SECURITY was stepped up around former prime minister
John Howard after he was named in bugged conversations between members of Australia’s home-grown terror cell.
One of the most chilling conversations taped by police was between Benbrika terror network member Fadl Sayadi and an associate as they discussed destroying the West Gate Bridge.
They talked about having spoken to a person with knowledge of the bridge’s security.
“Yeah, you go under and you come right to where the big, need-to-hold-it-up part . . .” the associate said.
“You could bring down the West Gate.”
Sayadi suggested it would be possible to snorkel or scuba dive under the bridge and plant “thingos underneath”.
big, need-to-hold-it-up part and
plant thingos underneath seems to suggest a lack of engineering advice but still, the thought was there.
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