Once a top lieutenant of the al Qaeda terror network in Indonesia until his capture in the summer of 2002, U.S. officials have verified that Omar al-Farouq escaped from a U.S. detention facility in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 10, 2005. al Farouq escaped with three other terrorists and all remain on the loose. It is possible that al Farouq and others are engaged in planning attacks against western and Australian interests in Indonesia concurrent and in conjunction with planned attacks in Australia.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard today warned that Australian intelligence officials have uncovered information about a detailed, specific threat of a terrorist attack planned against Australia. Refusing to publicly disclose any specific details of the threat for fear of hampering the investigation and response, Howard admitted that he has reviewed the intelligence data and confirmed that the threat is to assets within Australia. To date, there have been no successful terrorist attacks inside Australia, although Australian interests have been targeted in Indonesia.
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