Australia's first suicide bomber

[icyfroth]

The video shows the jihadist, identified in a previous internet posting as Abu Asma al Australi, standing on the tray of the truck used in the suicide bombing.

However, because the face in the video is obscured it is impossible to be sure who it shows, but the bomber is suspected of being a Brisbane man named Ahmed.

"This is a message to all my brothers in the world: Today jihad is a duty of every Muslim, to carry a weapon and come to the land of jihad... today jihad is duty imposed on every Muslim, so rise up Muslims.

"This is a duty imposed on us and the best of people are those who fight for the sake of God. So if you are afraid, why are you afraid? For your wives and your children? Trust in God. In the West or in any country, you think you are men? Or (that) you are living a good life? Today real men are living in the land of jihad. They are our brothers, they are the Muslims who defend the religion of God."

Number of Australians fighting in Syria rises

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There are signs that others who have expressed an interest in fighting in Syria have been able to use contacts in Australia to get in touch with armed groups.

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I guess home is where the heart is.

[lakeland27]

his family say he's in Turkey and not dead. his brother added that he isn't capable of speaking the Arabic in the video to that standard. so these  allegations seem speculative at this stage.

with the large numbers of monarchists in australia the comment you make "i guess home is where the heart is''  is probably correct

[the_great_she_elephant]

If he's not dead then I guess he's not a suicide bomber, is he?

[**meep**]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

If he's not dead then I guess he's not a suicide bomber, is he?

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not sure but i think one would need to be alive to carry out a suicide attack.....like the Kamikaze pilots....

[freakiness]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

If he's not dead then I guess he's not a suicide bomber, is he?

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not sure but i think one would need to be alive to carry out a suicide attack.....like the Kamikaze pilots....

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He would not be alive now, after the suicide bombing he is accused of.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

Just watching it on the news now, did he damage anything else or was it some sort of a statement?

[spotweldersfriend]

How do you make a truck load of beer explode?

[acacia_pycnantha]

Drive it over the corrugated roads in the outback?

To even think of making a truck-load of beer explode marks you down as an uncivilised barbabrian, spotty. 😉

[spotweldersfriend]

If it was Chimay acacia,he'll burn in hell.