Stalin
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No answers have been provided, however, to the obvious question:
How was it that Sajid Akram was able to get a gun licence in 2023 and purchase six rifles and shotguns, just four years after his son had been subject to investigation by ASIO, the domestic intelligence agency, for his association with organisations with Islamic State connections?
For more than two decades since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, successive governments have vastly expanded intelligence and police resources and powers devoted to the so-called “war on terror.”
The claim by ASIO and the police that the Akrams simply went off the radar for six years, even though they spent last month in the southern Philippines, known for its Islamic extremist connections, is simply not credible. A cover-up is underway to obscure how and why the Bondi Beach shootings were able to take place.
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The far-reaching legislation and measures being prepared by state and federal governments under the banner of combatting antisemitism will be used not only to ban anti-genocide protests but to suppress opposition to war and militarism more broadly.
The strengthening of the police and intelligence apparatuses will be directed against the inevitable social unrest that is emerging as the burdens of war are imposed on working people. Above all, it will be targeted against working-class militants and socialists—as is happening in the United States under the fascistic Trump administration.
To expose the role of the capitalist state in the Bondi Beach shootings, a completely independent and transparent inquiry is needed.
The purpose of the “full investigation,” as promised by Albanese and Minns, whether by police, a parliamentary committee or a Royal Commission, will be to cover up the truth.
The 2019 Christchurch massacre in New Zealand, in which 51 people were killed by fascist gunman Brenton Tarrant, is instructive. A blanket of secrecy was thrown over what the police and intelligence agencies knew prior to the attack, despite Tarrant’s well-known links to fascist organisations in Australia and Europe.
comrade stalin
sydney
How was it that Sajid Akram was able to get a gun licence in 2023 and purchase six rifles and shotguns, just four years after his son had been subject to investigation by ASIO, the domestic intelligence agency, for his association with organisations with Islamic State connections?
For more than two decades since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, successive governments have vastly expanded intelligence and police resources and powers devoted to the so-called “war on terror.”
The claim by ASIO and the police that the Akrams simply went off the radar for six years, even though they spent last month in the southern Philippines, known for its Islamic extremist connections, is simply not credible. A cover-up is underway to obscure how and why the Bondi Beach shootings were able to take place.
..
The far-reaching legislation and measures being prepared by state and federal governments under the banner of combatting antisemitism will be used not only to ban anti-genocide protests but to suppress opposition to war and militarism more broadly.
The strengthening of the police and intelligence apparatuses will be directed against the inevitable social unrest that is emerging as the burdens of war are imposed on working people. Above all, it will be targeted against working-class militants and socialists—as is happening in the United States under the fascistic Trump administration.
To expose the role of the capitalist state in the Bondi Beach shootings, a completely independent and transparent inquiry is needed.
The purpose of the “full investigation,” as promised by Albanese and Minns, whether by police, a parliamentary committee or a Royal Commission, will be to cover up the truth.
The 2019 Christchurch massacre in New Zealand, in which 51 people were killed by fascist gunman Brenton Tarrant, is instructive. A blanket of secrecy was thrown over what the police and intelligence agencies knew prior to the attack, despite Tarrant’s well-known links to fascist organisations in Australia and Europe.
Australia: The political issues behind the Bondi Beach terrorist attack
The Socialist Equality Party calls on workers and youth to take matters into their own hands and come to the aid of Jewish people or any community that comes under racialist attack. Establish independent rank-and-file committees in working-class suburbs to protect basic democratic and social rights!
www.wsws.org
comrade stalin
sydney
