Nuclear reactors – targets for terrorism
by Christina Macpherson. 6 August 09
The following article mentions the previous terrorist plots aimed at Australia. These include the 2002 plan to attack the Lucas heights nuclear reactor. In the most recent event, a terrorsit plot is alleged to attack a miltary base that is close to the research nuclear reactor.
Nuclear reactors, even small “research” reactors, form attractive targets for terrorists. Any country would be safer without themThe Global War on Terror, Australia’s latest foiled attack is only one of many.
The Wall Street Journal AUGUST 5, 2009,
The Obama Administration may have erased the phrase “global war on terror” from the American political lexicon, but the threat remains very real to countries around the globe. For the latest reminder, look to Australia.
On Tuesday, authorities Down Under detained five suspects alleged to be plotting a suicide mission against a military base in the Sydney suburbs. In a press conference, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claimed the men were linked to al Shabaab, a Somali terrorist group with ties to al Qaeda.
If true, that means that Australians are now dealing with a brand new African front to their war on terror. But like Washington, Canberra was already facing a global menace. In Indonesia in recent years, jihadists have killed 92 Australian tourists in two successive attacks in Bali, attacked the Australian embassy in Jakarta and killed three in a hotel bombing. The threat at home is equally grave. Since 2002, authorities have foiled plots to attack a nuclear facility, the national electricity grid and packed sporting events…………………………Australia may have foiled a big attack on Tuesday. But the global war on terror continues.
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