| Australian authorities have cancelled the passports of three Sydney men, who allegedly trained with a radical Islamic group linked to al Qaeda. A report in The Australian newspaper says the three trained in Kashmir with a group called Lashkar-e-Taiba, which it claims is also linked to a French terrorist suspect who was deported from Australia last year. Police have been unable to arrest the three because their alleged training took place before the government adopted new counter-terrorism laws. Instead, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, acting on recommendations by the main spy agency ASIO, has cancelled their passports to prevent the trio from linking up with associates abroad. |