Where is the terrorism here?, page-8

Ever heard of the 12 men who planned to blow up a packed mcg?, yes 12 bearded doers of no good planned to kill as many of their countrymen as they could.
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A HOME-grown terror group planned to attack the MCG during the 2005 AFL Grand Final between the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles, a court heard yesterday.
When ASIO and police raids forced the plotters to shelve the MCG plan, they switched targets to the 2006 NAB Cup or Crown casino during Grand Prix weekend, the Supreme Court was told.
The allegations were made by Izzydeen Atik, a former associate of 12 men on trial in Australia's largest terrorism case.
Mr Atik said the group's alleged leader, Abdul Nacer Benbrika -- also known as Abu Bakr -- named the targets.
"Abu Bakr told me of the targets that he intends to attack," Mr Atik said.
"The AFL Grand Final was the original target and because of the raids and because of security reasons and funding they were to be off until the following year."
ASIO raided the group just two months before Sydney beat the Eagles by four points in front of 91,898 fans.
Mr Atik, 27, told the jury of talks he had with alleged terror group member Bassam Raad about martyrdom. "He wanted to become a suicide bomber," Mr Atik recalled.
"He was waiting for Abu Bakr's command to send him off."
Mr Atik said Mr Benbrika showed him a video of masked men beheading a non-Muslim.
He said that Mr Benbrika told him: "This is the type of things we should learn."
The court heard that during his time with the men, Mr Atik was asked to find, but did not supply, pistols, an AK-47 assault rifle and explosives.
The court heard Mr Atik had been jailed in NSW in 2002 for credit card fraud involving amounts of almost $100,000.
After moving from Sydney to Melbourne the next year, Mr Atik said he met the group at "secretive" religious education classes conducted by Mr Benbrika.
He was put forward as someone who might assist their "violent jihad" by raising money through credit card fraud, the court heard.
Mr Atik said alleged terror group member Aimen Joud convinced him that because it was lawful to take the blood of an enemy of Islam, you could take their wealth as well.
He told the court he obtained credit card numbers from taxi drivers for $10 each and used them to purchase plane tickets, mobile phone SIM cards and "anything I could buy".
In February 2005, police charged him with fraud after he was pulled over while driving in the northern suburbs.
The next month, two secretly taped conversations between Mr Atik and Mr Benbrika recorded them discussing group members being under surveillance and their phones being bugged.
Mr Benbrika then says: "We'll damage building. Blast things."
Twelve men have pleaded not guilty to being members of a terror group allegedly bent on carrying out violent jihad.
The jury heard yesterday that Mr Benbrika and Aimen Joud were telling Mr Atik "all the time" that Australia was a land of war.
Mr Atik said Mr Joud said it was because troops in Iraq and Afghanistan were killing innocent Muslims.
Under cross-examination from defence lawyer Remy van de Wiel, QC, Mr Atik admitted he had suffered from schizophrenia but was now free of anti-psychotic medication.
On trial are: Mr Benbrika, 48, of Dallas; Abdullah Merhi, 22, of Fawkner; Shane Kent, 31, of Meadow Heights; Majed Raad, 23, of Coburg; Aimen Joud, 23, of Hoppers Crossing; Ahmed Raad, 24, of Fawkner; Fadl Sayadi, 28, of Coburg; Ezzit Raad, 26, of Preston; Hany Taha, 33, of Hadfield; Shoue Hammoud, 28, of Hadfield; Bassam Raad, 26, of Brunswick and Amer Haddara, 28, of Yarraville.
The trial before Justice Bernard Bongiorno continues.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/afl-grand-final-terror-plot/story-e6frf7kx-1111116072867