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REPORTS OF AL-QA'IDAH OPERATIVES IN AUSTRALIA SAID NOT NEW
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
06716940
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RIPPUB
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U
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 28, 2022
Document Release Date:
May 15, 2018
Sequence Number:
Case Number:
F-2018-00242
Publication Date:
December 15, 2002
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P 151023Z DEC 02
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UNCLAS
WARNING: TOPIC: TERRORISM, INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, DOMESTIC
POLITICAL
SERIAL: SEP20021215000006
COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA, AFGHANISTAN, UNITED STATES
SUBJ: REPORTS OF AL-QA'IDAH OPERATIVES IN AUSTRALIA SAID NOT NEW
SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH 0900 GMT 15 DEC 02
TEXT:
[FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT] REPORTS OF AL-QA'IDAH OPERATIVES IN
AUSTRALIA SAID NOT NEW
TEXT OF REPORT BY RADIO AUSTRALIA ON 15 DECEMBER
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS REPORTS THERE ARE TWO HIGHLY
TRAINED MEMBERS OF AL-QA'IDAH OPERATING IN THE COUNTRY ARE
CONSISTENT WITH INFORMATION IT HAS ALREADY RELEASED. SAMANTHA
HAWLEY REPORTS. [HAWLEY] THE NEWSPAPER REPORT SAYS THE INFORMATION HAS
COME DIRECTLY FROM THE TWO AUSTRALIANS BEING HELD IN GUANTANAMO BAY IN
CUBA. SUSPECTED TALEBAN FIGHTERS DAVID HICKS AND MAMDOUH HABIB ARE
REPORTED TO HAVE TOLD INTERROGATORS ABOUT TWO MEN WITH STRONG LINKS
TO AL-QA'IDAH LIVING IN AUSTRALIA. A SPOKESWOMAN FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL
DARYL WILLIAMS SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED IT
BELIEVES THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH LINKS TO THE TERRORIST NETWORKS AL-QA'IDAH
AND JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH IN THE COUNTRY. SHE SAYS NO NEW INFORMATION HAS COME
TO HAND AND INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING.
[DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE: MELBOURNE RADIO AUSTRALIA IN ENGLISH --
GOVERNMENT-FUNDED OVERSEAS SERVICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING
CORPORATION]
THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. COPYING AND
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