Five convicted in Australia of terror cost Australian taxpayers $35 million
Five men were convicted Friday in Sydney, Australia, of trying to commit terrorist acts in the country's longest-ever terror trial, court officials said.
The guilty verdicts came after a jury deliberated for 23 days, according to a statement from the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
The men -- Mohamed Ali Elomar, Abdul Rakib Hasan, Khaled Cheikho, Moustafa Cheikho and Mohammed Omar Jamal -
More..- were found guilty of "conspiracy to do acts in preparation for a terrorist act or acts."
The men will be sentenced on December 14.
About 300 witnesses testified in the 10-month trial, in which prosecutors used about 18 hours of recorded telephone conversations to prove that the men were planning a terror attack in Australia.
The suspects were connected to four other suspects who had earlier pleaded guilty to charges that included acquiring weapons, hydrochloric acid and bombs for an attack.Video Watch report on convictions ยป
The men were arrested in November 2005 after a raid at a home.
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"They were stockpiling weapons, but we don't know what the intended target was," said Sonya Zadel, a court spokeswoman, who would not reveal which terror group the men were connected to.
The Australian Broadcast Corporation said three of the men had trained at paramilitary camps in western New South Wales to prepare for the attacks. But defense attorneys said the men were just hunting Less..
Added: Oct 21 2009 In: news_politics
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By: smellvir
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The dumb ass leader of this group has lived in Australia for 18 years and never worked,we were paying him and his family $1085 a week of tax payers money FFS. He was an illegal imigrant but the government fked up getting him out, ass wipes and a fking stupid religion, fk off out of our country if you cant live in peace, PRICKS!!
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "biggles9" Premium
Deport them to their countries origins , Their secrets intelligences were looking for them for decades.
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "usounddodgy" (R)
35 Millions USD, WOW!
With this money you feed all the poor peoples of
Pakistan and deliver to them anti-brainwash tablets
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "usounddodgy" (R)
I am off, I hope this terrorism and errorism will end soon.
D'ont kill peoples, they will not kill you.
D'ont try to converts peoples because w'ont work.
Mother nature idiots.
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "usounddodgy" (R)
Dec 14th will see how much time they will get and I hope a 1 way ticket right after
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "smellvir" (R)
Bush/Obama's fake war on terror has cost america over 2 trillion, so far
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "lasrever" Premium
35 Millions USD, WOW!
With this money you feed all the poor peoples of
Pakistan and deliver to them anti-brainwash tablets
Are those anti-brainwash tablets available over the counter, or only with doctor's prescription?
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "FlibbleDeeFlobble" (R)
These guys sure cost a lot don't they.
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "shuttlespace" (R)
We need to exterminate all muslims in order to have a peaceful world to live in,no Muslim,man woman or child should be spared
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "ottawaguy" (R)
I blame those pommy bastards.
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "thumbly" (R)
The Australian government is getting sick and tired of these people. I`ve just been reading in the news that if they cant adapt to the Australian way of life, they are to leave and go to a country where they will be more comfortable with those values.The Australian government is turning BACK illegal immigrant boats back to Indonesia because they cant be sure anymore if any of those boats have Terrorists on board and they are not taking chances anymore. The Political system is getting pressed harder and harder by the people to do something and they are, the law courts here are getting sick and tired of these guy`s trying to blow up military bases and the anti-social behaviour is getting out of control and they are asking the government to do something. The local people are sick and tired of these guy`s biting the hand that feeds them. Just glad to see SOMETHING is being done.
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "Blackwolfhunting" (R)
Put them in baths full of box jellies. ******* pricks.
Posted Oct-21-2009 by "ThunderHorse" (R)
Anyone else think the rocket launcher bloke looks like a thunderbird or a monty python character? The way he reacts just... doesn't instil terror in me at all.
Posted Oct-22-2009 by "sydney_73" (R)