Australia: Dangerous Ground

“You’re going to see a generation of young people who have so much hatred and so much anger”

Reporter: Sally Neighbour

http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=411 for this neighbourhood. At rowdy public rallies against the school, traffic and planning concerns are drowned out by  choruses of “Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi oi oi!”

Nearby in http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3744 leaders are warning of a nasty backlash due to the hostility that young men like these feel is aimed against them. “You’re going to see a generation of young people who have so much hatred and so much anger and so much frustration within them – and when that happens you’re on basically dangerous grounds,” a prominent youth worker tells Four Corners.

A recently completed three-year study found that http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1449’s tough stance on counter-terrorism and security could actually be increasing the threat of breeding home grown terrorists. Erring on the side of aggression – just to be on the “safe” side – can radicalise and alienate the people who are targeted, analysts tell Four Corners. The danger is that some may then graduate to violence, disengaging from society before taking the next step to terrorism.

One specialist warns of pockets of growing Muslim radicalisation, the result of young people feeling under siege from police and wider public. His fear is this could morph into an agenda for violent change.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2008/s2181743.htm

2008-03-24