It's imperative that any corroborated and substantiable terrorist threat targeting Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli in just over two weeks time is reported on by all sections of the mainstream media.
Australians intending to be present at Gallipoli must be given forewarning about any potential terrorist threat, no matter how miniscule or hypothetical such a threat may be or is likely to be.
That said, it's just as vitally important that the media's reporting on the terrorist threat is kept in perspective and sticks to simply relaying what the department of Foreign Affairs and foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop makes public, based upon corroborated intelligence.
Very troubling indeed, but one would imagine that having such foreknowledge will allow Australian, New Zealand and Turkish intelligence agencies to stay three steps ahead of the would be terrorists and make Gallipoli on April 25 a safe place to be, no matter what stringent security measures have to be enforced there on the day.
Would be terrorists can chat amongst themselves all they want, but to actually carry out a terrorist attack, they have to succeed in not only planning one and talking about one, but executing one. Intelligence agencies appear to have their measure.
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