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Family jack of 'Jihad' Mark Dunn 16feb05 FEDERAL prosecutors will appeal against bail being granted to accused terrorism supporter Jack Thomas. Government sources yesterday confirmed the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions will appeal against the decision before the Victorian Supreme Court within days. Mr Thomas' family has hit out at the use of the name "Jihad Jack". Jack's brother Les Thomas said the family had been under enormous pressure following Jack's arrest and disliked the nickname "Jihad Jack". "If there's one thing that irks the family it's the name 'Jihad Jack'. Jack never called himself 'Jihad Jack'," Les Thomas said. Mr Thomas, 31, named in court documents as Joseph Terrence Thomas, adopted the name Jihad when he converted to Islam in 1997. "He chose the name 'Jihad' because it started with a J. There were other options like Jamal, which (in Arabic) means beautiful. But Jack said 'I am not beautiful'. "The reason he chose Jihad was because it means self-improvement and moving away from sin," Les Thomas said. "When you have the name Jihad Jack splashed around everywhere it's common for people to think this guy was a nut who had a bee in his bonnet and wanted to fight a holy war against the West. "And that's not Jack." Jack Thomas was released on bail with a $100,000 surety on Monday after spending three months in jail on charges of supporting al-Qaida, receiving funds from the organisation and falsifying a passport. Commonwealth prosecutors last year unsuccessfully appealed against the decision to grant bail to Sydney man Bilal Khazal, 34, who faces a charge of inciting terrorism through a website. Medical student Izhar Ul-Haque, accused of training with terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba, was also granted bail last year on a $200,000 surety by the NSW Supreme Court. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
