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For listing, an organisation may be found to be such by a court as part of a prosecution for a terrorist offence or the same may be specified in regulations upon the motion of the Attorney-General of Australia. For listing, an organisation may be found to be such by a court as part of a prosecution for a terrorist offence or the same may be specified in regulations upon the motion of the Attorney-General of Australia.


Under Australian law it is an offence to materially support pr be supported by such organisations. Under Australian law it is an offence to materially support or be supported by such organisations.


== Terrorist organisations == == Terrorist organisations ==

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Alleged Sydney-Melbourne terrorist ring

As of early March 2007 nine men charged with Australia's largest terrorist conspiracy were undergoing commital hearings at Penrith for alleged crimes associated with a plan to attack Sydney's Lucas Heights Nuclear Reactor.

The men have been in a maximum security jail since 2005 when police and security agencies raided homes in Sydney and Melbourne, arresting a total of 18 men.

Nine men face terrorism charges in Melbourne.

Police allege the Sydney men had been urged by their Muslim cleric leader to inflict maximum damage for the sake of jihad.

Police said the men had attended terrorist training camps in Australia, stockpiled chemicals to make explosives and that one of them was found with 165 railway detonators at his home.

The hearing is expected to run for two months.

Islam-related terrorism organisations

In 2002, a range of terrorist organisation offences were enacted enabling Australian governments to deal with organisations involved in terrorism.

As at early April 2007, there were 19 organisations listed as terrorist organisations by the Australian government:. All but one of those organisations are associated to Islamic ideology:

  • The Abu Sayyaf Group.
  • Al Qaeda
  • Al-Zarqawi
  • Ansar al-Sunna (formerly known as Ansar Al-Islam)
  • The Armed Islamic Group
  • Asbat al-Ansar - Listed 11 April 2003 and re-listed 11 April 2005 and 31 March 2007
  • Egyptian Islamic Jihad - Listed 11 April 2003 and re-listed 11 April 2005 and 31 March 2007
  • Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades
  • The Hizballah External Security Organisation (Al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya - "The Islamic Resistance")
  • The Islamic Army of Aden - Listed 11 April 2003 and re-listed 11 April 2005 and 31 March 2007
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan - Listed 11 April 2003 and re-listed 11 April 2005 and 31 March 2007
  • Jaish-i-Mohammed - Listed 11 April 2003 and re-listed 11 April 2005 and 31 March 2007
  • Jamiat ul-Ansar (formerly known as Harakat Ul-Mujahideen) - Listed 14 November 2002, re-listed 5 November 2004 and 3 November 2006
  • Jemaah Islamiyah
  • Lashkar I Jhangvi
  • Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. This organisation's primary objectives are to end Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir, and to establish Islamic rule over all of India and the world
  • Palestinian Islamic Jihad
  • Salafist Group for Call and Combat

For listing, an organisation may be found to be such by a court as part of a prosecution for a terrorist offence or the same may be specified in regulations upon the motion of the Attorney-General of Australia.

Under Australian law it is an offence to materially support or be supported by such organisations.

Terrorist organisations

The Hezbollah External Security Organization was most recently listed as a terrorist organisation by the ASIO on 5 June 2005. The Australian government has noted Hezbollah's aim 'to create a Shi-a Islamic state in Lebanon and remove all Western and Israeli influences in the region'.

On 19 February 2007, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock announced that Al-Zarqawi Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad Fi Bilad Al-Rafidayn (also known as al Qa'ida in Iraq) was being relisted as a terorist group.

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/06/AR2007030600686.html
  2. http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/Legislation/Act1.nsf/0/3FE76064F1487C39CA25722D00069043/$file/065-2002.doc The Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002 - Australian federal legislation.
  3. http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/agd/WWW/NationalSecurity.nsf/Page/What_Governments_are_doingListing_of_Terrorism_Organisations
  4. Lashkar-e-Toiba,BBC
  5. [http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/agd/www/nationalsecurity.nsf/AllDocs/7986D1536C0FFD5FCA256FCD001BE859?OpenDocument 'Hizballah External Security Organisation' - Australian Government
  6. http://www.ag.gov.au/agd/WWW/ministerruddockhome.nsf/Page/Media_Releases_2007_First_Quarter_0312007_-_19_February_2007_-_Re-listing_of_Al-Zarqawi_(tanzim_qa&apos
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