Whip It!

Evans doubts reports
that 800 potential
terrorists are living
in Australia.

Whip it good! (Devo!)

AUSTRALIA: Head of the International Crisis Group and former Labor foreign minister Gareth Evans says while the threat of a terror attack on Australian soil is real, it is a moderate one.

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He says he is sceptical about reports that suggest 800 potential terrorists are living in Australia and warned police to be careful in applying new Australian anti-terror laws.

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Mr Evans said he does not have a problem with police using racial profiling to help identify suspects, saying it is a reality of the current global climate.

"The extreme political correctness that has led some of the American law enforcement authorities to be sort of religiously strip-searching 90-year-old ladies because that's what they have to do to demonstrate that they haven't got any racial bias built into it, is palpably absurd," he said.

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Mr Evans says if there are 800 potential terrorists in Australia, it may be the result of government security agencies broadening their definition of Islamic extremism.

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He says there is a big difference between Muslim activists and those with a violent political agenda.

"What I fear is that there's a bit of a disposition to run all those categories together, and say 'Anyone who's expressing distaste for the Government and doing so from a kind of religious perspective, is a potentially dangerous terrorist'."

I say whip it!

Whip it good!

Devo and the Monster!

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