Largest terror raids in Australian history NEWS.com.au - 1 hour ago HORRIFIC details have emerged of a plot to behead an Australian and upload it to social media in a deliberate attack against the country.
AFP believes the raids in Queensland are not directly related to NSW raids. “We are looking at links between the two,” said AFP Acting Commissioner Andrew Colvin
The Daily Telegraph reports at least 600 officers from the Australian Federal Police, ASIO officers and the NSW counter terrorism unit launched the strikes before dawn this morning.
Australian Federal Police Acting Commissioner Andrew Colvin confirmed 25 search warrants were executed this morning, 15 people were detained in Sydney.
It's funny, the only time you really need an army is when you don't have one... Get one, and then you need something for them to do, else you're left with a bunch of high-wage bludgers... Nobody even attacks because there is an army, so we have `defensive` over-seas campaigns that are hardly defensive at all..
Zarif called the 24 participating nations at the Paris conference "a coalition of repenters" because most supported the Islamic State group "in one form or another" from its inception following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
At the end of the day, he said, they created "a Frankenstein that came to haunt its creators."
Zarif said Iran's assistance — without any troops — helped Iraq prevent the Islamic State group from taking over Baghdad and the Kurdish capital Irbil.
Thus a murderer, for instance, may still be a Muslim, but someone who denies that murder is a sin is a kafir if he is aware that murder is considered a sin in Islam.
Can you really deny a place in the world for an islamic state..? There is a jewish state practically next-door... I'm not saying they've done a good job, but if a bunch of people somewhere in the world want to follow some set of rules, i don't think you really get an option to say no, unless you want to go live there..? Yes they're forcing it a bit, as is everyone else..?
Time for some basic Law Theory... A law is a rule that Should Not be Broken under Any Circumstance. When a law prevents more good than bad, it should be abolished. Loop-holes just make the law more complicated and far less effective. If you can't say it should not be broken under any circumstance, it shouldn't be a law.
Every little law just takes away another little bit of freedom.. I don't think you should even be lumping piles of laws together and passing it, each law should pass on it's own merit or not at all.
How many poorly thought through laws have already snuck past legislators? If you can't even be bothered with due process for each new law you think we all need to obey, you shouldn't even be making them.
For sanity purposes, a law should not be passed without a two-third's majority, so at least you can say we are twice as sure this is a good idea as it is a bad one...
+50% majority should be reserved for at most abolishing laws..
...A kangaroo court is often held by a group or a community to give the appearance of a fair and just trial, even though the verdict has in reality already been decided before the trial has begun. Such courts typically take place in rural areas where legitimate law enforcement may be limited. The term may also apply to a court held by a legitimate judicial authority who intentionally disregards the court's legal or ethical obligations.
Additionally, it is now specifically illegal to [urge] a person to assist the enemy:
(a) the person urges another person to engage in conduct; and (c) the organisation or country is:
(i) at war with the Commonwealth, whether or not the existence of a state of war has been declared; and ...
or to [urge] a person to assist those engaged in armed hostilities:
(a) the person urges another person to engage in conduct; and (b) the first-mentioned person intends the conduct to assist, by any means whatever, an organisation or country;
Political security is concerned with whether people live in a society that honors their basic human rights. According to a survey conducted by Amnesty International, political repression, systematic torture, ill treatment or disappearance was still practised in 110 countries. Human rights violations are most frequent during periods of political unrest. Along with repressing individuals and groups, governments may try to exercise control over ideas and information.
So anyway, ISIS is utterly defenceless to air-strikes... But aren't you going to issue some sort of reasonable demand with an adequate timeline? Or are you content to just kill these people having not given any means to comply?
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Ah, how sad... Now we are expected to give up more `Personal Freedom` in exchange for more `State Security`
You never see the State giving up freedom for Personal security though...
You wanted to see everything, and then you saw without ever even asking... Didn't even let us know..
If you're going to get all offended, then perhaps you should know when to look away... else i'm just going to have to start encrypting everything..
That doesn't really suit me, some things you would do well to hear.. It's a bit like me attacking hollywood because I Must Watch Every Last Movie for some unknown reason..
And what of all the Violence in movies? It passes for entertainment these days you know..
If anything, last thursday has shown that the current laws are more than adequate.. Perhaps it is the states turn to give up some freedom, by means of becoming more transparent, such that personal security is increased...
When you argue for a particular policy, you can put forward ideas about morality or strategy, present facts and figures, precedents or philosophical arguments. But you may not simply assert that a particular policy is or isn't in the national interest. Before you do that, you must tell me what the national interest is.
I guess i must concede those guys sound pretty awful
We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women, by the permission of Allah, the Exalted," it says. "If we do not reach that time, then our children and grandchildren will reach it, and they will sell your sons as slaves at the slave market."