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From: arno	11/7/2005 4:20:02 PM
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400 police in anti-terror raids theaustralian.news.com.au 08nov05 UP to 15 people were arrested in raids involving some 400 officers in Sydney and Melbourne this morning in an operation police said "disrupted ... the final stages of a large scale terrorist attack". New South Wales police commissioner Ken Moroney said at least six people have been arrested who were "proposing to conduct a terror attack in Australia". ABC has reported a further nine people were arrested in Victoria though this has yet to be confirmed. The raids are still being carried out and involve searches of properties in Australia's two largest cities. A home in Wiley Park in Sydney's south-west has been named as the target of one of the raids. Some 400 officers, combining Australian Federal Police agents and the state police forces in NSW and Victoria, were involved. Mr Moroney said some 15 homes were targeted and the six Sydney suspects would appear in court today. The terrorist supects had been planning their attack for 18 months, Mr Moroney said. The swoop follows changes to the law that were rushed through Parliament last week by the Federal Government. Prime Minister John Howard said the changes were needed to help police avert a terrorist attack. "A number of search warrants are currently being executed in Sydney and Melbourne as part of a joint operation by the AFP, New South Wales Police and Victoria Police," an AFP spokeswoman said. "These warrants relate to an ongoing investigation and as a result it would be inappropriate to make any further comment at this time. "Maintaining operational security is paramount at this stage. "We can confirm that the ongoing operation relates to the area of counter-terrorism." The raids follow Prime Minister John Howard's announcement last week of a possible terrorist threat believed to involve potential targets in Sydney and Melbourne. The Australian reported the threat was linked to a group of Melbourne men who were spotted filming possible targets. The Government recalled the Senate for a special sitting last week to pass one measure which widened the scope for authorities to arrest terrorist suspects. Labor, the Australian Democrats and the Australian Greens have accused the government of playing politics with national security and trying to scare Australians. But Mr Howard last night rejected the claims, saying he announced the changes to anti-terror laws because they were in the national interest.

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