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Too alarmed to be alert : Comments

By Irfan Yusuf, published 16/7/2007

Some Muslim-baiting media outlets incite so much sectarian hysteria that we are left too alarmed to be alert.

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I hope poor deluded Reynard gets his wish and the government is changed. There will be no difference in security procedures if there is a change. Politicians are told what to do by professionals in the matter of national security, and rightly so.

The “depths of depravity to which our government has fallen”! What a load of absolute rot.

And yes, you poor thing Reynard: your little Indian friend has, today, had his visa cancelled and will be place in immigration detention. If that was done “in my name” I am very grateful indeed, and I have the same voting power as you do.

You say that you are not ashamed to be Australian, but I am ashamed that you are. I am just grateful that the only two political parties able to form a government in this country do not listen to ratbags like you.

And, what your ranting has to do with Irfan Yusuf’s quite accurate and sensible article is anyone’s guess.
Posted by Leigh, Monday, 16 July 2007 4:18:59 PM
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Don't worry, Irfan.

Thanks to the latest "improvements" to The Australian's website, it's completely impossible to find any articles there at all, whether Muslim-baiting or otherwise!
Posted by Mercurius, Monday, 16 July 2007 4:52:12 PM
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Kyle, from a press release (3 April 2007)found on the Law Council of Australia website: "Law Council President Tim Bugg said, “David Hicks’ detention for nearly five and a half years without access to rights we regard as essential for all suspected criminals, whether petty or monstrous, had nothing to do with justice and everything to do with politics.”"

By any measure the Law Council of Australia is hardly a left wing organisation.
Posted by ant, Monday, 16 July 2007 4:58:54 PM
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Plainly the Law Council are a bunch of dirty commies! By speaking of justice and human rights, the Law Council are "urging disaffection against the Commonwealth." Sedition! Didn't Sheriff Johnny pass laws against this kind of thing?

We must be protected against the rising tide of extremists with mobile phone credit, desperately trying to turn themselves in to avoid harming any civilians, and being ignored by the AFP, then getting imprisoned for their trouble.

Australia is in danger? Can't you see the enormous danger posed by these people?! Downer already told us it was just like the Cold War. Don't you remember all those communists who almost took over the country?! Danger! Danger! Be alarmed!

Stay alert. Trust no-one. And don't lend your sim card to anyone. They might use it to ring up the feds and turn themselves in, and then what would happen?

Well, at least the government has managed to lock Haneef up in immigration detention because of his association with a criminal group, even though that magistrate said he should be granted bail because he was not associated with any criminal group. But she was probably just a communist anyway.

Thank Sheriff Johnny we don't live in some repressive country with sharia law, where people are detained without charge or trial, and punished by whim of the executive for things that aren't really crimes.
Posted by Kyle Aaron, Monday, 16 July 2007 5:49:56 PM
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Irfan,can you give us some references to these newspaper articles.I'd like to read them.
Posted by Arjay, Monday, 16 July 2007 7:00:01 PM
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Mr. Kevin Andrews the Minister for Immigration has arranged to have DR. Haneef locked away on grounds of poor character; after bail had been allowed by a Queensland Magistrate. The onus had been on the lawyers for Dr. Haneef to prove that he would be a safe person if allowed bail.
The lawyers prior to the bail hearing believed that the chances of Dr. Haneef being allowed bail were very remote. Dr. Haneef has not been proven to have committed any crime; it was not a Christian action taken by Mr. Andrews to attack Dr. Haneef's character. The most probable conclusion that can be drawn is that Dr. Haneef has been sent to Villawood Detention Centre for political reasons. It being more about the Coalition Government not wanting their terror law being shot to pieces in Court.

The official story that Dr. Haneef gave his cousin a sim card months ago which was later used in a terrorist action is but circumstantial evidence against Dr. Haneef.
Posted by ant, Monday, 16 July 2007 7:26:16 PM
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