Australia watching home grown threats: expert? : Melbourne Indymedia

Dr Rohan Gunaratna
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An alleged international terrorism expert claims up to 80 per cent of Australia's counter-terrorism resources are being spent on watching home grown threats but not in his own country of Indonesia.

Dr Rohan Gunaratna made the claim during a lecture at Sydney's Macquarie University yesterday.

Dr Gunaratna says the so-called "home grown Jihadists" are being driven by global events and some local radical imams.

He should know he comes from the bombing capital of the Pacific Indonesia who incidentally needs a terrorism expert to do his job!!!

He says as the vast majority of Muslims are moderate, it is difficult for such imams to function in mainstream mosques for too long.

Dr Gunaratna says that means some vulnerable young Muslims are then forming small prayer groups in New South Wales and Victoria.

And the Koran tells him so?

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1942419.htm

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