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| Subject: Rights violation: OZschwitz statists push to ban 'non-approved' fighters Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:39 pm | |
| The Abbott government is considering toughening national security laws to curb the threat posed by Australians fighting abroad with extremist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott vowed on Friday to ''do our damnedest to ensure'' that Australians fighting with extremist groups abroad cannot come home or will be detained if they do.
Also on Friday, the government announced that Australia had sent a ''small Australian defence force liaison element'' to help protect diplomats at the Australian embassy in Baghdad as fears grew about the chaos and violence gripping Iraq. Fairfax Media understands the defence team of about six to eight security specialists - including SAS members - were deployed to assess the embassy's security and make evacuation plans, including by liaison with the US embassy.
Mr Abbott, meanwhile, vowed firm action against Australians - believed to number up to 100 - who are fighting in Syria and Iraq with extremist groups.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/government-push-to-ban-extremist-fighters-20140620-3ajq1.html |
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