Bali mourners were terror target
JEMAAH Islamiah mastermind Azahari bin Husin was planning a suicide bomb attack on the memorial service held in Kuta last month for the 202 people who died in the Bali nightclub bombings three years ago.
Intelligence sources in Indonesia told The Australian the document, found on a computer disc carried by one of Azahari’s JI colleagues, detailed the plan to bomb the memorial service. It was abandoned only because of the high level of security at the service.Australian and Indonesians agents have saved lives but certain Australians will still complain about the draconian anti-terror laws that impinge on our rights yet enable the agencies to protect us. Strange.
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Australian and Indonesians agents have saved lives but certain Australians will still complain about the draconian anti-terror laws that impinge on our rights yet enable the agencies to protect us.
I still think there is something in the argument that if the country is forced to adopt anti-terror laws to protect liberty, that actually end up infringing on liberty, then the terrorists have already won. Good law is law that does it’s job without hindering those that abide by it. I think this gets forgotten sometimes. I think we should increase the strength of our intelligence agencies without eroding our civil liberties to any great extent. To this end I support the Howard Government’s increase in ASIO et al.
I think in time of war, and I think that’s where we are at, then we need to check some liberties. I think the last incident of locking up the guys a week or two ago is a case in point. In normal circumstances we can’t lock up people without a crime having been committed. Now we can and that has the potential to save lives.
It’s one thing to strengthen our security agents/agencies but they need teeth. More teeth than the civil libertarians would agree to but to me that’s just a sign of the times.