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February 16, 2007
Australia: Muslim Terrorist's Mother Attacks Photographer
Saleh Jamal was being held in jail in Lebanon, awaiting extradition. He was finally brought back to Australia, and on September 28 2006 he appeared in court in Sydney.
He was on trial for shooting a man named Elias Elias at a park in Greenacre in Sydney in October 1998, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. Elias was shot in the foot, thigh, buttock and shoulder. Standing trial with him was Michael Kanaan, a triple-killer.
Additionally, Jamal will face trial for being involved in a drive-by shooting upon Lakemba police station in Sydney in 1998.
On February 15, Saleh Jamal and his associate were both found guilty, and will be sentenced in March. The Australian Daily Telegraph reports that neither Saleh nor Kanaan showed any emotion when sentenced.
However, outside the courtroom, Lebanese-born Amina Jamal, Saleh's mother, decided to take out her anger on a photographer from the paper. She hurled her bag at the face of John Grainger, causing his face to bleed.
Saleh Jamal's younger brother Omar had his passport removed in 2005, following raids upon the Jamal family household, mounted by ASIO, the Australian intelligence and security services.
Saleh Jamal's recent history is bizarre. Following the incidents in Lakemba and Greenacre, he had skipped bail and fled Australia.
He was captured in Lebanon in May 2004 as he tried to board a plane to Paris. was charged for entering Lebanon on a false passport. He was given a five year jail sentence for this offence, but Lebanese prosecutors wanted him charged on more serious terrorism charges. They wanted to try him for delivering material to Islamists who carried out a bomb assault in Damascus, Syria, two weeks prior to his arrest. The attack near an embassy compound cost two people their lives.
Lebanese prosecution papers revealed allegations that he was sent abroad by an Australian Islamist, with the intention of staging jihad offensives against US and Israeli interests. This man's name was not disclosed, but another AUstralian Islamist, Ashref Shaha, had given Jamal money.
Jamal had attempted to join Abu Musab al-Zarqawi but was foiled by Jordanian officials, who barred him entry to their country. Saleh Jamal is said to have been introduced to Zarqawi's network, "Al Qaeda of the Two Rivers" through a Bosnian associate whom he met in Lebanon, called Abdullah Taratshebak. This man, and another accused terrorist called Abdul Latif, attempted with Jamal to enter Iraq via Jordan.
Jamal was suspected by Lebanese authorities of involvement with the bombing of a Beirut McDonald's restaurant in April 2003. Jamal, who lives at Belfield Sydney, worshipped at the Haldon Street prayer hall at Lakemba.
Eventually charges of involvement in the logistics preceding a bomb attack near Damascus were dropped, but at the request of Australian authorities Jamal remained in custody, awaiting extradition.
Jamal is also thought to have planned a terror attack against Sydney. He said in 2005, while in custody in Lebanon: "If they try to take me to Australia, I will crash a plane into the (Sydney) harbour bridge myself. Australia is like a paradise in many ways, but it is a sick place."
He had apparently purchased a small boat to reconnoiter sites including he harbour bridge and Sydney Opera House. Before he fled in March 2004, he had been a key target in the surveillance operation Operation Pendennis, which led to the arrests of 18 people on terrorist charges from Melbourne and Sydney on November 8 2005.
Below are pictures of Jamal's mother.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at February 16, 2007 10:21 PM
Comments
Ah yes, the beautiful Lebanese Muslims, parasites on Australia, protected by the State and plotting Australia's destruction. Isn't Muslim immigration grand?
Posted by: John Sobieski ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.westernresistance.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 17, 2007 9:00 AM
Good day,
John Sobieski: I hope this will be seen as constructive as I do not mean to be contrary. Granted, this is a psychotic woman, driven mad by a contagious mental illness that gives its victims a superiority complex as well as many other symptoms but I would be careful using words like parasite. It may be metaphorically correct in some instances but it opens one (and those of similar beliefs) up to the charge of dehumanizing a minority group. I am not saying this to be politically correct but merely to emphasize that a person who is not familiar with all the criticisms of Islam would be less likely to be open to those criticisms if they get put off by the tone of language used. Also, most people will be familiar with the many Muslims to which the label "parasite" does not apply, even if their beliefs are just as needing of criticism. In a war of ideas, perception matters and delivery is almost as important as content, especially when many of those who one expresses oneself to are poorly educated about logic and are apt to make quick decision based on first impressions.
Secondly, are we sure this is a Muslim immigrant and not Ronald MacDonald's friend Grimace?
Posted by: Chuck the Lucky at February 21, 2007 5:37 PM
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