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Australia is now at a heightened risk of a terror attack in the wake of the Brereton report into alleged SAS war crimes.<br>Daily Mail Australia understands intelligence agencies fear the damning 465-page document which uncovered 39 unlawful killings allegedly committed by 25 elite special forces soldiers in [/news/afghanistan/index.html Afghanistan] will make Australian capital cities and international embassies a prime target for Islamic terror groups.<br>There are also concerns the shocking findings will be used as a recruitment tool for jihadi militants around the world to stoke hatred against Australians.<br>         Australia is now at a heightened risk of a terror attack in the wake of the Brereton report into alleged SAS war crimes (stock image).<br><br>It is not suggested any of the persons shown are in any way involved in any war crimes<br>           Major General Paul Brereton's investigation took four and a half years to scrutinise the conduct of special forces soldiers between 2005 and 2016 (pictured: special forces search a village at Musazai in the Uruzgan Province in Afghanistan)<br>'I know our law enforcement and intelligence agencies are going to be very vigilant about new intel,' head of counter-terrorism at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute Leanne Close told Daily Mail Australia.<br>'The joint counter-terrorism team comprising of Federal Police, State Police and other groups are looking at the kinds of people in this country who are most at risk of being radicalised or who are already radicalised and need monitoring.'<br>Much of the concern stems from similar instances overseas where terror groups used high-profile incidents as a call to action for fundamentalist sympathisers.<br>         Head of counter-terrorism at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute Leanne Close told Daily Mail Australia<br>France has been plagued by a wave of terror attacks since 2015, when the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo depicted the Prophet Muhammad on its front cover - an act some Muslims consider blasphemy.<br>Militant Islamists shot dead 11 people who worked at the magazine's Paris office in January that year, before also murdering a policemen outside.<br>Since then dozens of attacks across Europe have been carried out by 'Islamo-facists' with terror groups using the cartoon saga as a recruitment tool to spark anger among followers.<br>In recent weeks major terror attacks have taken place in Paris, Nice and Vienna. <br>'It is a concern that these kinds of things can heighten an individual's motivation to commit terror attacks,' Close said.<br>'Even with the threat of ISIS diminishing in recent years, the danger hasn't gone away.<br>'There are about 18,000 people in the Middle East who are still working in support of ISIS and their ideology.'  <br>                     Three people were killed in a terror attack in the French city of Nice in October (pictured, emergency services arrive on scene)<br>         Armed police stand guard outside the secondary school where a French teacher was beheaded in a terror attack near Paris in October<br>         People light candles outside the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Basilica in Nice following an Islamist terror attack<br>ISIS and al-Qaeda linked groups appear to be growing in strength closer to home in south-east Asia.<br>Global security expert Doctor Rohan Gunaratna recently warned the Australian government that since March, there has been a decline in the number of terror attacks, but a dramatic increase in the footprint of these groups.<br>'Radicalisation has peaked during this period because many of these groups have been active online trying to co-opt people (during the Covid-19 pandemic),' he told the Daily Telegraph.  <br>Indonesian authorities have also advised regional allies - including Australia - that al-Qaeda are now decentralised in some parts and are looking to recruit in numbers.<br>Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI), who were behind the 2002 [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html tour bali giá rẻ] bombing, have reportedly increased their presence in Indonesia, Malaysia and the [http://www.fin24.com/Search/News?queryString=Philippines Philippines].<br>Other JI members have joined the pro-Islamic State group in Indonesia Jamaah Ansharud Daulah (JAD), who were linked to the 2019 deadly cathedral bombing in the Philippines.<br>         A leading terrorism expert said  ISIS and al-Qaeda-linked groups appear to be growing in strength in south-east Asia<br>              Australian capital cities and international embassies are prime targets for Islamic terror groups (pictured Melbourne's Flinders Steet Station and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-bali-tour-du-lich-bali-indonesia-4-ngay-3-dem-tu-ha-noi-tu-sai-gon-hcm-may-bay.html kynghidongduong.vn] the Sydney Opera House)<br>The bombshell report outlines how Australian soldiers are accused of engaging in body count competitions, torturing civilians, as well as allegations of drug and alcohol abuse.<br>Major General Paul Brereton's investigation took four and a half years to scrutinise the conduct of special forces soldiers between 2005 and 2016.<br>The findings point to a culture of violence, mistreatment of war prisoners, and secrecy that allegedly covered up executions.<br>In light of what has been labelled the 'most shameful episode in Australia's military history', two SAS squadrons have been disbanded, and thousands of soldiers could now be stripped of their medals and potentially be prosecuted for war crimes.<br>One heavily redacted section of the report alleges SAS soldiers slit the throats of two 14-year-old boys deemed to be 'Taliban sympathisers', and threw their bodies in a nearby river.<br>                  The findings point to a culture of violence, mistreatment of war prisoners and secrecy<br>Chief of the Defence Force General Angus Campbell apologised for the unlawful killings of prisoners, farmers and other civilians, when the finding were made public.<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news floatRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-c09df9d0-3069-11eb-beee-6567e79c1fe5" website capital cities now at greater risk of a terror attack