Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Have you tried the Yellow Pages?

Melbourne taxi driver Jack Thomas (Jihad Jack) became the first person in Australia to be imprisoned under the country's new anti terrorism laws. Six months into his sentence, his conviction was overturned on appeal. It appears that the interview in which he admitted his complicity with Al-Queda was illegal.

So Jack gets out of gaol and decides to go with his family to the seaside, to ostensibly get away for a while and let the dust settle. The holiday was cut short and he was forced to return to Melbourne when he was served with a control order by the Australian Federal Police yesterday. The order places Mr. Thomas under a strict nighttime curfew at his parents' house, and he must report to a police station three times a week. He is also banned from using any telephone that hasn't been approved by the AFP.

Naturally, he is not allowed to contact any proscribed terrorist organisation. And he is specifically forbidden to contact Osama Bin Laden.

After all the time, money and effort we've put into trying to find Bin Laden, are you trying to tell me an ex taxi driver from Melbourne has the wherewithall to get in touch with him and speak to him personally?

What, does he have his number on speed dial?

5 comments:

Curious Servant said...

That is a pretty snazzy look to your blog!

Crookedpaw said...

Thank you.

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Pirate said...

Scary isn't it? I would prefer he had access to a phone and then just tap it and find out who he is calling.

Crookedpaw said...

It turns out that thirteen of the other people he is forbidden to conact are either dead or in Guantanamo Bay. I think someone got carried away.

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Pirate said...

I was reading the other day that this american Al qeada dude has been wanting to attack Los angeles and Melbourne. Better watch out. This dude is as much a crack pot as the rest of the Islamic facists.