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exclusiveBid to stem terror cash flow

Filipino Troops Battle ISIS Militants In Marawi City

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYThe government will establish an intelligence unit tasked with choking Islamic State’s funding in Southeast Asia.

EXCLUSIVEJihadi wannabes caught

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, September 5, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYMore than a dozen potential jihadis have been stopped at Australian airports by security officials in the past two months.

The monsters in the granny flat

Omar al Kutobi and Mohammed Kiad were part of a jihadi plot

0:00 AMPaul MaleyFor days, Omar al Kutobi and Mohammed Kiad have been planning mass murder. They have no idea how badly it will end.

UAE support for Syria ’plot basis’

A handout photo of a Etihad Airways plane landing in Sydney, Tuesday, March 27, 2007. Etihad Air, owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today announced they will initially link Sydney and Abu Dhabi airports three times a week, before increasing to daily flights from late June. (AAP Image/Etihad Airways) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYJihadists accused of trying to bomb an Etihad flight targeted the airline over the UAE’s support for the Syria coalition.

exclusivePlot leaks left spies furious

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYAustralia’s intelligence partners raised concerns about leaks to the media during the Etihad bomb plot investigation.

Suspect driver still on the loose

A handout picture released by the Catalan regional police "Mossos D'Esquadra" on August 18, 2017 shows Younes Abouyaaqoub, one of the suspects of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks. Spanish police on August 18 released the names of three Moroccans suspected of deadly terror attacks and who were shot dead overnight by security forces in the seaside resort of Cambrils. Police said they were searching for a fourth suspect, Younes Abouyaaqoub, aged 22. Drivers have ploughed on August 17, 2017 into pedestrians in two quick-succession, separate attacks in Barcelona and another popular Spanish seaside city, leaving 14 people dead and injuring more than 100 others. / AFP PHOTO / MOSSOS D'ESQUADRA / - / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MOSSOS D'ESQUADRA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

0:00 AMPAUL MALEY, JACQUELIN MAGNAYA man thought to be the driver of the van that killed 13 people in Barcelona remains the only suspect on the run.

Pubs, churches help fight ISIS

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (2nd left) walks with Minister for Police Troy Grant, and NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller during a walk out at Pitt St Mall in Sydney, Sunday, August 20, 2017. The Prime Minister unveiled a new counter-terrorism strategy on Sunday. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYResponsibility for protecting Australians against terrorist attack is set to move into the private sector.

Suspect claims ID was stolen

A handout picture downloaded on August 17, 2017 on Moroccan Driss Oukabir's Facebook account shows himself posing past a dog. Oukabir is an alleged suspect linked to the attack of Barcelona on August 17, 2017 when a van ploughed into the crowd, killing 13 persons and injuring over 80 on the Rambla in Barcelona. A driver deliberately rammed a van into a crowd on Barcelona's most popular street on August 17, 2017 killing at least 13 people before fleeing to a nearby bar, police said. Officers in Spain's second-largest city said the ramming on Las Ramblas was a "terrorist attack". / AFP PHOTO / FACEBOOK / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ FACEBOOK" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYA 28-year-old Moroccan has emerged as a key suspect in the worst terror attack in Spain in more than a decade.

EXCLUSIVEPM’s anti-vehicle attack plan

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, August 18, 2017. Responding to a deadly attack in Barcelona that has claimed at least 13 lives - the federal government puts the toll at 16 - Mr Turnbull said the love and prayers of Australians were with the victims and their families. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMPAUL MALEY, JOHN FERGUSONMalcolm Turnbull is set to unveil a plan to secure high-risk pedestrian areas from rogue vehicle attacks.

COMMENTHanson got off lightly

9:59 AMPaul MaleyPauline Hanson couldn’t give a toss about the burka. It was Muslims she was after.

Aussies guided US to Sharrouf

Australian-born “Terror Nine” member Khaled Sharrouf who slipped out of the country unnoticed on his brother’s passport.

0:00 AMSIMON BENSON, PAUL MALEYAustralian agencies played key role in lead up to airstrike believed to have killed terrorist | WARNING: Graphic content

INSIDE STORYFate catches up with street thug

Isis propaganda.
Soldierofkilafah Twitter feed.
This is taken today from the Twitter of Khaled Sharrouf.

0:00 AMPAUL MALEY, GREG BEARUPFew will mourn Khaled Sharrouf if this time he is really dead | WARNING: Graphic content

UPDATED‘No-one will mourn Sharrouf’

16:46 PMSimon Benson, Greg Brown, Paul MaleyPeter Dutton calls terrorist Khaled Sharrouf an “evil, atrocious parent’’ amid reports he and two of his sons have been killed.

INSIDE STORYWhy crims target our borders

Mike Pezzullo, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, in his new Command and Control

0:00 AMPAUL MALEY, EAN HIGGINSOnly a fraction of what comes into Australia is screened, yet almost 200m consignments cross our border every year.

COMMENTDocks are our Achilles heel

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYForget airports, our docks are our security weak point.

Bring back ‘border watchdog’

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYOne of Australia’s most respected former crime fighters says border officials are prime targets for organised crime.

COMMENTDon’t assume victory for SSM

13:50 PMPaul MaleyArrogant and highhanded, SSM advocates are behaving in a manner guaranteed to lose them support, if not the plebiscite.

Cops hail strike on Ibrahims

Instagram picture of John Ibrahim and son Daniel Ibrahim

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYThe notorious Sydney family have walked a fine line between legitimate enterprise and hardcore criminality for decades.

ExclusiveHackers target driverless cars

Cracked security code abstract image. Password protection conceptual image.

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYDriverless cars and internet-connected medical devices are likely to be hacked by cyber criminals and spies.

inside storyHow Sydney terror plot unfolded

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYDuring the height of the Syrian war, a senior IS fighter sent a text message to his brother in Australia.

TIMELINEKey details of alleged terror plot

Police search for evidence at a block of flats in the Sydney suburb of Lakemba on July 31, 2017, after counter-terrorism raids across the city on the weekend. Four men accused of plotting to bring down a plane planned to use poisonous gas or a crude bomb disguised as a meat mincer, reports said, with Australian officials calling preparations "advanced". The men -- reportedly two Lebanese-Australian fathers and their sons -- were arrested in raids across Sydney on Saturday evening. / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST

9:25 AMPaul Maley, Nicola Berkovic, Rachel BaxendaleA senior IS member sent components for an explosive device to Australia from Turkey via air cargo, police allege.

Two charged over terror plot

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller speaks to the media in Sydney, Thursday, August 3, 2017. The NSW Police Commissioner has launched new light-armour vests to protect officers from bullets and stabbings, following a similar rollout in Western Australia in July, as part of new safety measures. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) NO ARCHIVING

7:27 AMPAUL MALEYPolice charged two Sydney men last night with preparing a mass-casualty terrorist attack on a passenger airliner.

Released suspect may sue

Police at a crime scene in Surry Hills, Sydney, Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Four men were arrested after the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism team conducted raids throughout Sydney suburbs over the weekend. One man has since been released. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYThe Sydney man arrested, then released, after being implicated in an alleged terror plot is considering legal action.

Etihad ‘assisting’ in terror probe

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYEtihad Airways has issued a statement confirming it is assisting the Australian Federal Police with its investigation.

IS fighter links to plane plot

Mahmoud Khayat who was arrested on Saturday in regards to the terror raids. Source: Supplied.

0:00 AMPAUL MALEY, MARK SCHLIEBSThe government has ducked suggestions that four Sydney terror suspects were arrested after Britain threatened travel warnings.

Airport blitz set to become norm

Huge queues at Sydney Airports T2 Domestic Terminal as passengers are subjected to increased security, Sydney, Australia, Monday, July 31, 2017. Airline passengers are experience long delays at Australian airports as security is beefed up following a number of terror raids over the weekend. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

0:00 AMPAUL MALEY, OLIVIA CAISLEYThe heightened security that saw huge queues at Sydney airport is set to remain.

Accused terror plotters named

20:03 PMMark Schliebs, Simone Fox Koob, PAUL MALEYThe four men arrested over an alleged plot to bring down an Australian commercial jet have been identified.

commentISIS out to prove it’s a force

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYSaturday’s arrests in Sydney are a sobering reminder that Islamist militants retain their appetite for violence.

exclusivePM flying solo on super-ministry

0:00 AMPAUL MALEYThe decision to proceed with the home affairs super-ministry was never evaluated by the cabinet’s NSC.

IS praises Brighton attack

Supplied Editorial Melbourne terror suspect Yacqub Khayre, was known by
counter-terrorism police and had been on par

17:28 PMPaul MaleyIslamic State has doubled down on its claim that it was behind the deadly siege in Brighton in June.