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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/06/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-Arms-For-Terrorists.php Police: Australian arrested for arms dealing connected to terrorist plot SYDNEY, Australia: A man arrested for alleged arms dealing sold shoulder-fired rocket launchers to a man who passed them on to a group suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in Australia, police claim. The man, Taha Abdul Rahman, was arrested on Friday and charged with 17 offenses related to allegedly selling weapons, including several rocket launchers reportedly stolen from the Australian Defense Forces. Abdul Rahman, 28, who faces a possible life sentence, did not enter a plea and was ordered to remain in custody and reappear in court on Wednesday. Police allege Abdul Rahman is one link in a chain that supplied illicit weapons to organized crime figures and a group charged with plotting a terrorist attack in Australia, possibly targeting the iconic Sydney Harbor Bridge or the country's only nuclear reactor. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said police could not divulge much information about the links because doing so could prejudice court proceedings against the alleged terrorists. But Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Frank Prendergast confirmed the link, saying Abdul Rahman allegedly sold seven rocket launchers to a middleman who "is currently facing terrorism-related charges on another matter." Nick Kaldas, the top officer in New South Wales state's counterterrorism unit, told reporters the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney --- a small facility used to produce atomic products for medical uses --- was among "a couple of sites that were probably being considered" as targets of the plotters. More than a dozen men were arrested in a series of raids in Sydney and Melbourne starting in November 2005 and charged with plotting terrorist attacks. Details of the plot have not been revealed. The men are due to be tried this year. In December, the Australian army upgraded its weapons security procedures and launched an audit of the army's anti-tank rocket launchers after reports that some of the weapons had gone missing. The government said all launchers had been accounted for, but did not say if any had left the army's possession. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
