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Australia detains seven young citizens suspected of seeking to join militants
2015-08-20
[Rooters] Australian authorities have detained seven young nationals as they were attempting to fly to the Middle East, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday, over suspicions they wanted to join Islamist militant groups.

"We have stopped at the airport, seven young Australians who were planning to travel to the Middle East it seems to join terrorist groups over there," Abbott told reporters in Canberra.

It is unclear where the seven Australians were detained.

Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims, including home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East, having raised its threat level to "high" and unleashed a series of high-profile raids in cities.

In addition to attempts to safeguard against any domestic attacks, Australian officials have intensified efforts to prevent radicalized citizens from joining organizations such as Islamic State.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#2  The Moslems seem to have a handle on it: Iran and Hezbollah consistently refer to the enemy (accurately) as takfiri. They point out the link between takfir wal hijra and salafism. The Russians refer to them as Wahhabis. Salafism is the recruiting pool for takfir, and Islam is the recruiting pool for salafism.

Hezbollah, Hamas, that whole Teheran-Damascus axis, are a different problem. The Moslem Brotherhood is still another problem.
Posted by: Fred   2015-08-20 10:16  

#1  australia is totally doomed. our leadership here cannot tell the difference between "secular" and "theocrat". They cannot name and target the Islamist theocratic fascist enemy. they pretend that we have to "reach out" to "muslims" who "feel marginalised" - this pap is the problem. We need to publicly target the actual enemy and do it while publicly, visibly standing together with secular Muslim allies. As in every press conference.
Posted by: anon1   2015-08-20 07:06  

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