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http://www.news.com.au/national/federal ... 6185215722
FEDERAL police are investigating a heartless website campaign by a Muslim extremist desecrating the memory of fallen soldiers.

As the bodies of three Diggers killed by a rogue Afghan soldier began their journey home this week, radical Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon caused outrage among grieving families by launching a cruel Facebook page attacking the men, the Herald Sun reported.

The controversial site - The Australian Defence Force: The Real Terrorists - listed each of the 32 Australians to die in the Afghan conflict and accused them of being terrorists because of their military service.

The site was removed after the ADF received complaints and notified the Australian Federal Police and Facebook.

The AFP was yesterday evaluating the material on the site to assess whether a criminal offence had been committed.

The unapologetic Muslim convert, who received death threats soon after creating the site, has continued to trash dead Diggers by posting hate-fuelled messages on other Facebook pages.

"May they rot in hell," he wrote in one message.

In another posting he wrote: "I hope I got your blood boiling. That's what I like. It's my hobby. My fun. My pleasure."

Australian-born Mr Siddiq-Conlon, formerly known as Shannon James Conlon, also labelled his grandfathers terrorists because of their service for the Australian Army in Kokoda and the Middle East. He has said he was proud of being referred to as an "extremist" and "terrorist supporter".

Yesterday the outraged father of Greg Sher, killed in a 2009 Taliban attack, said he was devastated.

"Our soldiers are defenders and protectors, unlike many in other countries who are invaders," Felix Sher said.

"The greatest freedom in Australia is that you can leave it when you like - and Mr Siddiq-Conlon should exercise that as soon as possible. When you start preaching hate who needs you around?"

Mr Siddiq-Conlon, who has a masters degree in architecture, converted to Islam while a student.

He refused to back down yesterday over the website.

He said it was created to "spark a debate" about bringing the troops home from Afghanistan.
I am curious as to what law the Australian Federal Police should be looking at.

But remember guys, free speech is ok when its Christians insulting homosexuals, but when a Muslim insults our troops, perish the thought.
"The greatest freedom in Australia is that you can leave it when you like - and Mr Siddiq-Conlon should exercise that as soon as possible. When you start preaching hate who needs you around?"
A more nicer variation of the "if you don't like it, get out of the country" line. Seriously. I could just turn this around and say,
The greatest freedom in Australia is that of freedom of speech - and Mr Siddiq-Conlon should exercise that by criticising any aspect of Australian policy he doesn't like.

Note - I don't think our troops are terrorists, but as the saying goes, whats good for the geese is good for the gander. If Christians can write shit about others on the principle of free speech, then turn about is fair play.
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So Australia has their own version of the Westboro Baptist Church? Huh. Looks like there are assholes all over the world.

Oh wait, never mind...this is just ONE asshole.
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Dude. We aren't quite as bad as Phelps and his gang in the sense our people just write hateful letters and make websites, but don't stimulate the economy by flying over the country to protest. :D

Although the allusion to Westboro church seems to be because both people attack troops. Some Christians in letters to the editor are only slightly below Phelps when they insult homosexuals. Like gays don't know how to live, and they should just take their bullying "like a man."
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Since Australia is one of the more authoritarian democracies, this doesn't hugely surprise me. The hate speech laws were always open to this kind of abuse, and it's much easier to gag someone when the majority hate them.
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Well if the poor dead soldiers are flown into Darwin and Mr. Allahu Akhbar chooses to fly there on a regular basis from Melbourne, I suppose he could give Quantas a teeny tiny bump in revenue! The Westboro asshats here in the States tend to focus on dead soldiers because of "don't ask don't tell" - don't ask me why, I don't understand their thinking. Your guy seems to be on the "you fight against ALLAH! and your dead soldiers are A VICTORY FOR ALLAH! ALLAHU AKHBAR!1!1! And I will keep writing this until it's taken down inshallah!" side of things...against soldiers but for a different reason. What, is he appealing to Indonesians or something?
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In another posting he wrote: "I hope I got your blood boiling. That's what I like. It's my hobby. My fun. My pleasure."
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He has said he was proud of being referred to as an "extremist" and "terrorist supporter".
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He said it was created to "spark a debate" about bringing the troops home from Afghanistan.
Apparently the AFP has never heard the expression 'don't feed the trolls'. Or rather, apparently the media can't resist pouring attention on controversy even when its exactly what the 'bad guy' wants. Every troll's worst case scenario is that they'll put their best rage-inducing material out there, and people will simply walk over it without giving it a second look.
Yesterday the outraged father of Greg Sher, killed in a 2009 Taliban attack, said he was devastated.

"Our soldiers are defenders and protectors, unlike many in other countries who are invaders," Felix Sher said.
Well, technically, our soldiers actually are invaders.
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Count Chocula wrote:So Australia has their own version of the Westboro Baptist Church? Huh. Looks like there are assholes all over the world.

Oh wait, never mind...this is just ONE asshole.
Yeah, but assholes breed. That's how we went from "Mr. Phelps" to enough Phelps Whelps to make up an entire church of assholery.
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Broomstick wrote:
Count Chocula wrote:So Australia has their own version of the Westboro Baptist Church? Huh. Looks like there are assholes all over the world.

Oh wait, never mind...this is just ONE asshole.
Yeah, but assholes breed. That's how we went from "Mr. Phelps" to enough Phelps Whelps to make up an entire church of assholery.
If anything, religious-based assholes have beliefs optimized for high reproductive rates. No birth control, homosexuality, or sometimes even masturbation allowed; women always submitting to the man; polygamy/harems/etc. and all that shit. That's one part of their thar mentality that supports and enables the other hyperviolent half to be so toxic.
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