Aussie accused of missile plan to help IS
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AUSTRALIAN counterterrorism police arrested a man yesterday who officials say was planning to advise the Islamic State group on how to develop missiles.
Australian Federal Police arrested the 42-year-old electrician during a raid at his home in the rural New South Wales town of Young following an 18-month investigation, Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin said in the nation’s capital, Canberra.
Haisem Zahab, an Australian-born citizen, is accused of researching and designing a laser warning device that could alert the Islamic State group to incoming guided weapons used by coalition forces in Syria and Iraq, Colvin said. He is also accused of researching, designing and modeling systems to assist the extremist group’s efforts to develop their own long-range guided missiles, according to Colvin.
Zahab was not planning any attack in Australia, and is believed to have been working alone, Colvin said.
“We will be alleging that the material he was intending to provide to ISIL, the research that he was doing, was credible,” Colvin said, using an acronym for the Islamic State.
Zahab is facing several charges, including two that relate to supporting extremist groups overseas. Those charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.
He appeared briefly in a local court in Young and did not apply for bail. His next court appearance is March 8.
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