What could possibly go wrong? They were disabused in prison of all their jihadist sentiments and are now safely “deradicalized,” no?
No. Nothing, nothing whatsoever, was done while they were in prison to challenge their jihadist beliefs. Any such effort would have been “Islamophobic.” Instead, these beliefs were reinforced, as the jihadis were given Qur’ans and allowed to pray Islamic prayers together, despite the fact that the Qur’an inspired them to commit or plot jihad violence in the first place. Would Nazi prisoners during World War II have been given copies of Mein Kampf and allowed to congregate to study the words of the Führer?
“Record number of dangerous extremists to be released from prison in 2020,” by Alison Piotrowski, 9Now, June 10, 2020:
Abdul Nacer Benbrika is one of Australia’s most dangerous extremists, and in November he will be released from Barwon Prison.
He is one of a record number of eleven convicted terrorists due to be released into the community in 2020.
Algerian born Benbrika was the leader of two terror cells that plotted attacks on Australian soil in 2004 and 2005, including plans for the AFL Grand Final and Sydney’s Lucas Heights nuclear reactor.
He has already served the 12 year non-parole period of his 15 year custodial sentence, and has been denied parole on at least two occasions.
His sentence expires on November 4 and like all convicted criminals who have served their time, he’ll be a free man.
Peter Moroney was a Detective Sergeant in the NSW Police Counter Terrorism Command from 2001 to 2011 and part of Operation Pendennis that famously took down Benbrika.
Mr Moroney has serious concerns about Benbrika being released into the community.
“He had very strong convictions when he was put inside. It would, in my view, take a lot for that to be swayed or turned,” Mr Moroney told A Current Affair.
“We’re not talking about an everyday crime. We’re talking about a person who was convicted for conspiring with others to plan a terrorist attack within Australia.”
“We would want to be very right before we release him,” Mr Moroney added.
Benbrika’s son in law, Shayden Thorne, was released in March after serving three years and ten months over his role in the foiled “tinnie terrorists” plot, where six men were convicted and jailed over a bid to sail a fishing boat from Cape York in Queensland to the Philippines to incite an uprising and overthrow the government.
Deakin University Terror Expert Greg Barton says questions have been raised over Thorne’s monitoring back home in Perth.
“It was expected when he was released he would be fitted with a GPS ankle bracelet or some other way of tracking his location, and that apparently wasn’t done,” he told A Current Affair.
Another plot member Murat Kaya was released in January after serving four years, despite a judge finding Kaya had contempt towards non-Muslims and Australian law.
The other “tinnie terrorists” – Kadir Kaya, Paul Dacre and Antonino Granata – were released from prison in early May after serving their full terms.
They are not on parole, therefore they are not subject to court-ordered supervision….