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.
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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Anonymous2014-09-22 6:31
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."