> Tue Sep 16, 9:00 AM ET
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> MELBOURNE, Australia - A jury convicted a seventh man Tuesday of being a
> member of an Australian terrorist cell that prosecutors said plotted to
> attack major sporting events in a bid to kill thousands of people.
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> No attack took place, but prosecutors said the group, based in Australia's
> second-largest city of Melbourne, had identified railway stations and sports
> fields as possible targets for "violent jihad."
> During the long-running trial, prosecutors said the group had talked about
> attacking a football final that attracts close to 100,000 people each year,
> or the Formula One Grand Prix race held annually in the southern city.
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> They also discussed killing former Prime Minister John Howard, who ordered
> Australian troops to join the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq,
> prosecutors alleged.
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> Amer Haddara was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury one day after six ...