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| Subject: Absurd: OZschwitz ASIO has suddenly cancelled passports of 20 men, supposedly for 'national security' reasons Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:48 pm | |
| Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO has suddenly cancelled the passports of 20 men from across western Sydney, accusing them of being prepared to ''engage in politically motivated violence'' if they were allowed to travel overseas or of having a ''jihadi mentality'' making them a threat to national security.
The move came without warning for some of the men who found their passports had been cancelled or were deemed to have been ''invalidly obtained'' only as they tried to leave Australia on holiday to Thailand, Bali and Saudi Arabia.
Australia’s intelligence agencies believe that more than 100 Australians have travelled overseas to fight with groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria. A Brisbane man is believed to be have become the first Australian suicide bomber in Syria in a truck bomb attack this year.
One of the men whose passport was affected was 19-year-old Abu Bakr. He told the The Sun-Herald that the first he knew that ASIO thought he would become a foreign fighter was when he received a registered letter saying he was a threat to national security and he had to surrender his passport.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/asio-acts-on-jihadi-group-20131207-2yyba.html#ixzz2mpeMU5hJ
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