Steve sent me a link to an interesting article from Sydney Morning Herald on an al-Qaeda recruiter that the Aussies dumped in November of last year. It's pretty hefty, so I put in in WOTWeek. The Australian Government secretly deported a suspected al-Qaeda member from Melbourne two months after the September 11 attacks following evidence that he was involved in activities linked to terrorism. Ahmad Al Joufi, a Saudi national who arrived in Melbourne on a false passport, was found to be of "sufficiently bad character" to warrant immediate removal.
It's just coincidental that he's a Soddy. He could just as easily have been an Angry White Male Gun Nut™ or something like that. Ask any newsroom...
According to intelligence sources, Ahmad Abdul Rahman Awdah Al Joufi arrived in Australia in March 1999 on a false Saudi passport on a mission to recruit frontline fighters for a "Holy War" against Russia. He is believed to have promised potential recruits money and lifetime compensation for families of the wounded. Read more... |