Oz thwarts attack
Updated On: 05 August, 2009 08:38 AM IST | | Khalid A-H Ansari
Cops foil Somalian terrorists' plan to bomb army base in Sydney and arrest one
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Cops foil Somalian terrorists' plan to bomb army base in Sydney and arrest one
The foiled suicide raid by a group of Somali and Lebanese terrorists early yesterday morning has apparently shaken Australian authorities out of what media reports have exposed as complacency.
Even as a popular television channel yesterday revealed the lax security at the army base in western Sydney, an Australian newspaper professedly held back news in its possession of the plot by terrorists to launch a suicide attack on Holsworthy Barracks, which was uncovered by security agencies, from its early editions on Monday night.
While revealing details of the second-largest counter-terrorism operation in Australia's history early yesterday morning, the nationally-distributed newspaper The Australian wrote in an exclusive expose: "Federal and state police, armed with search warrants, are poised to swoop on members of the suspected terror cell as early as this morning, as they seek to arrest Australian nationals of Somali and Lebanese backgrounds."
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