•Top secret cable leaked
A Wikileaks cable from the US embassy reveals 23 Australians with supposed links to Yemeni terrorism.
GOVERNMENT SLAMS WIKILEAKS ON TERROR CABLE
By Adam Gartrell, AAP
Diplomatic Correspondent, AAP
August 31, 2011, 6:42 am
The federal government has slammed the Wikileaks website for publishing a US diplomatic cable that details 23 Australians believed to have links to Yemeni terrorism.
The latest tranche of Wikileaks diplomatic cables contains one from the US embassy in Canberra that recommends 11 Australians be placed on a no-fly list and a further 12 on another "selectee" watch list.
Attorney-General Robert McClelland on Tuesday broke the government's long-standing policy of not commenting on Wikileaks to condemn the cable's release unredacted.
"I note that on occasions in the past, Wikileaks has decided to redact identifying features where security operations or safety could be put at risk," Mr McClelland said.
"This has not occurred in this case.
"The publication of any information that could compromise Australia's national security - or inhibit the ability of intelligence agencies to monitor potential threats - is incredibly irresponsible."
Mr McClelland said he had made a number of statements expressing concern about the growing terrorism threat emanating from Yemen.
"A number of Australians have been drawn to extremist figures in Yemen, including to Anwar al-Aulaqi, an al-Qa'ida linked-cleric based in Yemen."
The cable - dated January 21, 2010 and labelled "secret" - says the 23 names were provided to the embassy by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
"The 23 individuals are Australian citizens, or are Australia-based, and are of security interest because they have either an historical or current association with Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi, or are based in Yemen or the surrounding region and may come into contact with al-Aulaqi," the cable reads.
Aulaqi is an American citizen at large in Yemen with links to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP.
An unapologetic advocate of violence against the West, Aulaqi has been linked to the attempted bombing of a US airliner on December 2009 - less than a month before the embassy cable was written.
He narrowly escaped a US drone attack three days after American commandos killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in May.
Among the 23 names is Rabiah Hutchinson, a grandmother born in the NSW wine-growing town of Mudgee.
Ms Hutchinson has been described as the "matriarch" of Australian-based Islamist militants and has travelled extensively through strongholds of al-Qaeda including Afghanistan.
It is understood she has been monitored by ASIO, the nation's security intelligence agency, for years but has never faced terrorism charges. She denies any links to terrorism.
"They've got it wrong. I am not important. I'm just a 54-year-old granny with diabetes and arthritis. What are they so worried about?" she told Australian media in 2008.
But the embassy cable recommended Hutchinson be placed on the no-fly list "due to her demonstrated connections with al-Qaeda" and AQAP's wishes to recruit females for future attacks.
"While we have every confidence Australian authorities can and will monitor her activities and work to prevent her from departing Australia, her past history and association with al-Aulaqi merits her being on a NO FLY status," the cable reads.
The cable - which carries the name of current US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich - also recommends Melanie Joyce Brown, the 34-year-old wife of terrorist Willie Brigitte, be placed on the no-fly list.
"She is out of country, making it more difficult for Australian and US authorities to monitor her whereabouts and travel plans," the cable says.
The no-fly list also includes 33-year-old Shyloh Jayne Giddins, who was subsequently arrested in Yemen after the federal government cancelled her Australian passport.
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63 COMMENTS
12Thumbs UpThumbs Down1 Jools12:54pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
If these imports want to blow themselves up and kill each other they have the right to do so in their own country but not in ours. These illegal’s are religious barbarians from Stone Age countries they only understand violence, killing and a lawless society.
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7Thumbs UpThumbs Down0 Jet12:57pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
How old do you think half of these zombies that plan these acts of terror are? A 54 year old grandmother. So what? Col. Gaddafi is 69. Dont hide behind the grandmother facade Rabiah
7Thumbs UpThumbs Down12 Beady Eyed Big Eared Briber06:23pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Most LIARbral terrorist are from Aborts namesake town of ABBOTTSBAD.
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6Thumbs UpThumbs Down8 Geoff Wilson06:24pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
But how many of you Liberal supporters got a mention.?
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2Thumbs UpThumbs Down1 Wendy07:40pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Don't worry Geoff I'm sure she'd have the ASIO watching me. Hell I was even chaufer driven by a high ranking Federal Police Officer to the Convoy Rally last week.
10Thumbs UpThumbs Down10 Dalone07:40pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
I'll be glad when the Wikileaks founder is in jail. Doesn't he know what SECRET means. He's a traitor.
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4Thumbs UpThumbs Down1 Stan08:06pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Beady and Geoff, what a pair bring the Liberals into this when there is no mention of politics. Well if you want to bring politics into it It is Labor who have opened the boarders and let anyone in and then when they are deemed not legal they do not send them home. Or pay them to go home. Also I would like the people who may be a dangtr to Australia to be known. I don't like wikileaksbut maybe they have a point sometimes, there is too much secrecy in government
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2Thumbs UpThumbs Down0 Mark08:08pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Why is it the Government is trying to hide the truth of Australians situation and what it means - Other Australians are studying Terror - for what - origami? Another hide it under the carpet and it will go away - well it simply is not going to happen. I demand the Government negotiate with religions in this country to make it clear this will not be tolerated and what they hope to achieve can never be realized in a Democracy.
6Thumbs UpThumbs Down0 Geoff Wilson08:22pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Every Government have secrets, how many put an add in the paper stating they are watching a particular person or group you bunch of dipsticks.
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5Thumbs UpThumbs Down3 Beady Eyed Big Eared Briber08:23pm Tuesday 30th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
Asshanger is a squealing little bish boy.
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