Pulling pin on bomb terror plotters' trial

POLICE secretly created and exploded a "Mother of Satan" bomb to prove that Abdul Benbrika and his extremist followers had the materials to make the feared terrorist device.

They were able to show that terrorist followers of the radical Muslim cleric ordered or bought chemicals and specialist laboratory equipment to make a bomb capable of killing and injuring hundreds of people.

The "Mother of Satan" bomb is the weapon of choice for terrorists around the world.

It was used in the 2005 London Tube and bus bombings which killed 52 people and injured more than 700, as well as many more terror attacks during the past decade.

But now officers from the joint taskforce that foiled the devastating plot - which had included a bomb attack at Sydney's nuclear reactor - must face the fact Benbrika and the other Melbourne cell members will not face a jury.



The decision to permanently stay the charges in Victoria was made despite evidence in the trial of the NSW cell members that a terrorist attack of potentially mammoth proportions was imminent when Benbrika and the Melbourne and Sydney cell members were arrested in co-ordinated swoops in 2005. NSW cell members Mohamed Elomar, 46, Abdul Rakib Hasan, 41, Khaled Cheikho, 38, Moustafa Cheikho, 33, and Mohammed Omar Jamal, 27, were subsequently convicted of conspiring to commit a terrorist act and jailed for 23 to 28 years.

In that trial, prosecutor Richard Maidment SC said the men sought large quantities of firearms, ammunition and chemicals that would have enabled them to build devices "capable of causing substantial damage and loss of life".

"There are a number of utterances which suggest that the purpose of the organisation was to do something big, cause maximum damage, kill a thousand at the train station, football, whatever," he said.

The prosecution detailed the role of Benbrika and Aimen Joud in helping to order the lab equipment as evidence of a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act. It also provided an extensive chronology of the many contacts between NSW and Melbourne terror cell members as more evidence of a joint conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.

Justice Terry Forrest's decision means Benbrika, Joud, Fadl Sayadi and Ahmed Raad will not face extra jail time on top of their sentences on the lesser terrorism charges they received in 2008.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/archive/national-old/pulling-pin-on-bomb-terror-plotters-trial/story-e6freuzr-1226142168053

Avram Horowitz wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 8:13pm:



Still no bomb.

Well done to the cops.

Anyway, this isn't a pissing competition on whose crazier than the other.
The Taliban is as much the face of Islam as the Ultra Orthodox Settlers are the face of Judaism

Dsmithy70 wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 8:17pm:


I am not talking about crazier than other.

I am telling you that Muslim ghettos in your country will not work. They do not believe the same as you and they will always hide terrorists in their areas.
History proves me correct.

We are not comparing religions, I am telling you some truths about Muslims from personal experience.

Avram Horowitz wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 8:18pm:



Let me tell you my friend, we are a welcoming country, you wish to come here and have a go we'll help you all we can.
You want to bring the sh!t you are fleeing from here, watch out.
You would have seen how a small section of our community reacted to the bashing of a life saver, well it won't be a section of the community if a bomb is let off in this country to support a religion or conflict from your part of the planet.
The muslim community knows this and knows they will be out on their arse if it ever happens.
Until then, they are as welcome as jews.

Avram Horowitz wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 7:56pm:


how many palestians women and children got shot this week?

Avram Horowitz wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 9:06pm:


how many you don't know about?

Dsmithy70 wrote on Jul 9^th, 2012 at 8:24pm:


Abdul Nacer Benbrika wasn't too concerned about that smithy when he and his jihadi mates planned to set off bombs at the MCG a couple of years ago.
The Muslim community have no control over these types.