Holy war on Australia

[tuvor]

SEVENTEEN suspected terrorists rounded up in raids across Sydney and Melbourne allegedly planned to wage a holy war against Australia using hundreds of litres of explosive chemicals.

Detectives have had the group under surveillance since last June but decided to take them down after they ordered large stockpiles of chemicals.

In a day of dramatic developments:

 One suspect, 28-year-old Omar Baladjam was gunned down by police outside a Sydney mosque after allegedly shooting an officer in the hand as he tried to flee

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,17184271-5001021,00.html

[eek]

1. Why is this story so nowhere today?

Is it because they shame us by actually accomplishing something in the "war" on "terra' ?

Seriously.

[krkaufman]

4. Well, Bush wouldn't want it to be broadcast too widely....

.... since it contradicts the "fight 'em there, so we don't have to fight 'em here" nonsense.

[ThreeCatNight]

2. I wonder if I should still plan

my trip down under for next spring?

[maxsolomon]

3. it has to be a WAR on terror

the police just can't handle it, obviously.

methinks i remember kerry being disparaged for advocating this exact method.