As startling new information that Frenchman Willie Brigitte was recruiting terrorists in Sydney continued to emerge, the Attorney-General has backed the view that the al-Qaeda sympathiser had been working with others while here as a tourist. Philip Ruddock told The Sun-Herald in an exclusive interview: "It is quite clear that we believe there were some people here who had links to Jemaah Islamiah." The strength of Brigitte’s terrorist connections and activities have now been confirmed by Australian and French sources, who have pointed to strong evidence that the one-time Aussie tourist had been planning an attack on Sydney. A French judicial source revealed yesterday that the Caribbean-born Brigitte had been in contact with Islamic extremists in Pakistan and may have been preparing to recruit jihad volunteers in Sydney. The Frenchman was whisked out of Australia on October 17 after Australian authorities became aware of his terrorist connections. He is being held in a Paris prison, where he can be detained for questioning for up to three years under tough French counter-terrorism laws.
| Good. Keep him until you've wrung him dry. Then let him have an "unfortunate accident" on the way to the airport. |
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