensions ??

  16. james says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 2:12 pm

    What ISIS is doing is not the teaching of Islam and Prophet Muhammad. His life was full of mercy and compassion http://jihad.info/life-of-prophet-muhammad.html
    Unfortunately, we have to deal this ISIS cult on all levels.

    • Angemon says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 2:38 pm

      james posted:

      “What ISIS is doing is not the teaching of Islam and Prophet Muhammad. His life was full of mercy and compassion”

      Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 38, Number 4348:

      Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:

      A blind man had a slave-mother who used to abuse the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and disparage him. He forbade her but she did not stop. He rebuked her but she did not give up her habit. One night she began to slander the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and abuse him. So he took a dagger, placed it on her belly, pressed it, and killed her. A child who came between her legs was smeared with the blood that was there. When the morning came, the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it.

      He assembled the people and said: I adjure by Allah the man who has done this action and I adjure him by my right to him that he should stand up. Jumping over the necks of the people and trembling the man stood up.

      He sat before the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am her master; she used to abuse you and disparage you. I forbade her, but she did not stop, and I rebuked her, but she did not abandon her habit. I have two sons like pearls from her, and she was my companion. Last night she began to abuse and disparage you. So I took a dagger, put it on her belly and pressed it till I killed her.

      Thereupon the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Oh be witness, no retaliation is payable for her blood.

      Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52, Number 177:

      Narrated Abu Huraira:

      Allah’s Apostle said, “The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say. “O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.”

      Sahih muslim, Book 001, Number 0033:

      It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah said: I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer, and pay Zakat and if they do it, their blood and property are guaranteed protection on my behalf except when justified by law, and their affairs rest with Allah.

      • particolor says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 6:25 pm

        So that’s where Al Capone learned that ! He read the Kooran ? 🙁

    • jayell says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 3:21 pm

      “What ISIS is doing is not the teaching of Islam and Prophet Muhammad. His life was full of mercy and compassion http://jihad.info/life-of-prophet-muhammad.html….”James, I presume that you ARE having a joke?

      • samdav7 says

        Mar 14, 2015 at 10:13 am

        To James
        I lived with muslims for more than 40 years and I can confidently describe your comments as a ” Load Of Crapp ” ….. 😀

    • particolor says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 6:59 pm

      From what I just read there, You Hide behind them and let them cop all the arrows for You !! 🙂
      Then Pee off home ?

  17. Linda Rivera says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 2:14 pm

    Why are the Muslim savage killers being allowed back into Australia, Britain and Europe?
    It’s because our leaders want the barbaric killers to perpetrate atrocities in our countries. Why else are they being allowed back in?

    • particolor says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 6:33 pm

      Unanswerable ??
      Even Confucius doesn’t know ? 🙁

  18. George says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 4:53 pm

    this story is fake. My country would not allow them into the airport let alone on our soil. Months ago AUSTRALIA passed legislation making it LAW that all jihadists and those suspected of fighting will be jailed on return until information on them is produced to clear their names. This news is fake and damaging to our good name. Let me remind you a that OUR country of AUSTRALIA is the ONLY country fighting ISIS in the Sky and GROUND, with SAS currently doing battle in hot spots around Syria while the USA refuses to fight the real war on the ground thanks to a gutless Obama.

  19. Charles Hutchison says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    Cancel their passports. Deport them back from where they came. Sell their mosques and property. They do not belong in a free society.

  20. Cat says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    My country is an embarrassment … when i read that yesterday about these killers being paid welfare for months and months and they are not even here…. is DISGUSTING… and also i want to know where are the now… just back in suburbia waiting, watching and preparing to slit the throats of us innocent infidels… Something needs to be done and now!

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