Terrorism in Australia.

This nonsense that Islamist based terrorism only began with Sept. 11 is simply distracting and dangerous. The first terrorist attack in Australia I know of was in 1915 when two Muslim Turks ambushed a picnic party at Broken Hill and shot dead a young girl.

The majority of Broken Hill Muslims decried the attack and refused to bury the bodies of the dead Turks when they were presented to them. But you wonder how well it would have gone down for the local Muslims had they openly supported the pair of terrorists. I doubt that 1915 Broken Hill would have been as, 'tolerant' and, 'understanding' as their modern counterparts.

Perhaps they could teach our leaders a thing or two.

You can read more about this early act of terrorism, on Australian soil here.
http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/history/Transcripts/s1051016.htm

The war is over?

Two contrasting editorials today. HAARETZ.com seriously contemplates the notion that terrorism might be on the way out;

“We may be seeing a turning point of sorts, perhaps a part of the beginning of the end of the era of world terrorism”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/878837.html

Then, in USA Today we learn that people are getting used to living with terrorism and it isn’t going to end anytime soon;

“Al-Qaeda leaders have made no secret of their desire to obtain weapons of mass destruction. And the fact that some of those involved in the recent bombing attempts were medical doctors shows how the terrorist cause continues to attract people with advanced technical skills”
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/07/post-6.html

Obviously terrorism isn’t going to end until friendly nations and individuals join in the war to defeat these people. And it isn’t a new thing, I remember the terrorist attacks back in the 70s vividly; same perpetrators.