Terror plot accused ‘hates Australia’
ONE of the men accused of plotting to attack an army base hates Australia and anyone who does not follow Islam, a court has heard.
Milanda Rout
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‘Monster attack’ planned on base
MEMBERS of an alleged terrorist conspiracy group spoke about working together “on a great monstrous thing” and needing only 20 minutes to take out as many soldiers as possible as they planned an attack on a Sydney army base.
Terrorist ‘had six macabre videos’
VICTORIAN terrorist Shane Kent was not simply a barracker on the sidelines of a Melbourne terror cell but a man “front and centre” within the group organisation who had six graphic videos of Muslim extremists beheading Westerners.
‘My son loves it here, he’s innocent’
THE father of a man accused of planning to launch a terrorist attack on the Holsworthy army base and organising others to join the fight in Somalia has described as “nonsense” the charges against his son.
‘Terror cell’ sent money to extremists
POLICE believe members of an alleged Melbourne terror cell have been providing funding to the militant extremist group al-Shabaab in Somalia.
Out of Africa, into the dock
THE court was told Yacqub Khayre was 21, though he didn’t look that old. Sitting between two police, he was a jumble of elbows in a black, cotton hoodie, an impassive, smooth face with little use for a razor.
Case shines light on Merck
WARREN Back received his instructions by telephone at 5.30pm on September 29, 2004, sitting in his nondescript hotel room in the US city of Philadelphia.
Police watchdog ‘paid for counselling’
THE Victorian police corruption watchdog paid for former media boss Stephen Linnell to have psychological counselling after he agreed to give evidence against his former colleagues.
Drug firm ignorance ‘hard to swallow’
A LONGSTANDING Australian employee of Merck & Co said it was a “bit hard to swallow” to say the pharmaceutical giant was not aware of the possibility that its anti-arthritis drug Vioxx could cause heart attacks.
Merck’s big push on Vioxx revealed
MARKETING documents reveal Australian staff at pharmaceutical giant Merck planned to spend $14.5 million on promotional “tactics” for its anti-arthritis drug Vioxx in one year, including $6 million on free samples.
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