I bet Aussie would even defend him not standing up in court...lefty fucking white ant he is
POLICE fast-tracked this week's terror raids against a group of suspected Islamic extremists in Melbourne after the men began to make accusations about spies in their midst.
The news came as one of the group was last night charged with allegedly collecting al-Qa'ida magazines, including one which touted the Sydney Opera House as a potential terrorist target.
Adnan Karabegovic, 23, spent much of yesterday in hospital complaining of abdominal pain, before police charged him with four counts of collecting al-Qa'ida's English-language magazine Inspire while knowing the publication promoted terrorism.
Police allege he collected four copies of Inspire, including the first edition and the sixth, which uses a picture of the Sydney Opera House to illustrate a section that aims to educate English-speaking terrorists on bomb-making and use of the AK-47 automatic rifle.
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The edition also calls on Indonesian jihadists to take revenge for the jailing of radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, and hails the death of Osama bin Laden as a great martyrdom for the terrorist organisation.
The Australian understands the decision to launch sweeping counter-terror raids against a dozen properties on Wednesday and yesterday was hastened by disclosures on the internet, including Facebook, where group members named alleged police informers and published photos of SMS messages alleged to have been sent by them.
Even as the raids were unfolding on Wednesday, members of the group used Facebook to implore each other to call upon Allah and express "solidarity and brotherhood" against the "Gestapo" (ASIO) and non-believers and hypocrites.
Mr Karabegovic appeared in court yesterday wearing a turquoise jumper and jeans, and sporting a bushy light-brown beard. He refused to stand when asked by deputy chief magistrate Jelena Popovic.
"I'm not fussed," Ms Popovic said as the security guards tried to bring Mr Karabegovic to his feet in the standard show of respect for the court.
The maximum penalty for his alleged offence is 15 years imprisonment.
He is the only person charged so far in the country's largest counter-terrorism operation since Operation Neath 2009. The joint AFP and Victoria Police operation is examining information relating to 11 people, many of whom are said to be linked to the radical al-Furqan Islamic centre in Springvale, southeast Melbourne. The centre is associated with a self-styled radical Sheik Harun, also called Abu Talha, while its internet and Facebook sites carry books and essays denouncing the West, especially the US and agencies such as ASIO.
The centre has about 30 followers, mostly young men from a range of ethnic backgrounds, including at least a half-dozen Bosnians, who follow the hardline Salafist interpretation of Islam.
The police probe had been under way but was brought to a head in recent weeks after it became clear that alleged informers within the group may have been compromised.
On August 22, a Yasin Rizvic posted on Facebook that "by the will of Allah The Almighty The Best of Plotters, we expose a spy amongst us - working for ASIO, one of his Facebook names is (name withheld) ... so if you have him as a friend delete him".
