-Caveat Lector- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/23/1037697937290.html
Top tips on how to spot a terrorist By Frank Walker November 24 2002 The Federal Government is about to launch a major public information campaign telling people how to spot terrorists and what to do in an attack. Prime Minister John Howard said the Government had been working on the campaign for several weeks and it would be launched as soon as possible. Plans are being drawn up for television and print advertisements to demonstrate terrorists' tacticsand advise people what they should do to protect themselves. Security agencies and anti-terrorist experts are being consulted for the best way to inform the public of the dangers without causing panic. Mr Howard said people needed practical advice on what to watch out for and do during the current alert. "For instance, if you are in a bar and someone comes in and drops a bag beside you and then leaves, then you should be concerned," he said. "Or if a vehicle is parked in a suspicious manner. You need to know what to look out for and what to do." In an exclusive interview with The Sun-Herald, Mr Howard said people should not change their lives and should continue as normal during the current alert. The Prime Minister said he would not be deterred from taking his regular early morning walks. "I urge everyone to continue their lives as normal," he said as he set out from his Kirribilli official residence with a beefed-up security escort. Flanked by Australian Federal Police in shorts and T-shirts with ear pieces and weighty bumbags, Mr Howard set off for his brisk morning exercise as normal after he had returned to Sydney from Canberra. Afterwards he acknowledged that terrorist warnings on a spring morning in Sydney seemed totally out of place and unbelievable. "But we got information we felt we had to act on," Mr Howard said. "It was a credible warning. In a way we are damned if we do, damned if we don't, on those sort of things. "If we keep it to ourselves and do not put out a warning and then something happened, we would stand condemned." The information campaign has fresh urgency after revelations yesterday that Australia was a key target in attacks being planned by AlQaeda. New intelligence suggests the worldwide terrorist network has drawn up plans for a series of linked attacks in Australia, South-East Asia and elsewhere. The organisation now has set Australia on the same level of targeting as the US and Israel. News that one of the bombs in Bali could have been set off by a suicide bomber opens up the possibility that the same method could be used for the first time in Australia. Israeli police last month for the first time handed out pamphlets to schoolchildren and commuters telling them how to spot a suicide bomber. It had immediate success as commuters were able to spot a suicide bomber trying to get on a bus. Two men held him down while dozens scrambled away and ran to safety. Only the bomber was killed. A spokeswoman for Attorney-General Daryl Williams confirmed that officials had been asked to provide advice on the campaign. Mr Williams is the senior minister responsible for the Australian Federal Police, Australian Protective Service and ASIO. Other government officials said the likely cost and start date for the campaign had not been decided, although it was being put together as a matter of urgency. The Government is likely to budget at least $30 million and possibly more for the campaign to ensure it reaches the entire population. Like the chilling anti-drug campaign launched by Mr Howard 18 months ago, the terrorist information campaign may include a pamphlet deliverer to every household. Prime time television and radio advertisements and print ads across a wide spectrum of media, including the ABC and SBS, are also likely to ensure maximum coverage of the campaign. It will urge Australians to call Crime Stoppers if they observe suspicious behaviour or objects that could be linked to terrorist activity including: Bags or briefcases left unattended in public places; Cars, vans or other vehicles left parked in unusual places; Suspicious behaviour by a person or persons around crucial infrastructure such as power stations, major dams, bridges, tunnels or public buildings; People taking video footage or photographs around this type of facilities; Unknown people buying large amounts of fertiliser or other materials which could be used to make bombs. But it will also reinforce the Government's message that the nation's security authorities are in full swing and they should go about their business as normal. This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/23/1037697937290.html -- Outgoing mail is certified virus free Scanned by Norton AntiVirus If in a fight, hit first and hit hard. ~~H. 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