Australia - Sword found in Anti-terror raid is PLASTIC

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David_1

David_1

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For those of you following the story behind the removal of civil liberties in Australia,

Basically 800 police were used to arrest one person. The Rupert Murdoch owned media invented the plot for beheadings and plasted it all over there papers with a picture of a sword.

It's now revealed to be plastic.

After, our civil liberties were removed by this right wing conservative government.

Sword removed in counter-terrorism raids a common plastic decoration, owner reveals

The sword - a Zulfiqar or Dhu al-Fiqar - is one of the major symbols of Shiite Islam that one leader said "wouldn't be able to cut a cucumber".
Dirani's family are Afghan-born Shiite Muslims, however, the terrorist groups seeking to overthrow governments in Syria and Iraq are almost exclusively Sunni Muslim.
Dirani said his parents bought the plastic sword at a night market in Sydney. It has been on display in the family home for years.
He is still waiting for the police to return it.
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Media storm
In the wake of the raids, it was widely reported that AFP officers had confiscated a sword for forensic testing, with some stories picturing the ceremonial sword sealed inside a federal police evidence bag. In the context of an alleged plot to "behead" a random victim, ordered by one of the most senior Australians serving with Islamic State forces, Mohammad Ali Baryalei, the sword appeared to be a weapon.
The Daily Mail Australia linked it directly to the beheading plot under the headline: "Was this the lethal sword terror cell planned to use to behead an innocent victim on a Sydney street?"
The Daily Telegraph set the beheading plot claim beside the discovery of the sword.
Many articles by Fairfax Media described the sword as large and curved with a gold handle and engraved with Arabic writing. Police did not explain to the media at the time that the sword was plastic.
In the article "Sword taken from duplex", News Corp's Courier-Mail directly linked the object with the threat of beheadings:
"More than 1m long, the sword was carried from the home in a federal police evidence bag (right). Police believe its owner was one of at least 15 men plotting to kidnap an Australian from the streets and decapitate them."
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blue_ladybug

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​The media lies! The media always twists the truth around. Don't believe half of what you see and hear on television.
 
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