yeah Evan i was bout to post bout it
im kind of :o :/ cause im a volunteer for the 2006 Commonwealth Games :worried: My friend predicted they would attack them.
But it really bugs me how Howard goes there you see now let me just take away your civil liberties while you're all freaked out and scared and disorientated :angry:
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=58665
Terror tape proves need for tougher laws: Howard
02:31 AEST Tue Sep 13 2005
AFP
The videotape purportedly showing an al-Qaeda militant warning that the city of Melbourne would be the target of a terrorist attack underlined the need for tough new security laws, Prime Minister John Howard has said.
The tape obtained in Pakistan by the US television network ABC shows a masked man speaking with an American accent threatening attacks on Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia's second biggest city.
"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne," said the man, believed to a wanted US national, Adam Gadahn, who appeared in another threatening tape about year ago.
Howard, speaking on arrival in New York for a United Nations summit, said the tape "only serves to remind us of the changed world in which we now live as a result of terrorist attacks.
"It underlines emphatically the need for a further strengthening of the domestic law in Australia," he told Australian journalists.
Howard last week announced plans for new security legislation, including detention without charge for up to two weeks and electronic tagging of suspects, which have been criticised by civil liberty groups.
"No government can credibly guarantee there will be no terrorist attack in his or her country but we can commit ourselves as we have done to do everything we can to strengthen our domestic capacity to stop terrorist attacks occurring in the first place," Howard said.
He urged Australians to support next year's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne despite the possibility that the huge sporting event could be a terrorist target.
"The best response to things like this is to redouble our protective efforts, which we are doing, but also to get on with life, which we are also doing," he said.
"The Commonwealth Games will be a great event for Melbourne and I know the people of Melbourne will support the Commonwealth Games with the enthusiasm that they normally do for any major sporting event.
A police spokesman for Victoria state, where Melbourne is located, said the games would raise Melbourne's profile.
"Certainly the Commonwealth Games is going to be one of the greatest and largest gatherings of sports people that has ever been undertaken and just from that particular perspective it certainly puts Melbourne in the spotlight."
Australian authorities were seeking to obtain a copy of the tape for analysis, he said.
Attorney General Phillip Ruddock said Australia was taking the threat seriously.
"I take every act of this sort seriously, it could be a hoax, but it could be very serious," he said.
"We're obviously aware of the existence of the video. Until it's been viewed, we can't speculate on the contents as to what it may mean."
Sydney, Australia's largest city, had been considered the most likely target for attack by Islamic radicals, who have singled Australia out because of its close alliance with the United States.