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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49401)	11/8/2005 12:24:29 AM
From: JD	Respond to of 50167

Nov 7, 2005 — By Joanne Collins SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities arrested 17 people on Tuesday on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, raiding homes in Melbourne and Sydney less than a week after parliament passed tougher anti-terror laws. One man was shot in the Sydney raids and the police bomb squad was examining a backpack at the scene. Outspoken Muslim cleric Abu Bakr, who has voiced support for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, was among those arrested in Melbourne... ... "Intelligence was received that a group was making arrangements to stockpile chemicals and other materials capable of making explosives," New South Wales state Premier Morris Iemma told a news conference in Sydney. "Police believe that the group was planning a terrorist attack in Australia," Iemma said. Victorian state Police Commissioner Christine Nixon said the group did not have a target and specifically ruled out the Commonwealth Games, which are due to be held in Melbourne in March and opened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. "But we had sufficient evidence these people were planning a significant attack," Nixon told reporters. Police said they had seized chemicals which if combined would be "volatile," firearms, computers, travel documents and backpacks... abcnews.go.com