When a man took a group of Australians hostage in a downtown Sydney cafe on Monday, he hung a black flag with Arabic writing in the window of the café in a clear attempt to identify with extreme Islamist groups. Police later stormed the cafe and two hostages and the gunman, Iranian-born Man Haron Monis, were killed. Earlier, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the gunman was “claiming political motivation.” Australia is more than 8,000 miles away Iraq and Syria yet it has found itself a target of extremist Islamist sympathisers. The reasons range from its strong ties...
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